Lord Halifax arrives in United States aboard a new British warship. British Ambassador to United States, Lord Halifax travels aboard HMS King George V on a secret trip. Lord Halifax and his wife aboard the ship. Sailors stand on deck of the ship. United States President Franklin Roosevelt meets Lord Halifax before the warship reaches the port. Lord Halifax and his wife give a speech. Lord Halifax states that it was a great honor as President Roosevelt came to meet them.
Ceremonies during Nazi Holiday on 9th of November in Germany. German officers stand in formation. The German soldiers remember the dead German heroes. The Nazi soldiers stand at attention. German officers place wreath on the tombs. A wreath placed from Adolf Hitler's side. (World War II period).
Opening scene shows a German soldier using a sounding range and direction finder to locate British aircraft attacking German installations in France during World War 2. The next scene is during a foggy night. German searchlights are seen trying to locate attacking British aircraft. A flare is seen falling toward the ground. German antiaircraft guns fire. Engine sounds of aircraft are heard. View of German gunners firing tracer bullets and heavier antiaircraft guns skyward. A ball of fire in the air marks a struck British airplane. Closeup of burning British aircraft wreckage. Next, a ledger of British aircraft downed by a German antiaircraft battery is seen. It shows a list of British aircraft shot down in July and August, including: Bristol Blenheim light bomber; Short Stirling bomber, numerous Spitfires; and other aircraft. Workers are seen walking through a yard filled with the wreckage of British aircraft in a junk yard, where a powered crane is seen raising wings, and engines of the aircraft and loading them onto rail cars. The Narrator states that by November, the German defenses had downed 923 British aircraft. View of a loaded open rail car and a locomotive pulling loaded rail cars.
Adolf Hitler is seen strolling toward his rustic Eastern Front Headquarters building, at The Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze), near Rastenburg in East Prussia during World War II. He is accompanied by General Wilhelm Keitel, Admiral Karl Doenitz (Dönitz) and an unidentified Nazi German officer. They are wearing long winter coats and gloves. The Camp staff stand in formation rendering the Nazi salute in front of the building. Hitler steps forward and leads the way into the building.
View from cockpit of German Dornier Do 17 bomber, of many parked on an airfield in German occupied France during World War 2. Camera pans across the cockpit. View shifts view from under the wing of one plane as an aircrew member heads toward it. Next, the bomber with engines running taxis out for takeoff. Scene changes to show head-on approach of a Heinkel He 111 bomber aircraft taking off toward the camera. Then a formation of He 111 aircraft is seen in flight. Extreme closeup of He 111 in flight, with crew member visible in the aircraft. View from cockpit of a Dornier Do 17 bomber in formation flight. (Shaky camera makes them look like bi-wing aircraft in some brief scenes.) Camera pans across cockpit showing the Do 17 in formation above. View from instrument panel, of pilot and copilot at controls in a bomber. More views of the bombers in formation. The bombers arrive over London in the dark and are subject to British anti-aircraft fire with shells bursting all around them. Glimpse inside the cabin of one bomber. More flak explosions all around. The German planes release their bombs, which are seen exploding on London, England, below.
A United States World War II propaganda film depicts Japanese psychology and living habits. Japanese mythology explains the origin of the Imperial Family. Japanese people celebrate the 2600th anniversary of mythological founding of Japan in 1940. Men, women, and children parade with Japanese flags. A man wearing Sendaihira hakama formal wear leads crowd chanting. A huge crowd gathers for the celebration. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull visits Japan. Secretary Hull arrives in a conference to discuss about peace in the Pacific Theater. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt speaks about the diplomatic efforts to maintain peace in the Pacific Theater. President Roosevelt seated on a ship with General Douglas MacArthur on one side and Admiral Chester Nimitz on the other. Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburō Nomura hands a document to Ambassador Hull after the attack on the Pearl Harbor had begun one hour earlier (unbeknownst to the meeting attendees). The document states the Japanese Government's wish to continue negotiations for peace. Scenic views in Japan. Japanese people on bridge in a scenic garden. A Japanese man carries his son on his back. Japanese women wearing kimonos hold parasols. A woman tucks her child to sleep. Japanese soldiers in China committing atrocities against Chinese civilians. Shovel scoops up soil to bury dead Chinese civilians. Two men shot at point blank range. Bodies of slain Chinese children seen following attacks. Japanese general disembarks from a plane and salutes. “We must know them as they are.” the narrator reminds audience.