President Dwight D. Eisenhower standing by the presidential aircraft, at Augusta Regional Airport, Augusta Georgia. With him are his wife, Mamie, daughter-in-law, Barbara Jean, and grandchildren David (age 6), Barbara Anne (age 5) and Susan (age 2). At the Augusta National Golf Club: The Eisenhowers look over tables containing many silver prizes, including a silver tea set. President Eisenhower speaks with children attending the festivities. He dons a Tam O' Shanter cap. He and Mamie proceed to a car. On the way, Mrs. Eisenhower drops something and people nearby reach to retrieve it for her. The Eisenhowers continue to their car.
French paratroops jump in two waves from C-47 aircraft over Indochina. Their parachutes float slowly to earth. A medic treats one trooper injured during the drop. The French troopers move from the landing area towards a region where smoke and fire are visible. They set up machine guns and fire. The French troopers destroy and burn a Viet Minh jungle camp.
Canadian troops in West Flanders, Belgium near Ypres and Albert during World War 1. An animated map shows the region and the Somme River. Canadian troops hunkered down in grass and shrubs on a hill overlooking flat terrain. Shells exploding on horizon in background. A large contingent of Canadian troops marching downhill with left-shouldered arms. Senior officers walk out of a courtyard gate. Next, General Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, is seen shaking hands with several officers. Scene shifts, after he greets only two, and shows Canadian troops marching in platoons along a dusty road. Next, Canadian soldiers are seen moving supplies by horse-drawn wagons along a tree-lined road leading into a town. Final scenes show the war-damaged Albert Basilica. The camera pans upward, along its tower, to the Golden Virgin statue at its top, which is leaning precariously to one side, almost falling off its base. (The statue became the subject of British superstition that the war would end when the statue fell. But British artillery, itself, knocked it down while targeting the tower to prevent its use by the Germans as an observation post, during the 1918 Spring offensive)
Belgian civilian refugee women and children walking with their belongings on road in Rahier, Stoumont, Walloon Region, Belgium. Refugee women on road carry children, bedding and luggage. View of refugees with children. A few American soldiers are seen walking near the refugees. World War II.
Soviet forces break through German lines on Eastern front during World War II. An animated map with arrows showing Soviet forces counterattacks against German forces in region from Warsaw and 100km South, to Radom. Soviet artillery and rocket batteries firing. A formation of Soviet Ilyushin II-2 Sturmovik aircraft in flight. Bomb explosions and smoke shrouded battlefield. Soviet artillery fired. Views of burning buildings. Dead German soldiers and wrecked German artillery. Soviet tanks and infantry advance through dense smoke. Heavy Soviet guns fire and resultant explosion in distance. Soviet and Polish soldiers embrace in front of Polish National flag. Polish soldier salutes the flag with two-finger salute.
Views from an aircraft flying over Japan after the end of World War Two. Scenes include rivers, bridges, towns, industrial sites, harbors, and rural mountain regions with hillside terraced cultivation.