U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda. A boat of the Governor of Bermuda Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham approaches USS Williamsburg. The Governor's boat approaches a gangway and comes alongside. Men disembark from the boat. A naval air base in Bermuda. The mast of USS Williamsburg in the foreground. USS Malabar tied up to a pier at the naval air base. A horse drawn carriage approaches the Governor's house. Truman drives in the horse drawn carriage. Truman's boat comes alongside a pier. He disembarks from the boat followed by two high ranking officers. Truman walks past accompanied by the officers. Truman and Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham. The Governor's mansion. USS Williamsburg approaches the pier. Line handlers on the pier. Truman's boat alongside the gangway of USS Williamsburg. Truman and party get into the boat. Truman in a boat chair with a rod and reel. The boat pulls away from the gangway.
A field grade U.S. Air Force officer at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, is seated in an office. Behind him on the wall is a large map of the Atlantic ocean with concentric rings on it, centered at Bermuda. He receives a paper report and makes a phone call. An airman at a communications center receives teletype messages and leaves to deliver them. Scene shifts to a flight engineer sitting at his panel aboard a WB-29A aircraft of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters). The WB-29 is experiencing significant turbulence. An officer briefing a group of Air Force officers and airmen. View of 53rd Squadron area on ramp at Kindley Air Force Base. An officer briefing aircrews. A synoptic chart is mounted on front of his podium. A map of the entire Atlantic ocean and environs covers a wall behind him. To his left is a map of the South Atlantic with Bermuda highlighted at the top. a triangular air route is depicted on it. It is labeled: "Gull Hotel."
American college students go on vacation in Bermuda during Spring Break. More than 1500 students from 54 United States colleges arrive by aircraft for their vacations in Bermuda. College students disembark from a Colonial Airlines aircraft in Bermuda. Girls chatting with male friends. A couple heads to the beach in matching Tartan V-neck shirts. Boys and girls dressed fashionably according to hot weather. Boys and girls sit at the beach. Boys play golf. Two college boys chatting as they play golf. Two men in bow ties and flannel suits enjoy smoking cigars. Girls in formal evening dresses descend from a staircase to meet their boyfriends.
American Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677) arriving, with other Destroyer Escorts, off the coast of Bermuda, during World War 2. (The Destroyer Escort USS Dionne, DE-261, appears in one scene.) Crewmen at bow of the Frament drop anchor into the water. Sailors jump in water for a swim. Sailors in uniforms being reviewed by officers aboard the deck, before taking boats to shore, on liberty. View of a busy street in Bermuda. Two sailors are asked for their IDs by a U.S. Shore Patrolman. Pedestrians on the street. Bermudian Policeman directing traffic. Sailors in uniforms travel on bicycles and in horse- drawn carriage. The Commander of the Shakedown Operation inspects crews of the Destroyer Escorts before they head out to sea from Bermuda. At this point, a montage of naval engagements is seen including sailors firing at attacking airplanes, aircraft attacking ships, depth charge being launched from a destroyer escort and exploding.
More than hundred yachts compete in Bermuda Yacht Classic for a 635 miles race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda. Cannon fired to mark start of the race. 131 yachts race in fair breezes and light sea. A large number of spectators watch the sail boat race from seashore.
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed by Virgil Exner with bodywork by Ghia, is unveiled at an auto exhibition in New York. View of the exposed exhaust system attached to the car. A woman at the steering wheel operates the controls of the car. A man drives a 1955 Chrysler Falcon. The man operates the buttons in the car.