Standing in front of a statue honoring William McKinley at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio, in 1920, two United States Civil War veterans in uniform read the 'New York Times' dated September 19, 1901. The headline reads 'Mr McKinley's body in his old home'. Cut to footage from shortly after President McKinley's death in 1901, with citizens, police and constabularies on horse back gathered outside the Milburn Residence in Buffalo, New York, where McKinley died. President William Mc Kinley's body is carried out of the house in a coffin. McKinley's funeral procession leaving the Milburn residence. Cut back to 1920 and the men standing beside the statue of President McKinley at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio.
People of Anderson perform demonstrations imitating German leader Adolf Hitler's Nazi martial law. 'Fifth Columnists' ride through the city. They capture the City Council. They force their way into the Mayor's chamber at City Hall. A notice stating 'Information for Andersonians is read out to the Council officials. The Mayor, Police Chief and other officials are arrested at gunpoint. The 'Fifth Columnists' seize money from an official. The Council officials are led out of the City Hall amidst armed 'Fifth Columnists'. They are taken to a camp for imprisonment with other civilians. The captors with a canon in the foreground as the prisoners watch from an enclosure. (World War II period).
Group of armed men storms the newspaper publishing facility in Anderson South Carolina during a reenactment of martial law measures practiced in Nazi Germany. Press workers are escorted away. Man throws large power switch and lights go out. New edition of the "Anderson Daily Mail" newspaper is seen rolling off the presses, under guard by armed men. Newspaper headline is "Clemsonia Captures Anderson". Numerous articles are blacked-out and labeled "censored." Article is seen entitled "It Can Happen Here. In Fact it Did."
People of Anderson, South Carolina perform demonstrations imitating Adolf Hitler's Nazi martial law over Germany. A large crowd gathered in the streets to view the reenactment. The actor posing as German Führer Hitler in the car. The mock Nazi salutes, overdone intentionally in trying to be humorous. "Nazi" soldiers march through the crowd. The "Nazi" actors charge and seize the armed citizens assembled behind stacked cotton bales outside a building. The radio proclamations by the "Hitler" actor partly in gibberish and partly in English. The continuous mocking Nazi salutes by the other actor beside "Hitler" in the radio station. (World War II period).
Downtown street in Anderson South Carolina, lined with civilians and cars during a reenactment of Nazi martial law over Germany. Views of many storefronts and town buildings. Siren sound. A car streaming smoke behind it drives down the street. Smoke fills the entire street and surrounds the crowds. Actors imitating Nazi German soldiers setup a gun in the middle of the street. Crowd is dispersed. View of lit "Sears" store sign obscured by smoke. Views of mock armed Nazi soldiers wearing gas masks and marching toward a gas filled building, then emerging from the building and running with seized "prisoners". (World War II period).
General Allen hosts visiting Latin American military officers at Fort Sill Oklahoma. They observe as U.S. Army Soldiers fire 155mm howitzers. General Allen and other senior officers watch the firing through binoculars. General Allen shakes hands and exchanges salutes with each of the visiting officers as they prepare to depart after the visit. (World War II period).
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