Two handmade 1946 model Ford cars during their test drive on roads in Detroit, Michigan. Four and two door models of the Ford car during their exhibition run. Narrator describes the new Ford cars and speaks to how Ford had not forgotten cars for American consumers after retooling for war production in World War II.
Free India Legion parade in Germany during World War II. German and Indian officers including leader of Indian independence movement, Subhash Chandra Bose, review Free India Legion members, former prisoners of war to serve Germany. Two soldiers holding Free India Legion flag. Insignia of the Free India Legion on the uniform of a soldier. Soldiers take an oath. Military vehicles driven in the parade. Soldiers in a truck. Soldiers pull a field artillery. They fire machine guns.
Postwar scenes in Moscow, Russia, after end of World War II. The population including civilians and soldiers mingle and enjoy peacetime activities. A young Soviet soldier walks with a young woman who carries a large bouquet of flowers. People stroll leisurely along the sidewalks. A motorist in a convertible coupe automobile, parked on Red Square, paints a picture of Saint Basil's Cathedral, which is seen clearly in background. Trams pass behind him. View of huge storage tanks.Bricklayers at work on top level of a building. Numerous government buildings. View of Moscow State University building from 1793 on Manezhnaya ploshchad (Square). Students emerging from the University.
Crowds watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with many big helium-inflated balloon floats in New York City. A panda balloon float passes by. A pilgrim balloon float besides a Camel billboard. View of crowd and parade floats in Times Square. Young girls wearing frilly dresses waving from an eagle shaped float. Girls watching the parade. Animated lion with his master in a boat. People in costume dance and a big ice cream shaped float goes by. Other floats include a Pilgrim, a baseball player (modified Bobo the Hobo), a Panda bear, and a candy cane. People watch the parade and cheer. Santa Claus wave from a decorative float.
Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star serial 44-84995 parked at an Wright Field, Dayton OH. Side and nose views of the aircraft. Part of a USAF transport aircraft hanging out the back of a hangar in the background. The pilot, MAJ Donald S. Gentile, smiles for the camera. Pilot gets ready to board the airplane.
United Nations meeting in Flushing Meadows, New York. U.S. ambassador to the UN , Edward Stettinius, is seen at conference table, seated next to Sir Alexander Catogan, of the United Kingdom. Meeting adjourns and members prepare to depart.