Film opens referring to U.S. Marines in 1775. In a reenactment men carrying the "Don't Tread on Me" flag march to resist the British. Next, they are seen in a battle at sea. Scene shifts to 20th Century, where Marines are seen marching in a parade in an American city. Scene shifts again, to a ship at a dock with U.S. Marines disembarking. Closeup of some in class A and dress uniforms carrying duffel bags. They sing as they move from the ship to the dock and then march along a pier, past sailors aboard a lightly armed ship.. (World War II period).
USS Liberty at a dry dock in Malta. Men standing at the dock watch as the ship enters. Men in a small boat underway alongside, watching for any unclassified material which may come up out of a torpedo hole on the ship. Two men in wet suits. Dock workers talk. A group of people looks towards the starboard side of the ship. The dry dock full of water. A U.S. Naval officer chats with a man as they look towards the ship. Officers and crewmen on the deck edge of the ship. A dock worker looks towards the ship. Dock workers haul in on a line on the dock. A U.S. Naval officer and British officers in the background. A line of dock workers hauling in on the line.
The Versailles Treaty is signed in Paris, France. The gate of the Palace of Versailles opens. Sculptures, columns and fountains in the palace. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando get off cars and enter the Palace of Versailles. All dignitaries sit in the Hall of Mirrors at the palace. President Wilson, Prime Minister Clemenceau, Prime Minister Lloyd George and Prime Minister Orlando pose after signing the treaty. Seals in the book of the treaty.
Invasion of North Africa during World War 2. A torn red Moroccan flag flies from a ship. Twin 5 inch naval guns being fired from an Allied warship in a Moroccan port. Barrage balloon seen aloft. Semaphore signalling from bridge of a ship. British Naval Ensign and U.S. flag appear to be flying from the same ship. A supply convoy underway with destroyer escorts.
U.S. Admiral William Sims, steps from a car and walks toward a building guarded by several British policemen (Bobbies) in London, England. Next, he is seen posing with two of his staff. Scene shifts to London street, where a military officer gives some directions to Winston Churchill who tips his top hat, as he steps into a waiting automobile. In the streets, crowds fill the sidewalks as they watch musicians on the roof of a double-decker bus, celebrate the armistice ending World War 1.
The Economic Recovery Program in Athens, Greece. Harbor cranes upload food containers from a ship. The containers are unloaded at a pier from the ship. Men at work on the pier. A large number of food containers are unloaded on the pier as a part of the Economic Recovery Program. Sailors inspect the food containers. People watch the shipment of food from behind barbed wires. Few Greek and British officers walk together. The officers pose for photographs. Men unloading the food containers from the pier to the ground.
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