Newsreel "Speed plans for San Francisco security meeting" shows staff working speedily at the State Department Communications Center in Washington D.C., preparing for the upcoming United nations Security Council meeting in San Francisco. United states Secretary of state Edward Stettinius,British delegate Lord Halifax, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese Ambassador Wei Tao-ming in a meeting in Washington D.C. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, explains the purpose of the new United Nations.
An Italian spots a British submarine from a ship's crow nest in the Mediterranean Sea. Motor torpedo boats rush to the scene. Men work on sonar to listen for submarine. Motor torpedo and flying boat drop depth charges and explosions occur.
General Bernard Law Montgomery with British and American correspondents in Normandy. General Montgomery discusses news on World War II with correspondents. One man in the group wears a French officer's cap. Two U.S. 9th Air Force soldiers ride horses bareback on highway. U.S. military Jeeps can be seen passing.
An OSS instructional film titled 'Sleeping Beauty' shows a British submersible nicknamed Sleeping Beauty, used for attack and reconnaissance. It is a Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC) designed by Major Hugh Reeves. Cockpit, indicators and air pressure gauge of the submersible shown. Submersible's Pilot is wearing underwater suit with the help of a crew person. Pilot putting on breathing set and wearing underwater goggles. (World War II period).
British submersible Sleeping Beauty for reconnaissance and attack seen underwater. It is a Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC). Submersible is brought up and is balanced underwater by the pilot. It goes underwater to the bottom and pilot walks along the submersible holding it. Pilot climbs up into the cockpit and brings it up. (World War II period).
About the British Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC) known as Sleeping Beauty. The MSC seen moving underwater and swum to bottom of sea. Submersible Pilot looks through binoculars over beach standing in shallow water. Pilot swims and reaches submersible under shallow water and climbs up into the cockpit.
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