South Korean President Syngman Rhee in the United States. He addresses a Joint Session of the Congress in Washington DC. Officials gather in a large number in a hall. They give a standing ovation to the South Korean President. The officials seated in the hall. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon seated with the officials. Rhee stands at a podium and addresses the officials. He urges for U.S. air and naval support for an attack on Red China.
Audiences of U.S. servicemen and women watching Hollywood movies in a regular base theaters and outdoors in jungle combat settings, during World War 2. Views of the faces of audience members and their reactions as they watch movies on screen. Soldiers leaving a large elaborate movie theater after seeing a movie. Lieutenant General Brehon Burke Somervell, U.S. Army Chief of Logistics, expressing the Army's appreciation to the motion picture industry as he accepts the 10 thousandth Hollywood movie for exhibition to troops overseas. General Somervell mentions visiting troops in Australia, India, China, and Africa and comments on the way movies boost their morale.
A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine in the United States. An American soldier in China requests an old song. Character actors, humorists and comedians perform song "Down by the Old Mill Stream" on stage. Performers include Jimmy Durante, Allen Jenkins, Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, William Gargan, Edward Brophy, Andy Devine, Allan Hale, Robert Benchley, and Arthur Treacher. The audience breaks into laughter during the performance. The female GI winds up the show after the performance. She states the program address and asks the soldiers to keep writing in. (World War II period).
A B-29 combat crew is briefed on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Several aircraft parked on an airfield. Few baggages in front of an aircraft. United States Army Air Force Generals Henry H Arnold and Lauris Norstad and another officers walking up to B-29 crew standing on the airfield. General Norstad introduces General Henry Arnold to the combat crew of B-29 Superfortress and the commandants who are on their way to Tokyo, Japan after joining the 21st Bomber Command. General Henry Arnold shakes hands with the commandants. The crew standing in a row beside a USAAF heavy bomber B-29 Super Fortress. General Arnold briefs the crew. The General says the 21st Bomber Command has been operating out of China and the crew has the best of the aircraft which could carry the heaviest of loads. The General tells the crew that the message which is to be conveyed to Japan, is to be written on bombs. A few members of the crew wheel a cart loaded with bombs beside the aircraft. One of the crew members writes a message on a bomb as the General dictates. The Generals, the commandants and the crew members beside the cart of the bombs. The General wishes the crew good luck and shakes hands with the commandants. The message on the bomb for the enemy reads 'To the Warlords of Japan, We have not forgotten - The B-29s will remind you again and again and again'.
The rise of totalitarianism and Axis powers in the 1930s and its lead up to the Pacific Theater of World War II. “Duce” of Italian Fascism Benito Mussolini making a speech. A superimposed animated cartoon radio antenna emits the word “Lies”. Adolf Hitler making a passionate speech to German troops. A Nazi parade in Germany. Growth of German military budget is shown with an animated diagram. Gathering of troops, army vehicles, artillery, motorcars, tanks, airplanes, and ships of the Axis nations. News headlines about the military budget. Japanese soldiers holding bayonets. Animated map shows the Japanese plan for the invasion of Manchuria. Damaged railroads during a dramatized depiction of the Mukden Incident. The Japanese flag at a mast. Japanese troops advance in Manchuria. Former Emperor of China Puyi becomes the Emperor of Manchukuo. Flag of Manchukuo. Emperor Puyi shake hands with a Japanese military official. United States Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson denounces the Manchurian action. A sign reads: 'Gotham Limited'. Japanese delegates speak during a national meeting. They leave a League of Nations meeting. Horses plowing a field in Iowa. A double decker bus on a road in London. A waiter serving at an al fresco café in Paris. A hut burns as the Japanese advance through Manchuria.
Activities of civilians on streets in London, England during World War 2. People walk on a sidewalk in London Square. Buildings in the background. A poster reads as 'China Rally to be held at the Albert Hall on July 7th'. Views of the street: pedestrians, British and American soldiers and airmen. People walk along the street. Many stores and shops are seen. People walk along a sidewalk. American soldiers and girls walking in the street. A group of British soldiers talk to a girl. Traffic seen on Magdalen Bridge.