Meeting between French President General de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Germany. In Bonn, the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer welcomes the French President Charles de Gaulle who is on a five-day official visit to Germany. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and General de Gaulle conclude a series of talks on Franco-German unity with several officials. The bell towers of Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). In Cologne, Chancellor Adenauer and General de Gaulle talks of British Commonwealth partners on Britain's entry into the European Common Market.
Ceremonies during 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin Germany. Representatives walk in Olympic stadium with flags of participating nations. Views of Olympic flame. Representatives standing in formation and waving flags of participating nations. Bell rings. Views of Olympic stadium.
A sign board reads: 'Border Operations'. Sign board along the side of a road in Germany for an inner-Germany border at Ronshausen in the Rotenburg district. A U.S. Army jeep drives past on the street. Soldiers advance along supply lines to protect them. Soldiers in training during Cold War receive training in firing a Browning M1919A4 .30 caliber machine gun. Aerial view of snow covered arctic mountain region. A sign board reads: "Army Arctic Training Center, Big Delta, Alaska." U.S Army soldiers training in Alaska are seen on skis, firing rifles in prone position on the snow. Scene changes to a sign board that reads, "Organized Reserve Corps U.S. Army." An officer briefs U.S. Army Reserve soldiers (wearing civilian clothing) about ammunition and equipment in a briefing room. U.S. Army soldiers exercise for their physical fitness. They are seen doing synchronized callisthenic drills including pushups on a large field. Men in a radio room receiving a transmission. One of the men presses a button to ring an alarm bell. View of an alarm ringing. U.S. Army soldiers in a dining hall or mess hall hear the alarm and scramble and run to battle stations during a Cold War aerial attack drill. Soldiers running toward outdoor gun positions, past a rotating radar position. U.S. Army soldiers taking positions, with some entering communication vans and some that man an anti-aircraft gun. Soldier plotting positions on a clear, erasable wall board. Wide view of soldiers manning a 90-mm Anti-aircraft gun M1 on mount M1A1.
Opening scene shows Major General Robert H. Soule, Commander of the Third Infantry Division, in Korea, speaking to a soldier, from a a jeep. His jeep moves past a U.S. tank. A U.S. Chaffee tank (named "Belle") drives past the camera. (Narrator notes that the enemy opened the gates of the Chowan Reservoir to flood the area, after U.S. forces secured the southern edge of the "Iron Triangle".) Two Patton tanks are seen at water's edge. Another is making way through the water. Three U.S. soldiers atop a hill. One looks through a pair of binoculars. U.S. infantry walking downhill beside a dry culvert. One examines an area of straw, that might hide enemy soldiers. He throws a grenade into it, that explodes raising smoke and noise. UN forces moving easily across roads and paths in the valley. (Narrator notes that in the meantime enemy forces infiltrated into the surrounding hills and then attacked with ferocity.) UN forces firing a 155 mm long tom howitzer to counter the enemy. Artillery barrages continuing through the night. U.S. troops firing 105mm howitzers, and a 60mm light field mortar. More views of various pieces of artillery being fired by crews of African American and white U.S. Army soldiers. Smoke rising from the surrounding hills as artillery shells explode.
B-17 crew members, possibly those associated with the Memphis Belle, meeting with an officer as they plan their mission. The officer shakes hands with the crew as they sit down at a table. A crew member demonstrates flight strategy with his hands. Officer writing in report while a crew member looks at a map. Smiling crew member drinks coffee and smokes while again using his hands to show airplane flight. Crew smoking cigarette in front of poster that warns about "a careless word" causing death. Two crew members playfully fighting over a rabbit's foot. One of them kisses the rabbit's foot before putting it into his brief case. Close up of officer speaking to men.
A B-17 bomber crew, possibly crew members of the Memphis Belle, kneel down next to their plane and view a map as they discuss their mission. Two crew members confer as camera pans to other crew members. Over the shoulder shot of crew listening. Close up views of each crew member, some laughing and smiling.
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