A landing craft labeled "US 51" is seen from its starboard side, with cargo in tow and an American flag flying from its mast. There are also more identical ships in the background, all sailing in the English Channel towards Normandy, France in advance of the D-Day invasion of France. The camera cuts to another direction, which shows many more of the same ship, some also with cargo in tow. In this shot, there is land off in the distance, and a few barrage balloons in the sky above the LCIs. The final shot is of a long convoy of ships far off in the distance.
'The Big Picture' depicts the life of General Douglas MacArthur. Sergeant Stuart Queen introduces the program about General Douglas MacArthur. General MacArthur delivers a speech at a Joint meeting of Congress as he closes his 52 years of service. General MacArthur with his father Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur. A childhood picture of General Douglas. Picture of General Douglas with American Olympic team. The Philippine Campaign under Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur. View of Mount Fuji, in Japan, and sketch of Japan neighborhood. World War I footage with with rows of tents. View of World War 1 soldiers digging trenches. The soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army commonly known as the Rainbow Division exercise in front of Major Douglas MacArthur before departing for France. The soldiers march. A troop ship carrying the 42nd Division underway across the Atlantic and disembarking in France. Colonel Macarthur comes down a flight of stairs and studies a map with two persons. Brief scene of railway guns being fired by U.S. 73rd Artillery Regiment, Haussimont, France. U.S. troops in combat in trenches at the front in World War I. U.S. Artillerymen firing 155mm howitzer during battle. General Pershing, Commander American Expeditionary Forces, decorates Colonel MacArthur. The exterior of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where General Douglas was a superintendent. The cadets in the academy. The cadets stand up to honor General Douglas MacArthur.
Opening scene shows international diplomats gathered at the 1919 Peace Conference in the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) at the Palace of Versailles, France. Next is an exterior view of the U.S. Capitol Building and then of the Congress in session inside. U.S. Army troops, with full field packs including bedrolls, are seen embarking on a troop ship bound for France. Others with full field gear are seen boarding a troop railroad train. A train filled with soldiers who wave to friends and family as they depart a railroad station. U.S. troops march along dirt road after arriving in France. French soldiers stand amidst piles of coal being shoveled into rail cars. French troops seen from the rear, advancing along a road, in large numbers. Next, they are seen from the fromt and them from the side. French artillerymen riding in horse-drawn wagons, pulling 75mm field pieces ("French 75s"). German Field Marshal August von Mackensen and aides walk casually past a relaxing group of German soldiers sitting on the ground during World War 1. Suddenly, a motorized column of German World War II armor is seen moving along a dirt road. Closeup of a German Panzer II tank (German Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.F) is seen, passing the camera. A momentary glimpse of several German Messerschmitt Bf 109s in formation.
A map of Western Europe showing the location of Strasbourg, France in World War II. The Raven Bridge or Pont du Corbeau over the Ill River in Strasbourg. A destroyed apartment with gaping hole in roof from damage. Two Allied soldiers read a Nazi German wall graffiti “Angloamerikaner und Bolschewisten bringen Chaos, Not, Hunger, Anarchie, Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Nationalsozialismus kampft bis zum Endsieg fur Freiheit und Brot unseres Volkes!” (“Anglo-Americans and Bolsheviks bring chaos, misery, hunger, anarchy, unemployment. National Socialism will fight to the final victory for the freedom and bread of our people!” in English). An M4 Sherman tank moves on the street, passing by the Oberlin Buchhandlung or Oberlin Bookstore (19 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France) which is presently an LCL Bank building. Soldiers on top of the tank are seen. French troops and United States Army 15th Corp soldiers in Strasbourg after liberation from German forces. Slight damage on Strasbourg Cathedral (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France). The Rose window and damaged clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilian German men, women, and children carry their belongings as they enter temporary prisoner of war stockade at Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges ( 1 Pl. du Château, 67061 Strasbourg, France. )
Development of early airplane. The most successful competitor of Wright brothers Henry Farmen and his airplane, in 1908. Men working on it. Farmen fills gas tank of hi s plane while other persons on ground watch. Farmen flying machine takes off in a ground.
Monuments and sights in Paris, France as seen from the Eiffel Tower. Cars parked on the road as seen from Eiffel Tower. Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Aerial views of the Victor Emmanuel Memorial. Views of the city of Paris. The Lena Bridge and the Trocadéro Gardens. The Palais de Chaillot. The Musée de l'Homme and Passy Cemetery. The Champ de Mars and the Ecole Militaire (Ecole militaire 1 Pl. Joffre, 75007 Paris, France). The Debilly footbridge and the Palace de Tokyo (13 Av. du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris, France) along with the Palais Galliera (10 Av. Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75116 Paris, France). The Sacré Coeur basilica in the distance on Montmartre hill. A boat underway in the Seine River. Traffic on the road. Former war correspondents from the second world war enjoying views from the Eiffel Tower elevator as it goes up. The metal framing structures of the Eiffel Tower as seen from the moving elevator. The very top of the Eiffel tower with radio communication equipment and lighting systems, as seen from the observation deck.
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