At start, the film shows the Captain of the M.S. Gripsholm relaxing, with an American civilian official, along with several crew members and some American women, in the First Class smoking lounge aboard the ship. Scene shifts to view of the Gripsolm's two smoke stacks and then to a stack of baggage belonging to Japanese Nationals and Issei passengers aboard the ship for repatriation to Japan in World War 2. Customs officials are seen screening the luggage. Stern view of the Gripsholm docked at pier in Jersey City, New Jersey. Swedish flag displayed on the deck. More stern views of the ship.
As film begins, two Red Cross women in uniforms are seen conversing with two separate women passengers in their cabins, below decks on the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, as it prepares to depart on a voyage from New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan during World War 2. A worker climbs a stack of bags of grain and carries one away. Views of stores of provisions, including many cases of drinks, fresh fruit, and vegetables aboard the ocean liner. View from ship's deck of armed U.S. Navy sailors, lined at intervals the entire length of the ship. Armed Customs officers thoroughly examining luggage of passengers who will be boarding the ship and stacking those that passed inspection. Another view of the Customs officers screening baggage.
Safe use of nuclear weapons by the ( USAF ) United States Air Force. At the Directorate of Nuclear Safety at Kirtland Air Base in New Mexico officers at a meeting. The officers conduct detailed nuclear analysis and survey to achieve nuclear safety standards. An officer at a blackboard. Two officers at a desk as another comes in. The officers look at papers and try to identify and correct conditions that pose a nuclear hazard. The officers of Nuclear Weapons System Safety Group in a meeting. They look at a chart. The officers under the wing of an aircraft as they check pre operational safety standards. An officer climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. A commander and the Nuclear Safety officer walk towards the aircraft with a building in the background. A nuclear weapon or nuclear bomb is attached under the wing of an aircraft. The commander climbs into the cockpit and the Nuclear Safety officer also climbs up as they look at the control panel of the plane.
Allied Supreme Commander for the Pacific General Douglas MacArthur in Port Moresby, New guinea during World War II. General MacArthur get off the plane and talks to Australian Commander-in-Chief Sir Thomas Blamey. Officers gt into a jeep and leave. Jeep drives past a local village. General Macarthur drives past rows of native men and women. General MacArthur arrives at a camp and drinks coffee.
A bathing suit fashion parade at Bradley Beach, New Jersey, south of Asbury Park. Women parade along a street in bathing suits. African or possibly African American children wearing grass skirts carry a trophy and dance. A boy in a costume resembling a amplifier with horn speaker. Sign reads, "Our Loudspeaker" A girl wears a bushel basket with a sign on her back that reads "another one for the mayor to look into" Young women in bathing suits carry trophies. Some women have shorter hear in flapper style. One wears a sash that reads "Miss Asbury Park" Heavy film reticulation throughout clip.
Activities of U.S. soldiers at Fort Hancock in New Jersey. Soldiers stand near a railroad gun. Some of the soldiers stand on a guard tower and watch a target with binoculars. They load and fire the railroad gun towards the sea target. A splash in water due to the firing.
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