Nazi spies involved in Operation Pastorius are tried in the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington DC. The exteriors of the Supreme Court of the United States. The captured would-be saboteurs are taken to the Court in armored paddy wagons to be tried for espionage, attempted sabotage, and treason. View of the accused riding in the vans, and the vans entering near court building. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent digs with a shovel on sand beaches in Long Island, New York, to find explosives stored there by the spies. FBI agent shows the incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine. An FBI agent shows captured uniforms, belt containing money, wooden blocks loaded with hidden detonator caps, pens and pencils that contain incendiaries to start fires. An indendiary pencil is demonstrated. Seven U.S. Army Generals, appointed by President Roosevelt to hear the case, are seen outside the court building. The Generals enter the court. Two high ranking U.S. officers appointed to defend the accused are seen as they enter the court. Prisoners enter the court, escorted by guards. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States, John Edgar Hoover, enters the courtroom. The officers sit. Attorney General of the United States Francis Beverley Biddle present and seen during court proceedings. Prisoners sit during the trial. (World War II period).
Air Maneuvers in the United States. Flyers don high altitude suits. Table electric fans in the room. Pilots get in to aircraft. The aircraft in flight. Aircraft dive one after the other.
A convoy of Allied ships underway in the North Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. Transport and U.S. Navy Destroyer underway. Men with life jackets on deck. Transport and destroyer zig zagging. Brooklyn class Cruiser underway. Troops lean on rail of transport underway. Transport and destroyer silhouetted against sun. Cruiser underway.
A convoy of Ships underway in the North Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. U.S. Navy guards with life jackets pace on deck. A sailor leans on rail. A sailor looks through telescope. A United States biplane SOC Seagull in flight. The SOC Seagull aircraft lands on water and taxis towards Brooklyn class cruiser. A Destroyer under way in the foreground. Sailors and civilians on deck wearing life jackets.
A film titled 'The Bivouac Area' about the precautions to be taken to avoid enemy detection of a bivouac area during World War 2. Propellers of aircraft rotate as the engine starts. Aerial view of the truck convoys and tire marks on ground. A man observes pictures of a bivouac area in a training area of the United States. Explosion on ground. Man points on pictures of the bivouac area while studying the area. A man studies a map. A truck being driven. Men disembark truck and inspect the site. A truck convoy moves out of a jungle. A man directs the convoy. Trucks take turn and move towards the bivouac area. A board reads 'Stay on taped paths, Park under cover'. Men brush up grass to hide tire marks of the truck convoy. Tracks made by the moving truck convoy. Trucks parked in tree shadows. A truck under a tree shadow. A man jumps out of the truck and directs the truck to move forward in shade.
A film about the precautions to be taken to avoid enemy detection of a bivouac area in the United States. A man directs a truck driven in bivouac area. Men cover truck with blanket and leaves. Truck parked in tree shadow. A man cuts tree branches and places the branches over truck. Men pile up branches over a truck. A man places a tree branch to hide shadow of the truck. (World War II period).