A U.S. Military Policeman (MP) directs traffic at the U.S. Army Communications Zone Europe Headquarters in France. Aerial views of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military force base. A map shows locations of NATO bases in France. An aircraft flies overhead. Officials communicate over the wireless and telephone in the Chateauroux Air Base control tower. U.S. military airplanes parked on an air strip. U.S. Air Force trucks. Narrator discusses impact on French economy and social issue related to departure of so many Americans from France. French men employed at the base walk as a group heading to or from work at the base. American soldiers with their French wives and families. Soldier with wife and son walking on street with Eglise Saint-Andre church in background. A soldier and his wife in a shopping center as a sales woman helps the couple look at silverware. Closeup view of a LP vinyl record playing on a phonograph record player turntable. An American soldier by the microphone at a Armed Forces Radio network military broadcasting installation. View of the DJ and the control room in the radio broadcasting studio. French people gathered on the streets to witness a marching band on parade from Chateauroux American High School in Châteauroux, France. Flag corps dancers and marching band members playing musical instruments are seen in the parade. View from ground looking upward as an American flag is lowered from a flagpole. View of a triangle folder American flag being held by a U.S. Army Military Police man, as he carries it away.
A couple exchange marital vows during the matinee performance of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in Madison Square Garden, New York. Performers and elephants in the ring. The bride to be, a dancer from England seated on an elephant. Women dancers on elephants. An elephant performs. The center ring. A tiny clown with the wedding ring. The bride in her wedding gown escorted by an elderly man. The groom, an acrobat performer from Morocco. They exchange vows and kiss. The other performers witness the ceremony. The bride kisses a clown.
Charlie Chaplin celebrates his 77th birthday during the filming of 'A Countess from Hong Kong' in London. A Charlie Chaplin figure on top of a cake. Charlie Chaplin puts his hat on the figure. Hollywood actors including Sophia Loren and Tippi Hedren present. Photographers take pictures. Oona O'Neill arrives with her daughters Josephine and Victoria. Charlie Chaplin's family including Sydney Chaplin and the cast of 'A Countess from Hong Kong' near the cake. He cuts the cake as they look on. Veteran movie maker, director John Huston offers his congratulations and speaks to Chaplin.
A Dutch invention called the 'Amphitron' or the 'Amphirol'. Men seated on it. The vehicle driven on land and in quicksand. Tracks in wet mud. The driver at the controls. The amphitron taken into water. The British Armys new six wheel gun and personnel carrier zips uphill and downhill on steep slopes. A jalopy race underway at the Brands Hatch Track in England. British and American drivers participate. The cars flip, bump and bash into oil barrels on the tracks. A large crowd witnesses the event.
Story Camp Hanford during the Manhattan Project in World War II. Scenes of Dr. Glenn Seaborg and colleagues: Arthur Wall, Edward McMillan, and Emilio Segre, who generated and isolated Plutonium at University of California in 1941 A sign on a container reads 'First Pure 94 (239) isolated from chain reaction source'. A model of the atomic pile under the stadium at the University of Chicago, where Enrico Fermi, an Italian physicist, demonstrated controlled nuclear fission, on December 2, 1942. A map shows various sites chosen for Manhattan Engineer's District. Views of desert in Southeast Washington State. The Columbia River, for cooling. Electrical towers for power supply. An aerial view of project buildings in Hanford. Construction workers selected for the project in Hanford. Construction sites. Trailer houses for the workers. An aerial view of the plant ready for operation. Inserted view of Camp Hanford abandoned, in later years.
'The Story of Hanford' about the activities of the Atomic Energy Commission and parts of the atomic bomb Manhattan Project conducted at Camp Hanford in Richland, Washington. Houses of the workers construction buildings for the project. Trucks are driven on a highway. Railroad carries material to the Hanford site. An aerial view of the plant with three nuclear reactors. Reactor for the production of plutonium. A plant for the separation of pure metal. Workers work at the plant to convert uranium into plutonium. The workers wear protective gear work. A worker opens the door of the area where plutonium is stored. Two workers bring air tight containers of plutonium on a trolley. A worker makes a note of it and places the containers in a lock. The energy of plutonium is compared with other fuels. The plant for the separation of plutonium from uranium. A map shows different places from which fissionable uranium and plutonium for the production of bombs can be obtained. People read newspapers.