Airlift of U.S. 82nd Airborne troops by Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Tactical (TAC) aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, United States to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. An airborne Military Policeman talks to paratroopers. Troops stand with their luggage on the air base. A soldier looks skywards. The troops unload baggages from a truck. A Military Policeman talks to the troops in the foreground. Insignia of Airborne Military Police on the arm of a man. The troops board United States Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules.
Ramfis Trujillo, son of the assassinated Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, seated, and surrounded by dignitaries and the Press in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Among those with him is playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa, whom he assigns as an envoy to seek support from the United States. Reporters take notes and photographers click his pictures. Cathedral in San Cristobal, the scene of Trujillo's funeral. People cry as car with Rafael Trujillo's body passes by on street. Change of scene as next newsreel shows sweeping wide view of buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, and then scenes of a parade in Pretoria during holiday declared to mark its withdrawal from the British Commonwealth of Nations and establishment as an independent Republic. The parade includes Soldiers on horses. The new Coat of Arms of the South African Republic is shown. Former Governor General, now shifting to his role as the first President of South Africa, Charles Swart, addresses the public. Narrator indicates that Swart's comment include support for continued apartheid racial segregation in South Africa.
Civilians demonstrate on road with banners in the Dominican Republic. A man paints a board. Civilians jam the streets of town. People on buildings. Exteriors of the National Palace (Av. México, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) shows a military truck arriving. President Joaquin Balaguer walks out of room in presence of some officials. Balaguer speaks at mike.
Senator J. William Fulbright interviewed on television in United States. Interviewer asks Fulbright about Dominican Republic Invasion. He questions Fulbright who responds. He says that there are diversions between fact and actual intervention. He said that facts have been misinterpreted and the work should not have done that way. He talked about contribution and work in Dominican Republic.
Inaugural parade for first freely elected President of Dominican Republic since 1924, Juan Bosch. Juan Bosch, American Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt watch the parade. Policemen control crowd at the event.
A film titled 'Santo Domingo honors ashes of Columbus' shows ashes of Christopher Columbus being placed in a crystal casket amidst vivid ceremonies in Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic. A number of officials and other dignitaries are also present at the ceremonies.