Opening scene shows U.S. Army airborne troops in severe cold weather gear assembling on a snow covered ramp in front of a hangar at the U.S. Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, in Canada, during a military exercise known as "Wind Chill" in March, 1954. An officer takes charge of them and they march off in loose formations. Closeup of the officer marching alongside the troops. He wears an 11th Airborne Division patch on his left sleeve. A USAF C-47 aircraft is seen in the background. Later a C-124 aircraft is also seen in the background. View of a slate noting the exercise (Wind Chill),date: 17 March, and location: Harmon AFB. Scene shifts to the Harmon Air Force Base headquarters building, where a large half globe map of the Northern hemisphere is displayed with "6602nd Air Base Group" written boldly on its side. View of the Headquarters building with sign reading: "Ernest Harmon HEADQUARTERS Air Force Base."
Footage of baseball's 1954 All-Star Game at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. Views of the nearly 70,000 in attendance, many in white shirts. Baseball commissioner Ford Frick smokes a cigarette. American League president Will Harridge nods to the camera. American League manager Casey Stengel (L) shakes hands with National League manager Walter Alston before the game. National League players stand on top step of dugout. Good closeups of four NL stars: Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider and Roy Campanella. American League players stand on top step of their dugout. Good closeups of three AL stars: Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Yogi Berra. More views of crowd. Closeup of Cleveland Indians third baseman Al Rosen. Rosen (#7) hits home run, scoring himself and Berra. The Cincinnati Reds' Gus Bell (#25) counters with a home run for the National League, scoring himself and Mays. Fans scramble for the ball. Red Schoendist of the St. Louis Cardinals tries to steal home but is called out by the umpire. National League coach Leo Durocher vehemently argues the call to no avail. Later, Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox (#2) gets hit to drive in two runs. American League would win the game 11-9.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, bids farewell to President Shukri al-Quwatli, of Syria. They walk past an honor guard at Cairo airport in Egypt. Other dignitaries stand behind them. President Quwalti boards an airplane. Jordan's ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Al Rafael, arrives in Jordan after being recalled from Cairo, by his government. King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan, stand in a reviewing stand, under a canopy, King Hussein in Air Force uniform, salutes. They watch a display of equestrian horsemanship by Arab cavalry. King Saud presents King Hussein the gift of an Arabian steed horse.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and other officials at a conference in Alexandria, Egypt, during World War 2. On February 12th Roosevelt flies to Egypt with an escort of fighter planes and lands at an airport. The President's daughter, Mrs Boettiger (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger) steps off the plane, first. Insignia of the United States. President Roosevelt leaves by car for Great Bitter Lake on the Suez canal to board the warship which awaits him. The sailors salute King Farouk of Egypt when he visits Franklin D Roosevelt on the warship. Roosevelt and the King and his officials take lunch on the ship. The flag of the United States. Roosevelt and King Farouk seated. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrives and greets Roosevelt and his daughter. The President and the Emperor sit and talk. Next day another warship arrives. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, his sons and entourage. The King (also called King Abdulaziz) is escorted aboard to meet U.S. President and other officials. The sailors salute. Arab chieftains accompanying him seated on the deck. The King's four sons sit with Roosevelt. Colonel William A Eddy a retired Marine officer U.S. minister to Saudi Arabia acts as interpreter. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia returns to his ship and leaves. Roosevelt leaves for Alexandria. At Alexandria British Prime Minister Churchill and his daughter join Roosevelt on the ship for further talk. As he came aboard he is greeted by Admiral William D. Leahy. Mr Harry Hopkins already on ship. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off and joins them, then ambassador Winant joined they are greeted. Officials pose for a photograph.
India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo, Egypt. Jawaharlal Nehru and the President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser stand in a balcony of a building in Cairo and talk. Flags of India and Egypt. Nehru, Nasser and other dignitaries climb down stairs.
Map showing Egypt, Libya and the Mediterranean Sea in German during World War II. . German Afrika Korps troops mobilize to El Alamein, Egypt. Afrika Korps anti-aircraft gun vehicles and Kübelwagen move in the Sahara Desert. A German soldier uses binoculars to observe surroundings. Houses in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Axis armored column entering Siwa. A Kübelwagen drives past palm trees. A German 8-Wheeled Heavy Armored Car Sd.Kfz.232 follows afterwards. A car that appears to have been heavily modified for desert travel is seen. Egyptian men raise their hands as they watch the arrival of the armored column. Afrika Korps soldiers build a desert trench with sandbags. They assemble and adjust a 37mm flak gun. A soldier sorts shells. German soldiers attend a feast given by the Egyptian sheik of Siwa. A servant scoops and serves soup in bowl. Egyptian locals and German soldiers dine together. A man pours coffee from a Dallah coffee pot. A German soldier and an Egyptian man (with bandaged hand) talk to one another during the feast. Egyptian man offers grapes to Axis soldiers. Soldier eating grapes. Man carries a large box of grapes. A man and two boys load boxes of produce at the back of a truck. Shadow of a German soldier taking off his clothes. German soldier taking off his shoes. Nude German soldiers dive and swim in the lake of the Oracle.