Coast Guard cutter 'Point Grey' in open waters in Vietnam. The crew of the boat stands on the deck. USCG (United States Coast Guard) R. Mitchell at the wheel in the wheelhouse. Lieutenant Junior Grade Rozoski stands in the background. Two men cover a 50 caliber machine gun on the craft. The craft underway at a high speed. Coastline in the background. Captain John T. Shepherd fires a 45 caliber submachine gun. Two crewmen stand by. A Swift Boat underway. A PCF-4 boat underway. A small junk boat passes by. The Commanding Officer Lieutenant Bitner talks with Mr. Baldwin of New York Times.
A view of an P-51K Mustang of the 41st Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group on an airstrip at Clark Field in Manila, Philippines, near end of World War 2 . A pilot climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. An airplane lands and a fuel truck drives past in the background. Mountains in the far background. The pilot starts the engine and prepares to taxi. Fuel begins to slosh and spill from his left auxiliary drop tank. It continues as he begins to taxi. A new sequence shows nose of P-51 and propeller, then switches to pilot climbing into cockpit.
Opening scene depicts (dramatized) the presence of German submarines off the Atlantic Coast, delivering Nazi German saboteurs of Operation Pastorius to Long Island, New York and to Florida in 1942. View of German submarines in the ocean. A scientist in a FBI laboratory examines explosives found when the sabotage attempt was uncovered, including blocks of TNT and explosives designed to look like lumps of coal. J. Edgar Hoover describes how the explosives were designed to target American citizens and war industries during World War 2. Paddy wagons with military guards standing on read door platforms are seen entering court facility in Washington DC. View inside the paddy wagons of German agents ("submarine saboteurs") being brought to military trial. View of the accused and the military officers of the court sitting in court during the trial. Military judges are seen seated during the trial proceedings. View of a wall of file cabinets and a hand reaching into a cabinet marked "secret." Past events show Adolf Hitler in meetings with his staff. An animated map shows Nazi symbol overlaying an outline of the United States. A United States flag in the background. The director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) John Edgar Hoover in the United States. He sits at a desk in his office. He talks about enemy agents, Hitler's desire to punish the United States, and the victory of the United States over them.
Testing of a new Medium Tank in England. High ranking officials seated on chairs. A large number of spectators in uniform and the officials watch the Centurion Mk 3 tank as it undergoes tests. The British tank slides down a forty feet cliff. A sign on the cliff reads 'Cliff Drop'. Dust rises as the tank passes by. 'Comet' written on the tank.
Antarctic Expedition of U.S. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. Total darkness for six months on the Antarctic Pole. Two men stand in a room in the camp area named 'Little America'. One man wears a thick coat. They read the difference of the temperatures between the New York City and Little America. A difference of 168 degrees is noted between the temperatures of two places. A provision storehouse. A man walks through a corridor built of snow to the store house. He takes out a food box. Sled dogs are dressed in warm clothes. Men seated around a table and dress the dogs.
Antarctic Expedition of U.S. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. The camp area is called as 'Little America'. Total darkness for six months on the Antarctic Pole. Light sleds being built for the polar flight. Men use equipment to build the sleds. Concentrated food pemmican being packed in measured rations for a crew of four men. The investigating parties go and explore the barrier ice. They take torches with them. Hills and bottomless chasms. The men return back to the camp area. Their coats are covered with snow. Several men seated at a table. Men read wireless messages from home. Two men sit and read news about their children.
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