The U.S. Navy films and records the voices of service men's loved ones in California. They conduct a program to bring Christmas cheer to American soldiers far from their homes and families. People arrive at the program. Women with their children. Cameras seen recording a family with a woman and her children on the stage, to send to the husband and father overseas. A clown is on stage behind the family to entertain the children, and a Christmas tree is beside them.
Commando troops display their skills in Malta, Mediterranean sea. The troops demonstrate the crossing of a river and negotiate a cliff side handily.
Britain explodes an atomic bomb during Operation Hurricane tests near the desolate Monte Bello Island, Australia. Warship at sea. Men reach the target area and make preparations for the test. They set observation posts. Technicians at the test site. Barricades on land. Men watch a timing instrument and wait for the time of the explosion of the bomb. At the decided time, the bomb explodes. A huge fire from the bomb results in the formation of a mushroom cloud.
Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen stays with the SS Flying Enterprise after a hurricane damages it in the North Atlantic. The broken freighter SS Flying Enterprise listing at a 60 degree angle at sea. Views of waves lashing the coast of Europe. Waterfront buildings damaged by the storm. The SS Flying Enterprise is towed towards Falmouth.
Emperor Bao Dai visits the fighting front along the Black river in Vietnam, French Indo China. He decorates a soldier. An airplane parked on the field. Airplanes from the United States bomb Red positions, amid reports that Red China plans to invade Indo China.
Soldiers of the 11th Airborne Division at Camp Desert Rock of the Nevada Test Site, including General Mark Clark, readying for atomic bomb test in the area. Preparations for the test and for the safety of the soldiers. Soldiers on vehicles. They sit on the ground (not in trench) and watch the explosion. An atomic bomb explodes. A huge mushroom cloud forms. A soldier is interviewed afterward about his impressions of the blast.
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