U.S. Army Secretary Kenneth C Royall visits Japan. Constellation aircraft getting ready to take off. Honor Guard standing in formation. The aircraft taxis away towards the take off strip. The aircraft takes off. Army band playing music in the background. Color Guard marching. Cars arrive at the air base.
U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets are seen relaxing at an airman's club on Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. One, a Cadet Colonel, is seated, reading a book. Another converses with an airman. Another cadet, accompanied by a woman airman, enters and introduces her to the others. Closeup of the cadet reading on the couch. The two cadets and two airmen are chatting amicably. The cadet, who arrived with the woman airman, leaves with her. Two more women airmen arrive and then leave with the other cadet and airman, as couples. Another woman airman arrives and joins the remaining cadet. They converse .
Report on the atom in Paris, France. Joliot-Curie's car enters AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) office. Signs "Commission", "Haute Cour De Justice, Dans Le Hall Ascenseur" and "Commissariat A Lenergie Atomique". Joliot-Curie and Bertrand Goldschmidt talk. Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist in office talks with Pierre Biquard and dictates to a secretary. A meeting of French Scientific committee. Frederic Joliot-Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie, Lew Kowarski, Francis Perrin are present. The members examine a piece of Uranium ore on a desk.
Report on the atom in Paris, France. Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist in an office. He makes a speech on France's progress in the atomic energy. A man seated in front of Curie in his office.
Activities of United States Air Force 374th Troop Carrier Wing at Tachikawa Air Base in Tokyo, Japan. Planes parked at the air base. A sign: '374th Troop Carrier Wing', 'Hospital Evacuation'. Wounded are carried on litters. A sign: Tachikawa Air Freight. Men load boats, jeeps and tires into a freight aircraft. Wounded men are transferred to a hospital van. U.S. soldiers wearing military gear board a plane. 'Tachikawa Air Base, 374th Troop Carrier Wing' written on the boarding ladder. The U.S. Air Force plane takes off.
Base operations of U.S. Air Force at Ashiya Air Base in Japan. An animated map shows the air path between Tokyo and Ashiya. A USAF plane taxis. A pilot in the cockpit. Signs on a building read : 'Ashiya Air Base', 'Elevation 106' and 'Base operations'. A fork lift carries cartons and loads them into a freight aircraft. Men load drums into the aircraft. The plane taxis. A pilot in the cockpit.