View from a high point above, as the submarine, USS Nautilus, glides toward a wharf at Pearl Harbor,as it returns from the Makin Raid of World War 2. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, reception committee and host of well-wishers. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, and members of his unit are standing on deck. Scene shifts to post-docking, and Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen standing with Carlson's raiders on the deck, as other senior officers walk past Colonel Carlson, offering their congratulations on the success of the Makin Raid. Then as Admiral Nimitz speaks with Carlson, on of the senior officers shows him some Japanese war trophies the Raiders brought back with them. Nimitz holds a Samurai sword by the handle and discusses it with a young Raider officer standing next to him.
U.S. Army 88th Division in Bologna, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners march along road carrying their wounded on litters. Large 200 yard roadblock. Road is bound by a rock cliff on the left and Reno river on the right. Infantrymen marching on the highway. A bulldozer makes a ford in the river bed in the distant background. Infantrymen moving along the road near the roadblock. A Mack 6x6 7-yard/2-ton NO model truck tows a 155mm gun (Long Tom) across small Bailey bridge and over dusty road as a jeep follows. (Note: reportedly, the opening slate refers to Lt. Paul F. Long, 196th Signal Photo Company, who was cameraman for this film.).
Elections for the U.S. Senate in the United States. The nominees for the designation are New York Senator Kenneth Keating and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The New York State Republicans nominate Keating. A large crowd gathers in a hall. Dignitaries and officials seated at a desk. People applauding and cheering. A woman addressing the crowd. Men holding banners which reads: 'Keating'. People gather in another hall. They hold boards and placards. They cheer and applaud.
Crash landing of a United States Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft in Long Island, New York. The jet pilot landed his burning Thunderjet in an area, saving the nearby residential area. Wrecked vehicles and equipment on the ground. Men watching the wreckage. A damaged house.
A trans-Atlantic Air France Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (F-BGNA) crashes in Preston City, Connecticut, United States. 37 passengers and crew members of Air France Flight AF075 escaped death. The wrecked airplane and the damage in the area where the airplane crashed. People look at the wreckage. A woman carrying her child while seated in chair. Wounded in hospital beds. Doctors and nurses treat them. Other passengers are seated in chairs inside the hospital.
Several different range views of the Soviet Kresta I class Missile Cruiser, Vladivostok (542) steaming to right. Next, a Soviet Juliett class cruise missile submarine (SSG) on surface. Then a Soviet F-class or Foxtrot class submarine is seen on the surface. Another submarine is seen, it is of the Soviet Juliett class or J-class.
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