Yorkville neighborhood area of Manhattan, New York City, inhabited by Germans around the start of World War 2. Cars parked outside German shops. Traffic along the road. Pedestrians on the sidewalk. A sign reads "Cafe Hindenburg" and another sign for "Rudi's and Maxl's Brau-Haus." Another sign reads "Platzl Dance." Various German signs outside shops and restaurants in Yorkville. Sign board in front of the the "Der Entappenhase" theatre advertises information about the USS Panay sinking incident.
An elderly woman and a man, both Hungarian refugees, looking out a plane window. A woman puts on lipstick. Excited Hungarian refugees smile after their plane lands. Douglas C–118 Liftmaster taxiing at McGuire Air Force Base (JB MDL, 3021 McGuire Blvd, Trenton, NJ 08641, USA) Hungarian refugees disembark from the Douglas C–118 Liftmaster plane. A man holding a “United States Escapee Program” bag climbs down an airstair with a small child. Refugees board a Starr Transit Co. (70) Bus. A Hungarian family disembark a plane together. Refugees boarding a charter bus with sign "Hightstown-New Brunswick" Buses arrive at the United States Army Camp Kilmer Reception Center. Sign reads “US Army Reception Center Isten Hozta Camp Kilmer”. “Isten Hozta” on sign means “God brought (you here)” in Hungarian. A United States Army officer assists refugees out of the bus. A Hungarian man tips his hat to thank the officer. Poster reads “Catholic Relief Services N.C.W.C. Katolikus Segitő Szolgalat N.C.W.C. Katolikus Magyarok Bevándorlási Szevezete”. Hungarian refugee family talk to an official at the reception center in Camp Kilmer. Woman relief worker signing documents for refugees.
Entertainment by the Music War Committee in World War II. Men seated around conference table discuss music. Fred Ahlert chairman of the committee ask to Volunteer to sing song, helpful in winning war. Bob Sour raises hand and ask to sing and for help in music. Ray Henderson speaks and plays piano. Sour sings "West of Tomorrow". Listeners clap in reaction. Plaque: Victor Herbert 1859-1924.
A graduation ceremony for West Point Military Academy Cadets. 514 cadets graduate into the American Army. General Henry H Arnold, Chief of the Air Force, presents "wings" to one of the future Army Air Force officers. The graduate salutes back. The Cadet Corps parade in front of the commanding officers and pass in review.
Opening scene shows police officer removing a sick person, on a litter from a Pennsylvania Railroad train at a station and placing them gently on a railway cart. A uniformed U.S. Army Military policeman helps them. Next, Japanese Nationals and Issei families with many small children are seen leaving a train and walking along a railway platform. A Red Cross woman in white stands behind an ambulance, where a newborn infant lies on a litter. Policeman carry two women on litters and place them in the ambulance. The newborn baby is being cradled in the arms of the Red Cross woman. A Japanese family climbs aboard a bus. Railway workers transport travelers' baggage on a large cart. Police stand near by as a U.S. Army Military policeman boards a bus filled with Japanese to be repatriated to Japan. Two MPs watch as Japanese to be repatriated climb aboard another bus. A group of Japanese men enter a bus, followed by Armed U.S. Army soldiers who also board. An official guides a train to a stopping point on a train station. A large group of men to be repatriated to Japan step from the train under guard by many armed U.S. soldiers.
As film begins, an officer of the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, is seen in the ship's frozen food storage area directing the placement of food provisions for their forthcoming voyage to Japan. Armed U.S. Navy sailors stand guard on the pier alongside the ship. Supplies are loaded through a side door of the ship. The captain and another ship's officer review some papers on deck. The Swedish flag flies from the railing behind them. View of the ship's port side from a boat (unseen) in the water. American flag on camera ship is seen as it motors away from the Gripsolm. Closer port side view of the ship. Sign on starboard stern railing reads: "Beware of propellers." View from camera boat approaching the Gripsolm's stern.
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