SS Gripsholm (Ship) arrives in New York, United States in World War II. Cameramen take photos as SS Gripsholm as it arrives at New York harbor. The rails are crowded with Americans. She docks at Pier F in Jersey City and ambulances roll away with wounded soldiers. Six hundred and sixty-two repatriates from German internment camps come ashore. S. Pinckney Tuck, excharge d'affairs in Vichy seen. Douglas MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur's nephew), approaches with his dog. Passengers are happy to come in home. Ralph Heinzen of the United Press gives an intelligent analysis of internal conditions in Germany today. Stalingrad was the turning point, he states. Germany began losing the war with that defeat and Hitler started losing prestige.
Executive visit U.S. navy show at Atlantic Coast in the United States during World War II. Representatives of labor and management observe an aircraft on maneuvers. The U.S. aircraft takes off during a navy show. A man signals to the aircraft for take off. Business leaders learn from pilots, crews and executive staff, how industry can best aid war effort. Crew and pilot near and around the aircraft.
Americans remember the fallen soldiers of World War II in New York, United States. U.S. troops and civilians march parade to honor and pay homage to the nation's dead soldiers. Wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument (1 Wilson Ave, Fort Myer, VA 22211, United States) in Arlington National Cemetery. At Gettysburg, New York Governor Thomas Edmund Dewey honors the dead of the Empire State, who lie buried there. Children with miniature U.S. flags and flowers pay honor at the tomb of unknown soldiers. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Armored Division in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. Opening scene shows German soldiers surrendering from positions in the forest. Snow covers the ground and they emerge with hands up. A group of German prisoners under guard. U.S. soldier comes upon a German foxhole. Camera shows a wounded German soldier lying on a bed of straw in the trench. Next scene shows U.S. troops carrying a wounded on a stretcher. Scene shifts to group of German prisoners of war assembled outdoors, under guard by U.S. soldiers. Several German officers are interrogated separately. Then other German prisoners are seen being interrogated. A sizeable group of German prisoners is escorted under guard across snowy field.
War crime trials of World War II in Paris, France. People enter the Palace of Justice (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France) to observe French Marshal Henri Philippe Petain's trial for treason. Guards check everyone's IDs before they enter the court. People, judges, and lawyers enter the courtroom. The interiors of the court. Marshal Petain enters the courtroom dressed in Marshal's uniform with single decoration. The Marshal sits in a chair. Solicitor General Andre Mornet enters and questions Marshal Petain. A witness speaks. Former Premiers Edouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud give evidence. Pierre Laval testifies as well.
The personnel policies of the Jack and Heintz Co. of Cleveland, to increase wartime production in their Ohio factory to support the World War 2 war materiel effort. Manufacturers William Jack and Ralph M. Heintz talk in the office. William Jack (Bill Jack) looks at a book 'Clippings'. Clippings include Congressional Investigations and several pictures. The Secretary for Bill Jack looks at the newspapers. Bill Jack returns from Washington and is greeted by officials at the Cleveland Airport. View of airport terminal behind Bill Jack as he is interviewed by media. Bill Jack is interviewed by newsmen and talks about mass production of automatic pilot equipment for aircraft from his plant. Scene changes to interior of manufacturing plant where Jack and Heintz Company personnel work on manufacturing several pieces of airplane equipment, including control devices and automatic pilots. View of assembly line operations in the factory. Men and women plant workers wearing caps and hats with writing "Army - Navy" on them. Plant personnel pack the equipment in cartons and stack the cartons. Bill Jack talks to customer of the United States Armed Forces. View of exterior sign for the Carter Hotel, with another sign advertising its Fiesta Room. View inside of a Labor and Management staff meeting of the company conducted at Carter Hotel. Bill Jack presides over the meeting and talks about the increase in production. The staff members cheer and applaud.
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