U.S. Army soldiers on outskirts of Aachen, Germany during World War 2. Ground Forces soldiers cautiously move through a wooded area. Soldiers relax and read among trees and foxholes. Soldiers eat and drink. A soldier reads a magazine. Close-up view of "girlie magazine" showing pictures of women models posing for camera in partial undress. Text beside one woman's pictures reads "Gee Gee Gal" and "Just a lot of Polo-Ney".
U.S. Army soldiers on outskirts of Aachen, Germany invasion in World War 2. View of U.S. Army infantry soldiers advancing. Wounded U.S. Army soldiers in stretcher and seated. Some wounded soldiers being removed on jeeps. View of soldiers eating and smoking cigarettes. Close-up views of faces of soldiers relaxing. Soldiers talk to each other.
American Army jeeps and ambulances pass on mud filled road near Aachen, Germany in World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers climb into truck with their belongings. Truck passes by. Two soldiers talk. Soldiers carrying bedding stand beside road. Jeep carrying soldiers passes away. Views of U.S. Army soldiers in trucks, some smoking cigarettes, talking, and smiling. Soldiers climb into truck and sit. Soldiers walk on muddy land.
Activities of American First Army from Aachen to Röhr River in Germany (misspelled as "Roer" on film opening credits). Aerial view of city of Aachen heavily bombed. St Mary's Church is seen, damaged. Rubble of houses, rail centers, electric power plant, and Natural Gas facilities in Aachen. German Allied Military Government agents establish orders and hang the sign board of 'Mines Cleared to Rubble' on pole. They supervise crews clearing debris. Soldier brings out city's telephone diagram from hidden place. German Allied Military Government agents distribute food retrieved from hidden stores outside of town. Citizens are seen carrying food and smiling. Refugees return to the city. Sign of 'Mausbach'. U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division for the first time since D-Day gets relaxation time. Smiling Army soldiers in a chow line. 3rd Armored Division troops eat a hot meal on outskirts of Aachen. Military vehicles go towards rest center and enter into 'Hotel Koener'. Soldiers carrying their belongings climb stairs up. View of smoke rising from targets of U.S. Army artillery fire. A church steeple is shown consumed in flames. (World War II period).
Film begins showing a sign in English pointing to the Tower Room of the Malmedy Protestant Church. Views of burning buildings from German counteroffensive (The Battle of the Bulge) begun December 18, 1944 during World War 2. Fire fighter pouring water from a hose. A substantial church building in background. Fire fighters directing stream of water upward onto side of a burning building. Closeup of fire fighter directing stream of water. Ice from fire fighting efforts. Change of scene to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery exiting a building with U.S. Major General Matthew Ridgway, Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps. They greet some British officers. Closeup of Montgomery and Ridgway walking together. A tank and driver silhouetted against light sky. Allied troops riding on a Stuart Light Tank. Armor moving along a rural road. Snow on the ground. British infantry walking in the snow and then marching along a cleared road. Trucks and armored vehicles in the background.Allied troops and vehicles passing substantial buildings, as they advance. Damaged buildings near a rail line. Allied forces advancing through rural area with many trees in background. Animated map showing the Allied push-back against the German offensive, showing British forces under Montgomery pressing from Malmedy and U.S. General Patton's advancing from Bastogne. Glimpse, from above, of allied bomber over enemy target. Bombs away view of bombs dropping from bomber aircraft and detonating on the snowy ground below. Allied troops moving in snow, beside a rail line and into a town. Four Allied soldiers make a fire and warm themselves, beside a parked snow-covered M4 Sherman tank. Then they begin removing snow from the tank. Army truck moving on snow-covered road. A jeep that slid off the slippery road. Other vehicles having difficulty on the snowy road. Trucks continuing to make their way along road through the forest.
Retired U.S. Army Major General Walter Campbell Short testifies before a Joint Congressional Committee investigating the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He talks about attack and defends himself. He says that he did not receive any information of the attack from the war department untill December 6, 1941 and all emphasis was on defending against sabotage. He makes a statement that he does not believe that he has made any mistake regarding this attack. Other officials seated around him listen to him.
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