Opening scene depicts (dramatized) the presence of German submarines off the Atlantic Coast, delivering Nazi German saboteurs of Operation Pastorius to Long Island, New York and to Florida in 1942. View of German submarines in the ocean. A scientist in a FBI laboratory examines explosives found when the sabotage attempt was uncovered, including blocks of TNT and explosives designed to look like lumps of coal. J. Edgar Hoover describes how the explosives were designed to target American citizens and war industries during World War 2. Paddy wagons with military guards standing on read door platforms are seen entering court facility in Washington DC. View inside the paddy wagons of German agents ("submarine saboteurs") being brought to military trial. View of the accused and the military officers of the court sitting in court during the trial. Military judges are seen seated during the trial proceedings. View of a wall of file cabinets and a hand reaching into a cabinet marked "secret." Past events show Adolf Hitler in meetings with his staff. An animated map shows Nazi symbol overlaying an outline of the United States. A United States flag in the background. The director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) John Edgar Hoover in the United States. He sits at a desk in his office. He talks about enemy agents, Hitler's desire to punish the United States, and the victory of the United States over them.
French President De Gaulle visits Canada. President De Gaulle's Pre-Summit round of talks with Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. President De Gaulle visits the National War Memorial. A ceremony takes place at the granite cenotaph. French President De Gaulle walks through lined military troops. A huge crowd gathers at the National War Memorial. Cameramen take photographs. Troops surround the French President.
Conditions of people and children in Great Britain during World War II. British people, who have been on short ration for two years due to the war, on the streets. Children given food, more than the ration of an adult. The young children drink milk. They appear to be in a group center, likely for children evacuated for their protection. A boy paints on a large paper. A girl sleeps.
Aerial view of bombing run by American forces in Vietnam War. Bombs dropped on huts on riverside during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A water body flowing among the trees. Smoke spreads over the area. Several fields among the trees. Houses and trees near the fields on fire from the bombing as more bombs are dropped by U.S. A-1 Skyraider aircraft. The water body flows between the trees. Thick smoke spreads over the nearby areas. Trees on both sides of the water body. Smoke rises in various areas in the fields. Explosion in the target region. Numerous fields in rows.
Napalm and white phosphorus bombing by American forces during the Vietnam War. Smoke filled air over trees on riverside due to a bomb blast in the area by a U.S. A-1 Skyraider aircraft during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A water body flowing between the trees, and huts nearby. A blast on the river side caused due to a bomb dropped by U.S. Army aircraft. Thick smoke rises and spreads over the area over the trees. Aerial view as aircraft passes low through smoke and near fire coming upward from explosion in target area. Several trees on both sides of the river.
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transfers the U.S. soldiers and war correspondents from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. The PBY Catalina in flight. An officer typing a document at the typewriter. The aircraft in flight above an island. The coastline in view. Rocky terrain along the coast line.
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