League of Nations representatives in Mosul, Iraq. A market place in Mosul. Several civilians moving about in front of buildings on a street. People crossing a river on a boat. A jeep on the boat. People at a harbor. The jeep moving on the harbor among people. A cluster of houses on a hill side. The representatives of the League of Nations, on their visit to settle a dispute between Iraq and Turkey, in front of a building. The houses on the hill side. A market place. Several civilians walking in the market. Boats moving in the river.
Anachronistic mixture of scenes from Germany, circa 1935, Italy, circa 1915, and World War 2. Opening sequence shows Waffen SS troops goosestepping on parade in Nuremberg,Bavaria, circa 1935. Then a scene is inserted of Italian Generalissimo Luigi Cadorna, Chief of Staff, Italian Army, in World War 1, who salutes while reviewing troops. This is followed by scenes of grim-faced civilians watching German forces occupy their countries in World War II. Finally a radio tower and antenna are shown.
The results of a revolt in Iraq. Soldiers in jeeps and other vehicles move about on the streets after riots in Iraq. Iraqi Officers and leaders on review stand. A soldier salutes. Houses damaged as a result of the riots. Soldiers stand near a tank. A soldier works on a jeep and he shows the bullet marks on the vehicle. An officer questions a suspect as he takes down notes. Another officer looks on. Jordanian soldier loads a rifle and mans an outpost. Group of Jordanian soldiers holding rifles and being inspected. Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) soldiers loaded into an open railroad car. Israeli soldiers traveling in an armored truck. They get off, holding rifles. IDF soldiers advance across a field. They check the papers of civilians and search them. A man puts up a poster on a wall. Civilians cheer as they demonstrate outside a building in Cairo, Egypt.
Injured children confined in hospital wards during Iraq invasion of Iran in Iran-Iraq War. A young boy with scarred face lies on a hospital cot. A boy, with bandaged head, breathing through a nasal catheter. A young patient, face obscured by bandages, with an IV tubing. Doctors and nurse attend to patient injuries in hospital ward.
The new Twin City Motor Speedway. Dario Resta beside his Mercedes race car, number 24, posing with his racing team, after dropping out of the AAA-sponsored 500 mile race, at the 110 mile point, with a broken oil pump. (A cap from the back of the pump case had jolted off, causing a loss of oil.) Additional scenes from the race are seen. Start of the race. Cars racing on track.
Despite wartime, the famous German derby (Deutsches Derby) race is run as usual,at the Horner racecourse (Horner Rennbahn) in Hamburg, during World War 1. Two German sportsmen chat as they sit on lawn chairs at the racecourse. They wear boots, and one has driving goggles on his hat and smokes a cigar. Two uniformed German Army officers are seen standing amongst the crowd. A section of grandstand with flags flying atop it, in the background. Scene shifts to what looks like thousands of spectators crowded between the grandstands and the racetrack. Horses seen leaving the paddock and entering the racetrack proper, with jockeys aboard and escorted by their owners or trainers. Closeup of American jockeys, George William Archibald at left and Fred Korb, at right, chatting with German racing enthusiasts before the start. View from the racecourse infield, as horses and riders pass the grandstands. View from the inside railing as they pass. At end of race, German Jockey Willy Plüschke, is seen riding the winning 3-year old, Pontresina, of the Richard Haniel Stables, toward the winner circle. (The prize is 125 thousand marks.)