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.
American actor Kirk Douglas receives award for promoting the treasury campaign in Washington D.C. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John William McCormack presents an award to actor Kirk Douglas at the United States Capitol. Kirk Douglas becomes the co chairman oftTreasury campaign of the Freedom Bond Drive for the sale of the saving bonds. Douglas poses with the award before the photographers.
Officials arrive at the offices of the British Governor of Cyprus. ArchBishop Makarios II, Leader of the Greek Cypriots in the movement for enosis (union with Greece), arrives and ascends steps into building. He is seen being greeted by Sir John Harding, the Governor of Cyprus.
Millrose Games indoor track and field meet at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A large crowd of spectators gathered at Madison Square Garden. The indoor track and field meet begins. Hayes Wendell Jones, an American athlete, wins the 60 yard hurdle race. American track and field athlete Don Bragg wins the men's pole vault event and John Thomas wins the high jump event.
Trained dogs supplied to blind men in Chicago, Illinois. Trained dogs rest in a field. John L. Sinykin, originator of the Master's Eye's Kennels, supplies these dogs to blind men. The dogs guide the blind men through fields and streets. They guide the men while boarding trains and climbing up stairs.
Captain John Huston's team coverage of Italian native residents in ragged conditions in a ruined village in Italy, during World War II. Legs and feet of male and female natives as they walk on uneven debris of wrecked buildings in the village. Bare footed native Italians walk on debris carrying baskets on their heads as they walk through wrecked buildings and alleys. Pathetically ragged small boy and girl amidst the ruins smile.
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