Film opens with brief glimpse of Commmander Eugene P. Wilkinson, USN, Captain of the USS Nautilus, as he walks on a dock at the Electric Boat yard, Groton, Connecticut. He crosses a gangplank to the submarine. Next, Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, is seen walking along the dock at the head of a loose formation of officers and sailors. Beside him is John Jay Hopkins, founder and president of General Dynamics Corporation. As they walk close by the camera, and turn, Admiral Donald B. Duncan, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, is seen immediately behind them. Scene shifts to deck of the Nautilus, where Commander Wilkinson is standing at a podium with senior officers and Mr. Hopkins behind him. They all salute as several sailors prepare to raise an American flag (not yet seen) on a mast attached to the Nautilus Sail. Two men are seen from the back of a high platform forward of the submarine, as they look down over a railing at persons assembled on the Nautilus deck. More views, from various vantage points, of the Nautilus crew members on deck and of the relatives, friends and spectators on the dock. A large number of families and others, many seated on chairs set out for the occasion. They mingle and socialize. Sailors have not yet been dismissed and remain in a tight formation on the deck of the Nautilus.
Reenactment shows FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents battling gangsters in the United States, during the 1930s. Machine Gun Kelly storms an apartment building and shoots enemies. The Kansas City Massacre reenacted. Shootouts with gangsters George Kelly Barnes nicknamed 'Machine Gun Kelly', 'Babyface' Nelson, 'Prettyboy' Floyd and John Dillinger by FBI agents. The FBI agents with the help of hidden cameras keep a check on gangster in New York. Hidden camera footage of FBI double agent meeting an axis spy on a New York street. The Brinks robbery in Boston, Massachusetts. Armored cars driving at night. Large amounts of money transported to trucks. Reenactment shows plane exploding with 40 passengers on board. FBI agents in warehouse examining airplane wreckage. View of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally at night, with a burning cross on a field and men in Klan robes around it throwing lit torches toward the burning cross. Brief shot of Martin Luther King being interviewed. Man smoking a cigar. Roulette wheels associated with illegal gambling.
Ministers arrive and leave at 10 Downing Street in London, England during World War II. Minister of Information Alfred Duff-Cooper and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Brendon Bracken. Officers, holding maps in hand, get out of the cars and enter a building. Minister of War Anthony Eden, Admiral Dudley Pound, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Sir John Dill, and Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Viscount Caldecote enter the building. Official cars drive past on 10 Downing street. Arthur Greenwood, Lord of Admiralty walking out of the building. Ministers come out of the building.
Officials in a meeting at the State Department Building (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States) in Washington DC. Vehicles drive past the State Department Building. Officials in a meeting with a map on the wall in the background. Lieutenant General Lucius Clay (Military Governor of American Zone in Germany), Lieutenant General Sir Brian Robertson (Military Governor of British Zone) and Sir William Strang (Political Advisor to British Control). Edmond Hall-Patch (British Undersecretary of State) and Major General John H Hildring (American Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas) in a meeting. The officials discuss issues during the meeting.
Various monuments in Washington DC. The Department of State. The original copy of Declaration of Independence lies with the Department of State. View of the document with signatures on it. The first signature reads "John Hancock'.
Graduation Ceremony of Military Academy students at West Point in New York. Troops march with rifles in hand. Insignia outside door reads 'United States Military Academy'. They receive diplomas and Commissions. People in the hall clap for the graduate members. United States Army Secretary Wilburt Tucker presents the awards. First on stage to receive the diploma is Robert Allan Stewart of Washington and anchor man John Francis Sloan of Marquette, Mich. Students of the military academy throw their hats in air after the ceremony.
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