Opening slate of this film reads" Churchill Defeated." It goes on to show Winston Churchill attending his last meeting with wartime allied leaders at Podsdam, Germany in July, 1945. He shakes hands with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. His replacement, Clement Attlee who is also there. View from above of Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin greeting the new British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, who is accompanied by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and U.S. President Harry Truman, accompanied by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. The wartime leaders gather around a large round table. Closeup of Marshal Stalin and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Closeup of U.S. President Harry S. Truman at the conference table. View from above of the principals at the table. Film shifts to scenes of Major Attlee campaigning for votes. People in street listening to Ernest Bevin campaigning. Views of Winston Churchill being given a hearty farewell by a crowd, as he rides through on an open vehicle. Closeups of him he picks up a microphone to address the throng. Scene shifts to views of British voters casting their ballots. King George VI strolls with new Prime Minister Attlee and Winston Churchill. He poses with the new Prime Minister (Attlee) and Ernest Bevin on his right. At his left is Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Closeups of Clement Attlee.
Autogyro (early helicopter) flies over monuments in Washington DC. H F Pitcairn sits in the cockpit of autogyro. The autogyro with whirling wings for lifting power taxis on runway in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The autogyro takes off from airfield. The autogyro flies over Lincoln Memorial (Memorial Bridge visible behind spanning the Potomac River), Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC
Flight of autogyro from Pitcairn Field in Philadelphia to Washington DC. American aviation inventor and pioneer Harold F Pitcairn sits in the cockpit. The autogyro taxis across a grassy area. The autogyro in flight over Washington DC. The autogyro in flight over Lincoln Memorial,Washington Monument and the White House.
French officers and officials gather in front of the French War Memorial in Floral Clock Park, Algeria,North Africa during World War II. Wreaths are seen placed at base of memorial. Free French Generals Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Honore Giraud salute the guards holding French flags. Colonial soldiers salute with swords. General De Gaulle relights the Eternal flame. Large crowd gathered at the street square. US, British and Free French flags flutter in wind from flagpoles. Speakers stand is decorated with Crosses of Lorraine and Large Letters: "R V F." General De Gaulle addresses gathering. General de Gaulle and General Giraud review military units on Parade. Military band plays. A small contingent of U.S. forces marches. carrying the Stars and Stripes. French colonial units march and a contingent of cavalry ride with weapons pointed skyward. Women in uniform march.French sailors parade.
Air raid by U.S. jet fighter bomber aircraft during Vietnam War. U.S. jet fighter bomber aircraft (A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom, according to narrator) in flight and during attacks North Vietnam Communication and boat repair facilities. United States aircraft strafe and bomb bridges and storage areas. Smoke column rises from explosions.
The Eleventh Annual Field Trials of English Springer Spaniels in Verbank, New York. A gallery lined up at the Verbank Hunting and Fishing Club for the first series. Mountains in the background. Elias Vail handles dog named Speed of Falcon Hill. Eltinge F. Warner and David Wagstaff aim guns. Mrs. Walton Ferguson judges the performance. Elias Vail watches as the dog named Rowcliffe Hill Billy runs across a field and catches a bird. H. L. Ferguson with dog named Fleet of Falcon Hill,winner of the series open.
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