Opening scene shows closeup of a lion roaring. In the audience, a German soldier in uniform laughs. Bears drink from milk bottles. A lion trainer coaxes a male lion to walk across a pair of tight wires. German soldiers in the audience applaud. A pretty girl introduces performance number 6. then two men and a young woman acrobat perform. The men toss her about about and catch her. Closeups of German soldiers enjoying the show (including one holding a young boy).
Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.
A group of German Army officers is seen entering a German war plant during the workers' lunch break. The workers are seen at their lunch table. One of the officers speaks woth a plant foreman and they watch as the factory workers perform a forging operation on a large steel ingot. A display of national awards earned by the factory workers. The workers use flexible link chains to control the steel piece being forged. Closeups of workers and visiting observers. A worker presents the visitors with a memento of their visit.
Albert Speer, Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany, visits a war plant during World War 2. He is seen surrounded by workers in the factory, as he speaks to them, expressing appreciation for their wartime efforts. Closeups of the workers as Speer speaks. Plant workers surround him and converse with him. Afterwards, He makes his way through the crowd of workers and waves goodbye. .
Gerrnan Navy personnel look over a large number of marine mines piled up on the seashore in World War 2.. Several navy men walk into the surf where they retrieve a large mine floating ashore. A Navy explosives ordnance disposal technician removes parts from the mine. He and another Navy man examine them. Next, they deliberately detonate the mine creating a large blast, on the shore. A Navy Lieutenant is seen removing parts from another mine. Narrator states that he and his enlisted assistant have together destroyed 5,600 mines. His assistant wires up the mine for destruction. View of the mine exploding.
Thomas Jefferson and Monticello' depicts the Blue Ridge Mountains in Albemarle Virginia: Thomas Jefferson's home town. Scenes of the mountains and a river. A stone slab enclosed in a fence in front of a tree. Dramatization: A young actor portraying Thomas Jefferson sits on a grassland. Two children stand in front of a tree. A young boy observes a bird sitting on his hand. Two young boys walk across a ground and a dog follows. A boy observes. A house behind trees. A African American man works outside the house and a young boy observes.
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