Members of the U.S. Second Marine Raider Battalion display captured Japanese war souvenirs on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. Opening scene shows members of the U.S. Second Marine Raider Battalion celebrating their victory and exhibiting captured Japanese flags, weapons, and other souvenirs. One marine playfully tries using a captured Japanese NCO's sword to shave the beard of another marine. The next scene shows the Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, with several of his Raiders, holding a captured Japanese flag. Next, he is seen sitting in and then standing near a jeep, handling and discussing captured Japanese documents with one of his Battalion. Other members of the 2nd Raiders display their souvenirs, including a Japanese radio, and wallet and currency.
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Otto Feuer, a Jewish internee from Hamburg states how he has been in concentration camps for past so many years. He thanks the American Army for liberating them from the concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany on April 11, 1945. Other internees in the background.
Workers separate horizontal slabs of layered rock with picks, at Norris Dam site in Tennessee, United States. A man inserts blade of pick between layers of rock and uses it as lever to separate them.
Views of a trade exhibition in the United Kingdom soon after the end of World War II. A baby carriage or pram, and a baby dress with the date underneath "1948" can be seen. Family with a baby, father plays with a lifesize doll standing in a crib on display. Visitors gathering at the exhibit are seen drinking cocktails. Goods including driving gloves, luggage, golf bags, and athletic balls for rugby and football and soccer at the exhibit. A man showing a horse saddle to another, and suitcases and luggage is shown to a buyer.
Documentary about the geography of New York City. Slate indicates New York is the largest city in America. Its commercial supremacy is due to its fine harbor. A geographic map of New York, showing areas as Brooklyn, Manhattan, Lower Bay, Bronx and New Jersey. The bays and rivers in New York are shown. View of the Statue of Liberty. The waterfront of New York City as seen from a ship on the water. High rise buildings and early skyscrapers along the waterfront of Manhattan Island. Miles of docks at the New York City waterfront for ocean shipping.
Senator Estes Kefauver at a hearing as a Chairman of special Senate Committee to investigate organized crime in 1951. Kefauver campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956. Kefauver emerging from his plane and waving to crowd. Sign on plane: 'Kefauver for President' Kefauver showing his coon skin cap to the press and throwing it to them as he 'throws his hat into the ring' at start of a campaign. Estes Kefauver with Adlai Stevenson at the speaker's stand at the Democratic convention.
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