Actor Raymond Massey talks about the nation's need for defense against possible air attack. He walks to a large wall map depicting North America and discusses joint efforts of Canada and the United States to establish an effective air defense system for North America. On the map, lines of radar stations are shown: The DEW line; Mid Canada line; and the Pine Tree line. Other radar installations are highlighted along East and West coasts on land, on towers in the ocean, on picket ships and on picket aircraft. Sites of the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) network of radars, computer systems, and aircraft command and control equipment are depicted on the U.S. part of the map. The headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) at Colorado Springs, Colorado is highlighted. Massey points to models of interceptor missiles and long range bombers, on his desk, and discusses their employment. He then speaks of an intricate communications system to tie everything together. This is depicted on the animated map. Views of men laying telephone cable. Underground view of telephone cables. View of telephone microwave tower. Telephone poles and lines along a rural road. A mother and child telephoning the father long distance. Office workers using telephones. Teletype machines and television communications. A cable ship laying telephone cable at sea. Map depicts lines of communication provided by undersea cables. views of emergency supplies and equipment available in times of disaster. Downed power lines being repaired. Men at a large emergency diesel generator. Underground communication cables being installed by team of tracked vehicles. Remote lines of communication away from possible targets are depicted.
Russian revolution leader Leon Trotsky's funeral in Mexico. The casket with the body of Trotsky is placed in a car. Leon Trotsky's funeral procession on the streets of Mexico City. A group of men carries his casket. At a public viewing of the open casket, Mexican citizens take a last look at the body of Leon Trotsky in the casket. Members of the Mexican section of the Fourth International stand in honor near the casket. Mexican people stand in a long line to take a last look and pay their last respects to Trotsky. Views of the long queue for the viewing, stretching down a main street of Mexico City.
Charles Lindbergh's poses next to his airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." Ground crew push the airplane, tail first, out of a hangar on Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York. Its engine and nose are covered in canvas. Lindbergh shakes hands with an official. Ground crew top off the aircraft's fuel, by pouring several gallons into its tank from atop the wing. A man helps Lindbergh don his heavy flying coverall. The aircraft engine starts. Crowd surrounds the aircraft. Lindbergh climbs aboard and the "Spirit of St. Louis" starts its takeoff roll surrounded by group of people. Lindbergh makes a long takeoff roll, bouncing several times (once, quite hard) before breaking ground in a shallow climb.
Monitor Flame Boats underway in the South China Sea. Flooded well deck of USS Catamount (LSD-17). Monitor Flame Boats enter the well deck. Bow view of the Monitors entering USS Catamount's well deck. Two Monitors in the well deck. Two crewman in a catwalk in the foreground working with lines. USS Whetstone (LSD-27) behind USS Catamount. The tail gate on USS Catamount is closing. One Monitor Flame Boat at sea fires a long stream of flame. A Monitor fires a long spout of flame. Smoke and fire on water. The Monitor in the background fires a stream of flame.
'Sing with the Stars' features Bob Burns as 'Bob Bazooka Burns'. Begins with scene showing a bazooka being fired. Bob talks about the bazooka and shows the audience his humorous musical instrument, for which the weapon was named. Then, he and American Hollywood actress and singer Shirley Ross sing 'Clementine' together. For part of the song, Bob Burns actually plays his bazooka as one would play a trombone. The lyrics of the song are displayed for audience sing-a-long. Bob and Shirley joke about Clementine.Cartoon artwork of funny characters are shown on screen along with the lyrics, and a bouncing ball over the words for sing-a-long.
Frozen battle field scene as Russian forces advance through bombed out German positions in the Battle of the Cherkassy pocket of the Ukraine region. Destroyed German tanks, artillery equipment, and German horses and dead soldiers lie on the frozen battlefield following battle. A captured German soldier is huddled on a cart. Piles of abandoned and wrecked German equipment. Soviet forces approach and identify the body of dead German Commander, General Wilhelm Stemmermann, who died with many of his forces after being encircled by the Russians. A long line of German prisoners, four deep, moving over snow under Russian guard in snowy and windy conditions. The Russian soldiers escort the prisoners. The prisoners cross a bridge. View of a snowy field covered with frozen bodies of dead German soldiers, some still holding rifles. A Russian officer addresses troops near Potchemky. The dead Germans are strewed over the snow. Various views of the wrecked German equipment and dead bodies of the soldiers frozen on the snowy battlefield. Low aerial view of the destroyed German front as seen from a Russian aircraft. Long line of destroyed German vehicles and dead Wehrmacht soldiers defeated in Battle of the Korsun - Cherkassy Pocket.
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