Opening scene depicts (dramatized) the presence of German submarines off the Atlantic Coast, delivering Nazi German saboteurs of Operation Pastorius to Long Island, New York and to Florida in 1942. View of German submarines in the ocean. A scientist in a FBI laboratory examines explosives found when the sabotage attempt was uncovered, including blocks of TNT and explosives designed to look like lumps of coal. J. Edgar Hoover describes how the explosives were designed to target American citizens and war industries during World War 2. Paddy wagons with military guards standing on read door platforms are seen entering court facility in Washington DC. View inside the paddy wagons of German agents ("submarine saboteurs") being brought to military trial. View of the accused and the military officers of the court sitting in court during the trial. Military judges are seen seated during the trial proceedings. View of a wall of file cabinets and a hand reaching into a cabinet marked "secret." Past events show Adolf Hitler in meetings with his staff. An animated map shows Nazi symbol overlaying an outline of the United States. A United States flag in the background. The director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) John Edgar Hoover in the United States. He sits at a desk in his office. He talks about enemy agents, Hitler's desire to punish the United States, and the victory of the United States over them.
Elizabeth Terrill Bentley, former Soviet agent, testifies before Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, in Washington, DC, United States. Subcommittee members seated at long table. Microphones placed on the table. Several other tables and chairs arranged in the room. Members of the Press seated on the chairs. Several cameramen stand. Elizabeth Bentley stands, raises her hand, and is sworn in as a witness. She testifies before the Subcommittee. Chandeliers hanging from the hearing chamber ceiling.
William Walter Remington testifying before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He is seated at a table with several microphones in front of him. Remington stands and is sworn in as a witness. Several other tables and chairs arranged in the room. Journalists and photographers present. Subcommittee members seated at long table. Most ot the hearing room is filled with reporters and recorders at tables, and a small group of spectators at the rear. Remington responds to Subcommittee questions. After testifying, Remington is seen conversing with former spy Elizabeth Bentley who had defected to the United States.
Gasoline storage area in Wegberg, Germany. Long lines of gasoline cans are stacked. The gasoline cans being filled with gasoline from trailer trucks. The cans being filled with gasoline through gasoline hoses. Empty cans being lined on road. Trucks on the move.
Anti aircraft gun emplacement near gasoline storage area in Wegberg, Germany. A crew member looks through binoculars. A sign reads '450th Quartermaster Gas Supply Co.' Filled gasoline cans being loaded onto trucks. Trucks loaded with gasoline cans move on the road. A sign reads 'Speed Limit- 20 M.P.H.' A sign reads ' Wegberg, Arsbeck, Beeck' and gives road distance. Guard stops a truck entering the area and checks it. Trucks pass an armed guard and an antiaircraft gun on road in the storage area. Long rows of gasoline cans in storage area.
British Prime Minister Churchill speaks to the crew of HMS Prince of Wales underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The Prime Minister addresses the crew on the deck of the ship. He says that a long time back, when a statesman came back from a European Conference, he said he has brought with him peace and honor. But at the end of this voyage of the Prince of Wales they have not sought peace and have not lost honor either. And there is a hope for victory. He assures the crew that their taking part in the voyage will be an inspirational story when it will be widely known. He also wishes them best of luck and the best of good comradeship and the chances of winning fame and honor. Whatever be the chances the whole team of the ship will always be ready to add another sail to the glory of the Royal Navy. Other dignitaries visible behind the Prime Minister.
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