Opens showing views of the U.S. Pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgium. An array of international flags and artistic fountains grace the Pavilion. Glimpse of the Exhibition Hall of the Soviet Union with hammer and sickle symbol on front. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser shakes hand with Nikita Khrushchev, 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nasser speaking to the 600-member assembly of the new United Arab Republic (encompassing Egypt and Syria). Arabs marching with banners. King Faisal II of Iraq and his uncle, Abdul Ilah, step to a podium. Faisal II riding in a horse-drawn carriage. View of seaport in Lebanon. A U.S. Naval task force is visible, arriving in response to a request for aid from Lebanon. U.S. marines in an amphibious landing near Beirut. They establish a beachhead as local Lebanese watch and applaud. The marines load artillery and ammunition on the beach. The scene changes to the island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait, where entrenched KMT Nationalist Chinese troops of Chiang Kai-Shek, are seen scrambling as they undergo constant shelling from Mainland China. The American Destroyer, USS Ammen (DD-527) is seen underway on patrol in the Taiwan Strait. U.S. Navy vessels provide relief supplies to the bombarded Islands in the Taiwan Strait. Landing craft are loaded with essential supplies for delivery. Sailors are seen throwing sacks of food over their ship railing into a landing craft below. A line of laden landing craft follows in the wake of a Navy ship. High rise apartments in West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin citizens are seen going about their daily activities. A large sign in German warns “Achtung! Sie verlassen jetzt West-Berlin” (“Warning! You are leaving West-Berlin”). Views of damaged buildings left untouched in East Berlin. Militia in black uniforms perform close order drills in East Berlin. Street sign identifies Unter Den Linden. The formerly elegant avenue is seen virtually deserted. A horse-drawn carriage moves along, and men push a cart full of supplies. Bicyclists ride along the side of the street. Headquarters of the 4-powers administration building is seen without a Soviet flag. French, American, and British soldiers stand guard. (Soviets are absent.)
Film starts showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a polling place during the 1938 U.S. National Elections. Next, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the President's wife is also seen there with him. Glimpse of an unidentified politician. Another unidentified politician shaking hands with people in a crowd. New York Democratic Governor, Herbert H. Lehman, stands with his wife and family on the occasion of his re-election. Brief closeup of Governor Lehman himself. Scene shifts to the Republican candidate for New York Governor, New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), Thomas E. Dewey, who is being interviewed. (He lost the election to Governor Lehman, but only by 1.4%.) Closeup of Thomas Dewey, smiling. Two unidentified men are seen sitting by a radio. One is recording election results on a tally sheet.
U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft operating in skies over Germany right after the end of World War 2, in Europe. P-47D Thunderbolt fighter planes (with bubble canopies) of the 377th Fighter Squadron (red cowls, coded "E4"), 362nd Fighter Group in flight above clouds. They peel off, one at a time, and dive.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Sydenham Airfield in Belfast, Ireland. Airmen assemble a P-47. A crane on a truck hoists a crate. A caterpillar skids the crate. Airmen strip off the tape. A man opens the crate and remove parts. A hangar in the background. A foreman checks the parts from the crate. A P-47 in the background. Men assemble a tank and attach a rubber on the P-47. They take the cowling from the nose of the P-47. Men push a crane with 4 blade prop to the nose. The P-47 takes off from the runway.
Three U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 aircraft fly overhead and peel off to begin landing at an airfield in Belgium, during World War 2. . A formation flight of Four P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes follows, peeling off to land. One of the P-47s, a "razor back" from the 387th Fighter Squadron (yellow cowl band, coded "B4"), 365th Fighter Group, is seen landing on the runway, with its canopy open.
German aircraft are attacked by a U.S. aircraft on 29th March 1944 in the European Theater during World War II. A U.S. aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by Lieutenant Johnson of 4th Squadron. The aircraft strafes a Junkers Ju 88 and a Focke Wulf Fw 190 on the ground. The aircraft explode.
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