U.S. Coast Guard cutters at sea. U.S. Coast Guard sailors on cutters in heavy seas. A sailor looks through binoculars from the observation deck. Another sailor looks through binoculars, keeps a watch, and informs the crew of a submarine sighting. The cutters attack and drop shells into the water. Massive underwater explosions. The crew mans and fires the deck gun. A pilot readies his plane. Oil from a leaking submarine floats on the water surface. Cutters at sea. A Coast Guard sailor and a SPARS (Coast Guard Women's Reserve) walk along the New York harbor. The Statue of Liberty in the background. The New York skyline as SPARS march. Voice narration in part by James Cagney and Ginger Rogers.
A woman runs towards a U.S. Coast Guard Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane on the shore. She hands over a paper to the pilot in the cockpit. Crew prepare and push the plane towards the ramp, and then slide the plane off the ramp into the water. The woman stands back and watches as the plane taxis in the water and takes off. A light house off shore. Narration by James Cagney.
UN Forces and U.S. Marines fight North Korean and Chinese Communists and advance towards the Manchurian border, during the Korean War. A soldier on a hill top. Soldiers with antiaircraft guns on hills. Soldiers march through villages. The fleeing Reds set fire to their former stations. Huts on fire. Soldiers on a road. A soldier smokes while riding a bicycle. United States Navy P2 Neptune bombers fire rockets on over Red positions. Fire and smoke from the explosions. Communist Prisoners of War (POW) at a UN camp. The prisoners are screened and treated for diseases. Men wear surgical masks during the process. They are provided rations and food.
Counting of votes after the 82nd Congress Elections. Men and women calculate the results. An Election Commissioner impounds and rechecks the voting machines. Two men seen inspecting voting machines. New York Republican candidate W Kingsland Macy smokes a pipe. View of New York Democratic candidate Ernest Greenwood. Newspaper headlines about Governor Democrat G Williams' win against Harry Kelly. Williams shakes hands with a supporter. Exterior of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The 82nd Congress in session. View of senate chamber as narrator describes near even Democratic and Republican split in the Senate. Former Governor of New York Democrat Herbert Lehmen returns to the Senate. Closeup view of Lehman. View of the Congress House of Representatives in session. Additional exterior views of the Capitol dome and the Capitol building in Washington DC.
People pay tribute to gallant fighting ship 'USS San Francisco' (CA-38) eight years after the Battle of Guadacanal. A large crowd gathered at the ceremony to honor USS San Francisco named after the city. Survivors and next of kin who died in the Battle present. A plaque commemorating the Battle is unveiled. Men, women and children take a look at the shell torn ship. The bell and bridge of the ship. Naval officers at the ceremony. Planes fly by in honor of the ship. Sailor salutes. The United States flag at half mast.
A Football match between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Kansas Jayhawkers in Lawrence. Players tussle for the ball on the field. Referee amidst the players. Crowd cheers. A band among the spectators. The Sooners beat the Jayhawks with a score of 33-13.
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