Russian politician Mihail Ivanovic Kalinin together with members of his office staff works with persons presenting documents that he inspects. He inspects papers from a man and converses at length with him. Kalinin at his desk with papers, and at a podium speaking, with handful of papers. In separate scene, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, in plain brown uniform, addresses a group of similarly dressed men.
Study in which Trotsky was attacked by Ramon Mercader. A wounded Ramon Mercader in hospital bed. Close up of a knife found at the scene. Journalists and police gathered to hear the latest news. Leon Trotsky dying in hospital bed. An ambulance leaves police headquarters. A crowd peering through metal gates. A gathering of photographers with cameras. (World War II period).
Officials of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Border Patrol during their routine patrol. Patrolling car in dry desert along the border. The officers observe impressions of the wheels of a unknown vehicle in the sands. The commander and his subordinate walk along the track of impression and observe keenly for any clue. Close up views of the officers, uniforms, badges.
Mexican General Salazar and General Lando on firing line at Ojinaga. Horses on the field behind lines. General watches through binoculars as Mexican soldiers fire from trenches.
Two airmen pushing a trolley with contents covered by canvas. They are moving it towards B-29 Superfortress, "Dave's Dream," sitting on the airfield ramp, surrounded by armed Military Police guards. Airmen cover the bomb bay door and lower part of the B-29 with a canvas to prevent the nuclear device from being seen during loading. The canvases are removed after loading and the aircraft's engines are started. Bomb bay doors are then closed.
Convair B-36 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) with engines running at Walker Air Force Base. B-36 landing. Air crew members in a room discussing a mission. (Three field grade officers in the crew.)