Scene of boats docked on the Thames River with Houses of Parliament in the background, in England. Scenes related to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's trip, September 15-16, 1938. to meet Adolf Hitler, at Berchtesgarden,Germany. Chamberlain steps from an airplane. Neville Chamberlain, on September 16, 1938, after returning from Bertchtesgarden. He is seen making his way through a crowd at Heston Airport in London, England, where he speaks into a microphone. Scenes from September 15, 1938, before leaving to meet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler,in Berchtesgarden. Crowds gather on top of the airport building. Cameramen record the event. Police officers and officials stand about waiting for Chamberiain to depart. A British Airways aircraft lands and taxis in at Heston Airport. German Charge d'Affaires, Herr Kordt, Lord Halifax and Prime Minister Chamberlain talk with each other. Chamberlain cuts open a letter, from the King, and reads it, privately. Chamberlain makes a speech , surrounded by microphones, as photographers take pictures. Chamberlain poses beside the airplane. Lord Halifax joins him. Chamberlain doffs his hat and looks about to enter the aircraft.
Area inhabited by Germans in New York City, United States. German newspapers at a news stand or book stall. The exterior of a bookstore showing German signs. People pass in the foreground. Theatre marquee sign in German say “ZWEI LUSTIGE ABENTEUER. H RUEHMANN H KNOTECK. EXTRA PANAY BOMBING EXTRA” (“TWO FUN ADVENTURES. H RUEHMANN H KNOTECK. EXTRA PANAY BOMBING EXTRA “ IN English) at the 86th St Garden Theatre, and “DIE UFA FILMOPERETTE DER BETTELSTUDENT F KAMPERS IDA WUEST” at the Europe Theatre. A person buys a ticket from a movie theater box office. Movie theater admission price in German “Erwachsene 20 Kinder 15” (“Adults 20 Children 15” in English). German sign boards in front of shops, including at address 242 for the Yorkville Camera Exchange and the Yorkville Clothes Shop in Upper Manhattan.
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Opening slate reads “Secret”. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 flies over the American held San Giovanni Airfield near Bari, Italy. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 flown by Romanian Air Force Captain Constantin Cantacuzino from Bucharest is parked after landing in San Giovanni Airfield. Nose of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. United States flag painted on the fuselage of the Messerschmitt Bf 109. United States officers open the fuselage of the German aircraft to examine space where Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Gunn III had been riding in the plane. Gunn escaped after being held by Romanian authorities. United States Air Force personnel crowd around Captain Cantacuzino and Lieutenant Colonel Gunn. A Jeep stops in front of the Fifteenth Air Force headquarters in Bari. Lieutenant Colonel Gunn meets with United States military officials. Military officials meeting in Bari to discuss developments in Romania as relayed by Lieutenant Colonel Gunn. The 15th Air Force discussing a plan of evacuation in a garden. Captain Cantacuzino participates in the discussion. Man points to map on the table. Two Flying Fortresses carrying the OSS Evacuation Party departs from Bari Airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Flight crew aboard a B-17 bomber to Romania. A radio man in flight. Aerial views of the Albanian coastline and Danube River in Romania as plane approaches Popesti airfield. A Flying Fortress taxi at Popesti Airfield after landing. Romanian Air Force personnel watch the arrival of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Evacuation Party. Romanian Army officers and government officials, including George Askew, Romanian Undersecretary of Economic Affairs and Colonel Neal Eskew, Commanding Officer of the Romanian Air Force, welcome Captain Cantacuzino and the OSS Evacuation Party to Romania. Major Ross of OSS sets up radio communication with Bari, Lt. Dubes at the controls, typing out morse code. The OK sign to camera as happy officers establish contact. B-17 takes off.
U.S. Marines retreat in the Chosin Rservoir, Korea during the Korean War. Some of the 15,000 marines who broke out of the Hagaru-ri trap at Chosin Reservoir as they arrive on foot and in vehicles. Military tanks and jeeps. Marines plod along the strip. A Korean woman with child on her back watches them march ahead. Men wave from the roadside.
Opening scene shows a C-130 aircraft on final approach, and about to land on an airfield, at dusk. Next, a MAC Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft is seen flying over a body of water. Its tail number is 63-8075. (Nicknamed "Petunia Pig," it was flown in accelerated operations beginning in 1964, and eventually logging about 15 hours a day in regular service, to provide the Air Force advance information about the operational capabilities of this type aircraft.) The next airplane shown is a MAC Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, about to land. Its unique 28-wheel landing gear is clearly visible as it approaches and touches down. Scene shifts to the MAC Command and Control Center, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, where Air Force controllers are monitoring MAC worldwide operations. The wall in the background is covered by a map of the world showing numerous MAC air routes. A civilian narrator speaks about the Military Airlift Command. Camera pans over the Command Center wall map, showing North and South America and associated MAC routes and then across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa. Bucolic scenes of farmland and fields in the vicinity of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Next, three large jet transport aircraft are seen on an airfield ramp. Suddenly, one explodes and is destroyed in fire and smoke. Rescuers carry and injured person on a stretcher. Another scene shows a bus and cars consumed in flames.
The 48th International Flower Show in New York. People lining up outside New York's Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States). Varieties of flowers are on display during the exhibit. Women view a waterfall inside the exhibit. A woman dressed as a bride holds white flowers. A little girl approaches the woman. Women posing near flowers. Old women buying flowers. Men buying flowerpots. A man shops for flowers. Young children dressed in Korean, Filipino, Indian and Bolivian traditional attires. A Filipino boy wearing a Salakot and Barong Tagalog smiling. A sign reads 'Friendship Garden'. A hand places packs of tomato seeds on display. Two Korean children look at seed pack donations. Sign reads “Seed Assortment 15 packets of vegetable seeds…”. The John F Kennedy Memorial Rose ( a hybrid White and White blend rose by Eugene S. "Gene" Boerner) was shown for the first time to public. The theme this year is 'Patios.... Natures Living Room'.