The 32nd Democratic National Convention at the International Amphitheater (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago. People stand with banners in hand. Young boy selling The Hobo News Newspapers. California, Louisiana, New York, Massachusetts written on large hoardings. Former President of United States Harry Truman with his wife Bess Wallace Truman and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt seated in the Convention Hall. Banner reads 'America needs Stevenson'. Adlai Stevenson nominated as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer in the Presidential Campaign.
Tourists visit the Coolidge Homestead in Plymouth, Vermont. Tourists in cars drive through hills and mountains of Vermont. They arrive at an old farmhouse. United States President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge shake hands with the tourists at their homestead (3780 VT-100A, Plymouth, VT 05056, United States).
U.S. military officers make plans following encirclement of U.S. forces in Korea near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. General Douglas Macarthur gets out of a car and is greeted by an officer. He walks inside a building in Tokyo, Japan. Scene changes to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A board reads 'Commander in Chief Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet'. The Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Arthur William Radford, sits at a desk in his office and signs a document with orders. Scene changes to Tokyo again, with exterior sign and awning that says "Commander Naval Forces, Far East." Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy directs support for the imperiled forces in Korea. He places orders for commander of 7th Fleet, Commander Carrier Division 15, Commander of Fleet Marine Air Wing to move forward with maximum support. A board reads 'Far East Navy Forces'. Different boards read '315th Air Division Combat Cargo', '5th Bomber Command' and '5th Air Force'. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen observes rough sea from a ship during a winter storm. A naval officer looks through binoculars. An officer transfers between ships via breeches buoy. Water splashes over the deck of U.S. Navy ship during heavy storm.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members rally in a forest near Stone Mountain, Georgia, in the United States. Members of the KKK group dressed in white robes and hoods gather in the forest. They perform formal ceremonies there. One robed member is a child and is greeted by other members. One member waves the flag of the United States. They bow while standing in a circle. A member wears a mask. He bows in front of the U.S. flag. Stone Mountain in Stone Mountain Georgia is seen in the background in final shot.
U.S. tanks and infantry advance in France during World War II. People in a balcony hold the French and the United States flags. An official in the balcony speaks to the crowd assembled below. Troops enter Mayenne. Civilians cheer the troops passing in truck. The troops march across debris of houses and buildings. A sign board reads ' Boulevard Du Marechal Petain'. The troops march along a road as they cross Mayenne. A United States truck drives past the soldiers. The troops in military cars drive past a Christian cross. Tanks and infantry move past a Renault factory. They enter Laval. Infantrymen fire at the Germans across a river in Laval.
United States General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower and other French officials at Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France during World War 2. General Eisenhower and British General Bernard Law Montgomery (wearing civilian clothing) walk along a field. Eisenhower and Montgomery both study a map. General Eisenhower watches military trucks move along the road. Eisenhower points to German wreckage. Remains of a burned German tank outside Paris. General Eisenhower takes a photograph of the German tank using a subminiature camera. Two British soldiers meet and shake hands with General Eisenhower, who is holding a subminiature camera (probably a Riga Minox subminiature camera). General Eisenhower, United States General Omar Nelson Bradley and French officers pose for a photograph at Arc de Triomphe. The crowd gathered waves and cheers. General Bradley and General Eisenhower in car. French civilians applaud and welcome the officials.
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