General Eisenhower inspects porcelain exhibits at an export show in Munich, Germany, not long after the end of World War 2. Several porcelain tea sets and vases seen arranged on tables covered with a table cloth. General Eisenhower inspects a motor bike at exhibition. He answers questions of news men. General Eisenhower and General Joseph T. McNarney leave in open cars. Sign reading 'Export Schau' in German and 'Export Exhibition' in English.
General Douglas MacArthur gives his speech to Allied Control Council in Tokyo. He praises the new Japanese Constitution. Men sitting in the hall listen to his speech. Several cameramen take photographs. A cameraman sets his camera for recording.
Liberal Democratic Party building in Berlin, Germany. People walk past a building with a sign on it that reads 'Liberal Demokratische Partei'. A man sells news paper in front of Liberal Demokratische Partie's quarters. A sign reads 'Optimisten liberal Demokratische Partei' as people walk past it.
Indian political leaders during the independence movement in India. Crowds gathering in the huge Maidan, urban park, in Calcutta. India proposes the Dominion status after the war, new constitution after the war, representatives in the war cabinet and representatives at the peace conference. A political rally. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a political and spiritual leader of India, during the independence movement. Jawaharlal Nehru, a political leader of the Congress Party, speaks to the Indian Congress Party. The Congress Party includes Hindu and Muslims political leaders. Another Indian leader addresses the party. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a politician and leader of the All India Muslim League, speaks to the Moslems. Pakistani area is highlighted on an animated map of India. A sign:' Hindu Mahasabha'. The political leaders of Hindu Mahasabha talk. Rice cultivation on a farm. A farmer works on the farm. Two sets of cattle plow the farm.
Post-war starvation, food shortages and hunger problems in the world soon after the end of World War II: Interior of a conference room. U.S. President Harry S. Truman in discussion with U.S. ex- President Herbert Hoover. Seated to their left are ex-Vice President Henry A. Wallace and former Governor of New York, Herbert H Lehman. Emaciated and starving men, women and children seen in villages and cities. The people are probably in India. Food ration lines and queues of British people in England and German citizens in Germany due to post war shortages of food and supplies after end of World War 2. Farm equipment are used in farms harvesting grain. Ships in a harbor with grain being poured into a ship's hold.
New York banker Alexander Sachs visits the White House in Washington DC. A Cadillaccar pulls up at the White House. Mr. Alexander Sachs leaves the car and enters the White house. Mr. Sachs enters the reception room of the White House, where Chief White House Usher, .Howell G. Crim greets him. (Note: these actions are repeated a number of times in this sequence, from different camera angles and perspectives.)
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