President Roosevelt returns from a three week long fishing trip to Pensacola, Florida. The United States ship USS Houston comes in the harbor at Naval flying station in Pensacola, Florida. Marine Guards lined up an honor guard. President's car pulls away as he waves to a large crowd at the harbor.
Events prior to World War II. Harold Morris Warner during a speech in Hollywood, California. Harry Warner (of Warner Brothers fame) states that Hollywood is against communism, fascism or any other ism. He says that it is only dedicated to Americanism. He highlights the role played by motion pictures in promoting American way of life.
President Franklin D Roosevelt receives a degree at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During his speech on the occasion he calls himself a mild mannered peace loving person. He states that he firmly believes in capitalistic system and would not plunge into war. A number of students seated in the auditorium listen to the President.
American delegates of Pan American Conference aboard the United States ship Santa Clara. Delegates on flight deck in reading room of the ship. Head of the delegates, Cordell Hull also aboard the ship. Ship enters the Panama Canal. Various ships underway in the canal. Cordell Hull stops over and meets President Arosemena and shakes hands with him.
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Victor Herskovics, a Jewish teacher of German language and history from Czechoslovakia interviewed at Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany. He talks about how he was badly treated in prisons and concentration camps after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. He states that he is the only person alive from his family. He thanks the American Army for liberating him from the concentration camp in Buchenwald. (World War II period).
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Serge Kaplan, Jewish internee from Eindhoven Netherlands speaks about the difficult conditions at various concentration camps which made life difficult for the internees and also led to death of many people. He states that he was in a concentration camp in Poland and came to Buchenwald in January 1945. He expresses his joy on being set free by the American Army.
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