Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States. Astronaut Walter M. Shirra, Jr. talks with official. He dons white protective gear and enters the wrecked spacecraft. He examines the inside of the module and then comes out again and takes off the protective clothing.
President Franklin Roosevelt speaks at a hall in United States. He sits with other dignitaries and officers stand behind them. Flags in the background. Hitler addresses people. Hostages in Europe are shot dead by the soldiers. Statue of Liberty shown. The United Nations flag. Pictures of Churchill, Stalin, Chiang Kai-shek, Roosevelt and the U.S. flag. (World War II period).
Canadian Dionne quintuplets participate at various christening and launching of ships at the Walter Butler shipyards in Superior, Wisconsin, United States during World War II. Five cargo ships built by Walter Butler Shipbuilders for the U.S. Maritime Commission are launched one by one. A man assists one of the girls as she launches a ship. People gather to watch the event. Children sing “God Bless America”.
Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter takes off for submarine search at sea in United States. It lands on the deck of a moving tanker and takes off. Soldiers stand on the ship deck. Helicopter in flight. (World War II period).
Shows activities aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean as damaged planes return from a mission in World War II. United States soldiers looking towards the sky. They watch towards the sky through binoculars. Airplanes flying in the sky. A man waving signal boards towards the airplanes. A plane lands with one wheel. Another skids off the landing deck and hangs on the side of the ship. The third plane slides off the deck into the ocean, killing the pilot. Soldiers taking the pilot on stretcher. Cost of the plane and the pilot's training. Shows that a human life cannot be measured in dollars. Indicates that the mission of the civilians at home is to purchase war bonds.
Men stand on a ship deck at a harbor in United States. British writer HG Wells poses for camera, followed by German composer Richard Strauss on the ship.
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