Royal North West mountain band plays and marches in Quebec, Canada. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives for the conference. He along with Churchill, combined chiefs of staff poses for a photo. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden also joins them.
A radio broadcast about the arrival of United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the Quebec conference between Britain, America and Canada. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King pose for the press and answer their queries. Roosevelt addresses a large gathering about the conference. Naval guns shell Italy prior to invasion.
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry troops departing from Quebec, Canada for the Second Boer War or South African War in Transvaal (present day South Africa). Soldiers clad in campaign uniform, marching under a triumphal arch, cheered by thousands of spectators who are waving English flags. Both sides of the street are filled with crowds. Flags are seen above the triumphal arch. The 2nd Special Service Battalion soldiers board a ship bound for Transvaal. Canadian infantry soldiers watch the 2nd Special Service Battalion board the ship. Tender boats of ship are seen.
Struggle for American independence and the border between Canada and America. Sketches of British General Burgoyne in its efforts to defeat the American colonists and meet General Howe in Albany. Review of Burgoyne's campaign and his enlistment of indians against the colonists. Map shows battle strategy from Quebec to New York. British prisoners. Surrender of Burgoyne to American General Gates at Saratoga. General George Washington's efforts against the British. Washington's troops at Valley Forge in winter with inadequate resources. Benjamin Franklin as envoy in Paris with King Louis XVI convinced to aid the American cause. Addition of Spain and the Netherlands in the struggle against British rule in America. Discussion of the French and the Americans both with their sights set on winning Canada also. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Part of Canadian town buried in a Leda clay landslide. Disaster in the small town of Nicolet, Quebec where an underground river undermines an area 40 feet long and 1000 Feet wide. The earth gave way engulfing houses and buildings. A van with 'Filature Nicolet' written on it was damaged. View of destroyed Nicolet St. John the Baptist Cathedral (671 Bd Louis Fréchette, Nicolet, QC J3T 1L6, Canada) and the Bishop's Palace. Building of Nicolet School destroyed. Car drives on street of other side of the town. Boat sails in river.
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, is seen in his office with a woman secretary. They attend to administrative paperwork. Large paper files can be seen in the background. Members of M.Duplessis' staff enter for a meeting. One shows him a copy of the Quebec anti-nationalist newspaper, Le Jour, which he peruses and discusses briefly with his staff.