Scenes captured by newsreel cameramen in Tokyo during fire after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. Population fleeing flames, attempting to save belongings. Wrecked houses along side of street. Policemen and civilians in street.
Various events captured by newsreel cameramen. City of Berkeley, California, burning, in 1923. Furniture on side of road. Some people scramble to save possessions in path of advancing fire. Others watch helplessly. Crowd mills around. View of burning buildings from roof top. Wrecked building. Burning multistory buildings in a city. One collapses. Arctic explorers' ship navigates between icebergs.
Narrator announces the "9th of November in Munich." (It is 1941, early in World War 2.) A gathering of Nazi officials in a church. They are celebrating the anniversary of the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch of November 9, 1923. Next, a large group of Nazi officials are seen conversing in a large hall. Adolf Hitler arrives to the cheers and Nazi salutes of the attendees, as he walks through their midst and spends time greeting and shaking hands with his old comrades from the 1920s. He steps to a podium. Closeup of him at the podium responding to the adulation of the assembly by rendering a bent elbow Nazi salute. The audience is applauding. According to the narrator, Hitler speaks disparagingly about U.S. President Roosevelt and Soviet leader Stalin.
"A Few Quick Facts - Japan". Animated propaganda film shows Japan facing an earthquake disaster in 1923. Animation shows an earthquake in Japan. U.S. aid to Japan shows U.S. warships carrying food, clothing and medical supplies to Japan. Japanese newspapers express gratitude. Japanese citizens waving flags of Japan and America together. Japanese leaders bow in gratitude. Quotation from a newspaper article of the time commenting on the support from America, and that if there is another war, "he who attacks America shall die." Narrator restates that same quote as animation in cartoon shows bombs raining down from the sky and exploding (reference to World War 2 bombing).
Russian 'G' Class guided missile type submarine underway in Mediterranean Sea. Rock of Gibraltar in the background. Starboard view of a KASHIN class Soviet Russian destroyer. View of the tripod mast. Officers and crew on the bridge of a Russian ship. Radar on top of tripod mast. Russian 'F' class submarine passes in the background. Two mounted guns on forward deck of Russian RIGA class ship.
Molotov, Foreign Minister, welcomes a number of dignitaries at airport and railway station in Moscow, Soviet Union. Dignitaries including representatives of Estonia, Latvia and Czechoslovakia review honor guards and parades.