Arthur Godfrey and troupe members entertain United States troops at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland. Haleloki performs the Hula-Hula on stage. Airman takes pictures. Marion Marlowe sings while Arthur Godfrey stands on stage. McGuire sisters sing a song. Arthur Godfrey introduces Colonel Bernt Balchen who gives a brief speech on stage. Godfrey plays guitar and sings. Jeanette Davis sings on stage. Arthur Godfrey and Secretory Talbott signs on dollar bill for Airmen.
Secretory Talbott and his wife visit patients at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland. Secretory Talbott and Colonel Bernt Balchen in winter clothing Troops salute as they walk towards the aircraft. Operator operates sound recorder machine. Secretory Talbott speaks to patients in the hospital. He reads out messages for the patients.
Board of 'Ritz Jhule Building number 122' at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland. Secretory Talbott gives speech on stage. Air Force Personnel seated on ground watch the show in ENT Auditorium. Airmen take pictures and applaud. General LeMay gives a brief speech on stage. Arthur Godfrey speaks to air Force Personnel and entertains them by playing guitar. Jeanette Davis sings on stage. Colonel Bernt Balchen gives a brief speech. Troops in winter clothing exit the auditorium and head toward the Gymnasium.
Torrential rain and forest fire in Sierra Madre. Man walks on muddy field. Bulldozer in operation on mud. Men use shovels to dig up mud outside a house. Man tries to pull out his car stuck in mud. Men remove mud outside their houses. Man tries to open a garage to pull his car out.
Chart showing U.S. Coast Guard routes across the North Atlantic during World War Two. Scenes of the rugged Greenland landscape. Views of the Greenland Cryolite mine. A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter berthed at the pier near the mine. Greenlanders working in the open pit cryolite mine with jackhammers and steam shovels. U.S. Coast Guard officers seated, conferring with Danish Naval officer. James K. Penfield, first United States consul in Greenland looks on and interjects a comment, while pointing at a map. Supplies being transferred to a Greenland small boat. Two German meteorologists pose by their small weather station. German flag seen in background. View inside the German weather station, shows instruments, clip boards, weather maps, and radio equipment.
King Frederik IX of Denmark and wife Queen Ingrid of Sweden, receive a royal welcome in Godthab (Nuuk), the capital of Greenland. They walk along a raised platform and receive gifts from local citizens. Queen Ingrid receives a local costume from two women dressed, themselves, in traditional garb. A Greenland Girl Scout, in uniform, presents a purse to the queen. King Frederik IX speaks to the gathering of people seated on chairs facing the platform. In a change of scene, The King and Queen step from a car to attend a ceremony. The Queen wears the Greenlandic national costume, which is shown by the camera, as the Royal couple sit for the event. Greenlanders in a stadium cheer them.