(Audio only). Radio reporter John Charles Daly reports on World War II in Europe. News about Allied forces advance towards Berlin, Soviet Army across Hungary and in Slovakia. Generalissimo Joseph Stalin announces Soviet troops guarding Moravian Gap. Correspondent from Washington DC reports on San Francisco Conference.
Opening scene shows a group of Chinese school children posed under a large Chinese Nationalist KMT) flag during the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (World War II). Their teacher keeps them in order. Behind and beyond the are many Chinese people, all seemingly aware of being photographed. A glimpse closeup of older children and the teacher. Next, Soviet Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov, advisor to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, steps from a building, smoking a cigarette. He is accompanied by a Chinese officer. Immediately, they are joined by another Soviet General (also smoking a cigarette). The three converse, while standing next to staff cars. Several Chinese officers bid Chuikov farewell and he gets ready to enter a car in the foreground. Scene shifts to a city square where animal-drawn carts pass by a building with a Red Star on the roof and Russian writing across its top that reads: : "ОСВОБОПИТЕПЬНЦЕ" (Liberator). A huge replica medal hangs across the face of the building with a bas relief of Stalin on it. Closeup of the building front. A local boy shines the boots of a Russian soldier, while another boy sits next to him. Glimpse of street scene. Sidewalk vendors line a block in the city. Food is cooked. Several people stand near the stalls. People patronizing the merchants. [Note: this film may contain segments that are unrelated and from different places and times.]
Royal Commission inquiries into espionage in Canada. View of several men accused of being spies. Fred Rose stands on a terrace. Photograph of acused Soviet spy, Dr. Raymond Boyer, seen in a laboratory. A sign on a building reads 'Police Department'. Cameramen take photographs as a man comes out of the building. Newspaper headlines read 'Red Rose M.P. accused as Soviet spy', 'Grave spy work exposed'. Fred Rose, Igor Gouzenko and Sam Carr accused. A huge crowd stands behind a wooden fence. Men stand outside a building.
Battle training of a crew on board a Soviet submarine number 107 in the Arctic Sea. The submarine at sea with 107 number seen on side of conning tower. Interior of the submarine. The crew at a station as the submarine dives. The crew operates various instruments. The crew follows the orders of their officers. Soviet navy sailors prepare torpedoes for firing.
German military and civilians collaborate to build defenses against Soviet forces in East Prussia, during World War 2. They dig foundations and prepare pill boxes, among other fortifications. German Generals and other officers participate in the manual labor, laying their uniform blouses aside and digging in with the rest of the workers. They are seen preparing wide and deep antitank ditches to trap Soviet armor.
Soviet Premiere Leonid Brezhnev on a visit to the United States and meets U.S. President Richard Nixon in San Clemente, California. Secretary Rogers and his wife greet and welcome the dignitaries in the lawn of the Western White House. The dignitaries line up as President Nixon and Brezhnev arrive. They sit on chairs and sign an agreement. They stand and shake hands while other dignitaries applaud. President Nixon walks to a microphone and addresses the gathering. He expresses his satisfaction towards US-Soviet relations.
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