Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. Operation Claymore, March 1941: British Commandos raid Lofoten Islands in assault boats. They destroy a fish oil refinery off the coast of Norway. Soldiers and civilians on the docks. Burning refineries and buildings. Clouds of black smoke. 1941: British and Canadian troops on Spitsbergen Island. They destroy Soviet coal mines to prevent the Germans from occupying them. Black smoke clouds due to the explosions. Operation Archery on Vaagso Island, 1941: British Commandos raid the Island. Soldiers walk in the snow. Nazi prisoners surrender and marched by British soldiers. Battle ensues on the Island. Soldiers walk past a fence. Burning buildings in the background.
President Harry Truman speaks at a celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, held on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington DC. President Truman, at the podium, states that peace in Korea does not lessen world tensions as long as Soviet rulers remain an armed camp. He states that vigilance is the price of peace. (Korean War period.)
Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from Oslo joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. The men discuss the situation in Afghanistan stating the condition and morale of Afghan Refugees. Measures taken by United States and Pakistan to render help to Afghan Refugees. They further discuss Soviet resistance getting stronger in Afghanistan.
Interview hosted by Harry Ellis in Washington DC, with reporter from Madrid joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. Arnold L Raphel states that Afghanis will negotiate only after the Soviet troops withdraw and Afghan Refugees return to Afghanistan. He further says that the 1980 Hostage Rescue Mission was not to put pressure on Afghanistan.
Interview in Washigton DC, with reporter from The Hague joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the similarity between the United States action in Grenada and the Soviets occupying Afghanistan.
From a U.S. Information Agency film about the role of that agency. Colored map shows Soviet- controlled area in red and other areas in blue. Expressing concern about false impressions among Allies, regarding America and Americans, a chart is shown depicting results of a public opinion poll conducted in January 1953. In this poll French respondents expressed the view that Americans have poor taste; are overgrown children; and are only interested in money. and no family life. Narrator adds that many French also believe most Americans live in skyscrapers and have no family life.
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