A military exhibit in Vienna, Austria during World War II. Troops march. People gathered alongside a road. German flags on flag poles. Children around a cameraman. An elephant in the crowd. The elephant lowers a coin box. Children put coins in the box as contributions for "Winter Aid". A man gets in a tank. A young boy comes out of the tank. Soldiers push children on swings. People in a speed boat. A bird flies away. Troops keep wooden platforms on shoulders and join them to form a bridge. A military vehicle goes across the bridge. People walk over the bridge.
The German Army attacks British positions in Africa during World War II. Japanese officers deplane at a German strip in Sicily, Italy. Officers greet each other. Troops and equipment loaded into German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft. The transport aircraft fly troops reinforcements to Axis forces in North Africa. Troops in the aircraft. Aerial view of a field as the aircraft approach for landing. A soldier looks out of an aircraft. The aircraft stationed on the field. Luftwaffe General Albert Kesselring inspects German air units. German bombers including Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers escorted by Italian fighters take off. The aircraft in flight. They bomb a British supply dump. Junkers Ju 87s dive and bomb the target at Tobruk.
German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. An explosion. German tanks advance on a battlefield. Animated map shows German occupation of Crimea. Animated map shows the Germans occupying the area of the Don River and occupation of the oil fields of Maikop. German troops advance in the Soviet Union. Soldiers march with weapons. Animated map shows German attack on Stalingrad. German aircraft bomb the city. The soldiers run on the battlefield. They are near the ruins of bombed out buildings. German troops attack a railroad station. Newspaper headlines. German troops fire from behind a crumbled wall. Bomb explosions near buildings. Soldiers run through ruins.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Atlantic Conference in Newfoundland during World War II. People gathered during a church service aboard HMS Prince of Wales. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt seated. Standing behind them are U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, British Army General Sir John Dill, United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark and Royal Navy Admiral Sir Dudley Pound. USS Arkansas (BB-33) an a distance. Donation of Vice Admiral Harry Sander. Sailors and officers pray. A band master conducts a band. Winston Churchill on the deck.
Film opens showing forward port section of the British Battleship HMS Prince of Wales in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. Next, Winston Churchill is seen greeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he arrives to meet with him during their Atlantic Conference in 1941. The President is assisted by his son, Army Captain James Roosevelt. The entire ship's company is seen assembled on deck for a church service. Closeup of President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and their principal advisors. all singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" during the service. Scene shifts to December 7, 1941, showing the American battleship USS Arizona and other battleships being bombed by Japanese aircraft. View shifts to the White House in Washington, DC. on July 19, 1940, President Roosevelt is broadcasting his speech to the Democratic National Convention, accepting nomination for an unprescedented 4th term as President. Views of ordinary Americans in various settings. Legislators congratulating the new Vice President, Harry S. Truman, after inauguration in January 1941. Truman seated and surrounded by staff and well-wishers. View of Truman, his wife, Bess and daughter Margaret, walking across the lawn at their home in Independence, Missouri. View of the three of them, inside their home, opening and sharing congratulatory messages received by the new Vice President. Immediately following FDR's death, now, President Truman is seen assuring the public that he will continue the course set by his predecessor. Glimpses of President Roosevelt seated in front of the White House and at his desk. In Yalta for the Big Three Conference, Roosevelt rides in a jeep as Prime Minister Churchill walks beside. Closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill. Participants gathering for the Yalta conference. Closeup of Roosevelt and Stalin. Churchill arriving and taking his seat. Closeup of the Big Three, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. (World War II period).
Work of the United Service Organizations (USO) on Bougainville Island during World War II. Soldiers enter a theater. They watch a movie. Soldiers set up a projector system in a camp. Tents in the background. The soldiers dance. An aircraft takes off. Crates of movies unloaded from the aircraft. A soldier sits on a truck. Soldiers come out of a foxhole. A board outside a tent reads 'Bougainville Roxy Theater, tonights feature'. The soldiers enter the tent. Soldiers carrying tables and chairs walk. A soldier gets seated.
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