A documentary television program depicts the role of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. U.S. troops in a jeep drive on a road. Wrecked vehicles on side of the road. French soldiers carry a flag and march. They stand in formation. French troops with all equipment advance towards the 6th Core Front. French troops advance and climb high mountains. A soldier carves turkey and cooks food for celebration on Christmas day. A jeep loaded with cooked food drives towards mountains. Mules carry supplies and move up on a mountain. The soldiers carry turkey and other food stuff on the mountain.
The 1932 Miss Universe or International Pageant of Pulchritude contest held in Spa, Belgium. Officials gather for the contest. Officials seated at a desk and watch the contestants. The host declares Miss 11. Turkey Keriman Halis as the winner. Miss Turkey Keriman Halis bows in front of the audience on stage as the audience cheer for her.
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower at the White House in Washington DC. President Eisenhower shakes hands with Clare Booth Luce, U.S. Ambassador to Italy. He looks at a Thanksgiving turkey presented to the White House for pardoning. A group of photographers takes pictures. The President strokes the turkey. View of the White House North elevation, with dry trees in foreground. Clare Booth Luce leaving the White House. She speaks to the media.
Camera pans shoreline in vicinity of Trebizond (Trabzon), Turkey, on the Black Sea. Views are from the Ocean Liner, United States Army transport, USAT Martha Washington, as it carries passengers (unseen) westward, including members of the American Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia. Next, are shown scenes as the Martha Washington traverses the Bosphorus Strait, at its narrowest point, where the "Fortress of Europe" aka "Rumeli Castle" or "Fortress Rumeli Hisari" is seen on the so-called European shore.
Sulimanie or Suleymaniye (Süleymaniye, Prof. Sıddık Sami Onar Cd. No:1, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey) Mosque, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), Turkey, as seen from a British ship in the Bosphorus strait as British commence occupation of Constantinople at end of World War 1. Crew lining railings of a Turkish warship, flying the Ottoman Empire flag, underway in the Bosporus Strait. Scene shifts to a British two-stack battleship bristling with heavy guns, moving amongst several other warships in Turkish waters.
Soldiers load cases of turkeys. Cases loaded in refrigerated Army truck. Truck doors closed and truck pulls away. Truck is unloaded. A truck is parked, as another truck drives in and receives its quota of turkeys. U.S. soldiers eating their thanksgiving dinner, seated nearby artillery in wooded area. (World War II period).