Opening scene shows John Stephens Wood, chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee, in 1951. He is in the Chairman's seat. Next to him, on his left, is Donald L. Jackson, Congressman from California, who is a member of the Committee. Next, are closeup views of Robert E. Stripling, Chief Counsel for the Committee. He is relaxed and sitting in a chair quietly listening to a Committee conversation (unseen). Change of scene shows reporter from Television station KTTV interviewing Committee member, Donald L. Jackson. Scene shifts to Committee Chairman, Wood, smiling as he speaks before taking his chair as Committee Chairman. A large American flag forms the backdrop. Chairman Wood settles into his chair. Scene shirts showing a uniformed guard outside a door with a sign reading: "Un-American Activities Committee." The Guard opens the door, and a woman comes out. Inside, Committee members put on their suit jackets and begin leaving the room. One of them is Committee member, Clyde Gilman Doyle, Congressman from California. Committee members rise from their seats and begin leaving the room. Camera focuses on one unidentified person inside the room and another taking a smoke outside the Courthouse. Chairman Wood is seen outside the Courthouse, taking a break with members of his Committee and staff. They reenter the building, where witnesses and other attendees are being seated. Camera focuses on a woman seated in an uncrowded section of the meeting room. Chairman Wood stands a while and then takes his seat with Committee members. Change of scene shows Great Seal on United States Post Office and Courthouse, where the proceedings are being held in Los Angeles. Several views from street level of the building.
Barrage balloon on top of landing ship. Normandy, France. Cargo being unloaded from a ship. Military ambulance and truck being unloaded from a ship. Landing Ship and a Tank arrives at the beach.
A reenactment shows a man pressing a switch to open an electric door in United States. He presses the switch and moves out from the door. View of a busy press room for a newspaper, filled with newsmen and reporters. A number of men work on their typewriters in the room. A man speaks over phone as other men continue to type.
United States 6th Psychological Operations Battalion headquarters in Saigon, Vietnam. A soldier pushes a roll of the printing paper from the warehouse to the press. Paper being fed into the machine and then tape is put onto its edge. A man works on controls. Printing being done by an operational press. A soldier goes through plates. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army CH-21 helicopters, part of 121st Aviation Company (Air Mobile Light), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter), fly over their home base in Soc Trang, Vietnam as three other helicopters are seen parked at the airbase. Vietnamese soldiers board a CH-21. A number of helicopters are seen in flight. They fly over fields and a river. Aerial views of landscape below and aerial views of airborne CH-21 helicopter group. (Vietnam War period).
A man with a pair of binoculars observes something in background while on board a United States ship in Portland Head, England. A half track vehicle being loaded on a landing barge. Soldiers and sailors on deck of a landing barge. Three American soldiers clean weapons aboard a landing craft at the pier. Truck is raised to the deck by elevator. M4 High speed tractor with soldiers atop pulls a 90mm Anti-aircraft gun on the dock and boards the landing ship, tank. Sailors and others are seen seated at the bow of the vessel.
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