Activities of United States Army soldiers in France during World War I. Rubble of bombed out buildings near Bethincourt, France. American Army soldiers carrying wounded and dead on stretchers. A group of German soldier prisoners under American guard carry a stretcher. U.S. Army soldiers erecting sign boards. A large sign sign board reads: "Bethincourt" and below it a sign reads, "Play the game boys - Obey the MP". American and French engineers building road and buildings. Pick and shovel activities of the engineers. Infantry, wagons and mules advancing near the village.
United States Senator Brien McMahon, chairman of the Joint Commission on Atomic Energy, addressing the nation in the United States. Senator McMahon standing at the microphones speaks about the first atomic bomb test conducted by Soviet Russia (called RDS-1, First Lightning, or Joe 1) on August 29, 1949. The Senator talks about the President's announcement that the Soviet Union has exploded its first atomic bomb. He speaks about the atomic energy project and the necessity for U.S. President Truman to talk to the Russians. He says that the whole world has to be alerted about the atomic bomb explosion and interference of the United Nations is necessary in the matter.
The 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Riley in Kansas. Mounted troops moving in formation on the ground. Armored cars moving. Two soldiers seated on horse back holds a U.S. flag and the flag of the division. (World War II period).
The 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. Mounted troops moving on the ground. Soldiers holding U.S. flag and the flag of their division. Other men standing in the background. Buildings in the background. United States Army Major General Terry Allen and USAF Major General James Millikin Bevans review the troops. Aircraft in flight overhead. The cavalry moving in formation. Bomb trailers drawn by mules moving. (World War II period).
The 1st Cavalry Division moving across the field near Salem, Oregon. Soldiers and horses on a field. The soldiers unload packs from the horses and put them on the field. The horses curried and shoed. U.S. Army soldier heats horse shoe in open fire and then pounds the horseshoe on blacksmith anvil. A horse his its lower leg bandaged by a medic, who then inspects its mouth and teeth. The horses are fed. (World War II period).
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Past events show German Chancellor Adolf Hitler addressing the German soldiers for the destruction of the cities. Corpses piled up in a Nazi concentration camp in Europe, victims of Nazi atrocities. Ropes, cords, and whip that had been used for torture of atrocity victims are seen hanging on a wall. Bodies of children dead following attacks by Japan. View of crematorium ovens in a Nazi camp, with bones in doorway of an open oven door. Bones piled up in a concentration camp. A crucifix of Christ standing amidst church ruins. Hitler youth seen playing drums at a Hitler youth rally. Close up of Adolf Hitler giving hail sign to a group. Close-up of uniform of a German Nazi officer and uniform of an Imperial Japanese officer. Image of German General Gerd von Rundstedt and slate on screen displaying some of his words spoken at the beginning of World War 2, advocating for mass destruction of Germany's enemies and systematic malnutrition and starvation of the oppostion. Views of starved infant and toddler age children in hospital beds under care of physicians following rescue and liberation. Several of the infants are crying.
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