Slate begins film reading: Sante Fe alongside to take off wounded. (Refers to the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Sante Fe (CL-60) evacuating survivors from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) after it was bombed by Japanese aircraft during World War 2.) View of the Sante Fe starboard of the Franklin. Survivors are watching from the forward section of the Franklin as wounded are transported to from the Franklin to the Sante Fe by bos'n chair and similar means for transporting wounded on cots. Aboard the Franklin, sailors help an ambulatory wounded to a place where medics are giving first aid. They help him to a bed, of sorts that a medic quickly prepares on deck. Sailors passing a wounded to others who prepare him for evacuation. Back on deck, medics are tending to some wounded, bandaging injuries and preparing bed-ridden for evacuation. Intervening slate reads: Most terrific blast of morning.(Note; all explosions are made from ships distant from CV-13. Impossible to shoot film aboard during detonations.) (Indicates that subsequent scenes are filmed from other ships.) Distant views of huge fire ball and dense smoke coming from the USS Franklin. Slate reads: Sante Fe returns. Had been forced by explosions to shear off The Sante Fe seen starboard of the Franklin and closing with her fire hoses directing streams of water on the Franklin. Water running off the Franklin's deck. Small fire seen below decks. The Sante Fe inundating the Franklin with water from her hoses. View of aft deck of Franklin in pieces. Slate intervenes stating: Until dark Father O'Callahan, paying no heed to explosions and his own great peril attends the dying. Glimpse of sailors hauling lines on the Franklin flight deck. Then, Navy Chaplain, Father Joseph Timothy O'Callahan, is seen administering last rites to a dying sailor on the deck.
Japanese enemy bombs hit the USS Franklin (CV-13), aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. Explosions aboard USS Franklin. USS Hickox rescues personnel. Litter case is transferred from the carrier to USS Hickox (DD-673). Other U.S. Navy sailors jump from fantail of carrier to a waiting ship. Two sailors land in water and are rescued. (World War II period).
14th Armored Division (United States) in Gemunden, Germany during World War 2. Soldiers move down street, break doors and windows of buildings in search of snipers. Buildings in flames and smoke rising in the background. Ruins of buildings and fire burns. Soldiers capture a sniper. Sniper is being walked under guard by U.S. Army soldiers.
14th Armored Division (United States) in Gemunden, Germany. U.S. soldier leaning against tree with rifle poised at ready. Soldiers on alert kneeling in field. Smoke rising in the background. 14th Armored troops move from open field to side of road. They board half tracks. Vehicles drive through burning town. (World War II period).
Aerial View of the Hoover Dam in Nevada. Automobile traffic driving alongside of and on top of Hoover Dam. Generators in the power house of Hoover Dam. Wide shot of Hoover Dam. Closeup us raging Colorado River water, followed by shot of controlled stream from Hoover Dam.
Princess Grace at Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58) in Brussels, Belgium. View of the pavilion of the Principality of Monaco. Princess Grace Patricia Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco arrive at the Monaco pavilion and emerge from car. A large crowd outside the British pavilion cheering. Princess Grace receives a bouquet. Guards stand beside barriers in front of a crowd outside the Spanish pavilion. A chef takes a photograph of Princess Grace using a camera. Princess Grace and Prince Rainier visit the fair.
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