President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. President Truman inspects the Second Armored Division of the U.S. Army, often called as 'Hell on Wheels'. President and other military and political officials on the reviewing stage. A military music band plays Victory beats. The infantrymen and tanks of the Division, which held its position in Berlin, salute the President.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Motorcade of President Truman returning after visit to the damaged city of Berlin in Germany. A continuous line of refugees walking along the express highway from Berlin. Man and woman carry their luggage on a cart, their small children push the cart from behind. Signboard indicating 'Zehlendorf 1000 m'. Another signboard indicating the region of the 'US Berlin District'.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Meeting of U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minster Winston Churchill at Kaiser Strasse or 'The Little White House', in Babelsberg near Berlin. President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill walk out of The Little White House. Both leaders pose for photograph and talk to each other. Other officials watching. Churchill as he leaves the place. British Army and Navy officers leave the Little White House.
Setting: North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific, almost a week after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan, August 8, 1945, during World War II. Public Relations Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (not seen) is interviewing members of the Crew of the B-29, Enola Gay, from which the bomb was dropped. Here he interviews Captain William Sterling "Deke" Parsons of the U.S. Navy who was weaponeer aboard the Enola Gay, during the mission. and who now serves as Scientific Head of the Atomic Bomb Project in the Pacific Theater. Captain Parsons describes the events of the mission from their early morning departure through the actual bombing. He notes that the actual bombing went smoother than earlier practice missions.
Setting: North Field, Tinian,in Mariana Islands. Public Affairs Officer Major John F. Moynahan interviews Commander Frederick L. Ashworth of the U.S. Navy, who was the weaponeer on the B-29 called Bockscar (sometimes "Bock's Car") that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. He expressed initial concerns about not being able to bomb their primary target and having, instead, to proceed to their secondary target, Nagasaki.
The Army-McCarthy hearings held by the United State's Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations on Senator Joseph McCarthy underway. Various witnesses give their statements to the jury members. US Army soldier G. David Schine questioned by the jury members regarding his meetings with senior Army officers and with Joseph McCarthy. He answers the jury members regarding photographs of Schine and military personnel (Colonel Bradley and Secretary Stevens) taken on orders from higher officials.
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