Haile Selassie I, previously known as Ras Tafari (on which the Rastafari movement is based), during part of his coronation ceremonies as Emperor of Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian citizens and their animals in a large gathering area. Vehicles moving amidst a huge parade crowd and honor guard lined on sides of street. Haile Selassie I, born as Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, in traditional ceremonial clothing in the open back of a car. An assistant holds an umbrella over his head. Ethiopian troops parade on horseback. Many other officials in traditional clothing and regalia along with tribal chiefs at an outdoor site. Visiting dignitaries in full military and ceremonial dress. Haile Selassie and other officials salute.
U.S. military training film excerpt about planning landing zones. Detachment Commander in meeting with officials. He wraps the map and men exit from the hut located in forest. A coded message carrying specifications required by Special Forces for air operations is written on a page. Map of landing-zone (LZ) is created on ground with various marks. Detachment Commander along with soldiers surrounds the map. Detachment Commander explains the landing operations to be carried out. Red chips are used to mark the stations on runway. Detachment Commander uses a stick to indicate these. RCL (Reception Committee Leader) is shown with blue chips. A soldier submits a document to an officer. Two other soldiers come to him. The officer gives the document. Detachment Commander receives a document brought by a soldier. Soldiers move on LZ and check the security. Men move on LZ. An aircraft approaches LZ. Two enemy soldiers see the air craft. One of them talks on phone. In an enemy base a soldier looks at a map. Another soldier notes down on a pad. Soldier at LZ see his watch. RCL burns a marker light lasting 4 minutes to signal the plane. The aircraft lands. Animation shows the pathway of landing taken by the aircraft on LZ. RCL man moving on runway signals approaching aircraft to parking area. Soldiers move to the parked aircraft. A signal is blown off as the aircraft takes off.
Henry Brown and his wife and two children board a horse cart. The horse cart moves, passing fields, trees and stores in Tuskegee, Macon County, including WJ Brantleys grocery market and the Macon Theatre on Northside Street. They reach an Army Air Force Base (Moton Field). Henry's eldest son, a cadet of 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen African American fliers in World War 2) receives them. They all move to the aerodrome where planes are parked. Henry's eldest son gets ready for a flight. He enters the cockpit. The plane takes off. The two children wave their hands. Henry and his wife look to the sky.
Soldiers of 101st Airborne Division during celebrations of Catholic Mass. An army chaplain and a civilian priest, in street garb, conduct the mass. They stand in field near buildings on the base (in background) with books in their hands. A boy plays a portable organ during the mass. Soldiers sing hymns. Near end of the sequence, the boy is seen standing next to one of the soldiers (most likely his father) taking part in the mass.
Americans and Hondurans move on horses and burros in scenic river valley of Honduras. A man holding a camera moves at a fast pace on a primitive suspension bridge over a fast flowing river. Another man follows him. A Honduran and a horse swim to the bank of fast flowing river. A horse crosses river and men on bank watch. A monument at the border of Honduras and Guatemala, with '1936', 'Honduras', 'Laudo De 1933' and 'Guatemala' inscribed on four sides at base. Men cross river on horses. A man moves in river holding a camera.
Illuminated sign advertising ice cream. Automobile traffic on highway at night. Night view of a shopping area in Havana Cuba. Names of shops lighted. Christmas season decorations. Lamp shades, candle holders and other articles in display in a shop. A manequin of a woman displaying clothes. Manequins of babies in corner of a shop. Price tags are placed at base near the articles. Street scene in shopping district. Street car seen. Womens dress featured in window. Store window filled with baby dolls. 'Sloppy Joes Bar' letters lighted.
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