United States Vice President Richard Nixon arrives at the Siem Reap international airport in Angkor in Cambodia. A Cambodian girl welcomes the Vice President and his wife by presenting floral greetings to them. He inspects an honor guard by Cambodian soldiers. He along with other officials visits King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. After the meeting with the king the he visits an ancient reservoir in Angkor.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz reads a poem and insists the Polish people to rise and unite for a common cause of freedom.
Opening scene shows the American transport ship, USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) anchored in a bay off Scotland in March, 1944 during World War 2. View from deck of the USS Thomas Jefferson, as some of her Higgins boats return from maneuvers to bring soldiers back on board. The troops climb up landing nets at the side of the ship, with help from U.S. Coastguard crewmen. View from directly overhead shows the landing net clearly. Various views of the Coastguard crewmen helping the soldiers. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Regarding Project Eagle. View inside a Secret School operated by the Polish Ministry of Defense for the American Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ). in London, England, during World War II. Officers seated at a table in the school, as a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Dasher, Chief of the Polish Section, American Office of Strategic Services, Europe, explains that they are training 40 selected Polish soldiers who had been forced to serve in the German army and who had surrendered at the first opportunity, in France. They will be instructed in techniques of infiltration and radio operations. Seen, at a long table, are Polish technicians who will conduct a 6 months intensive course for the trainees. Major Schumolsky, Head of Polish Special Force Headquarters in London, and Major Schumannofsky, Officer of Polish Military Intelligence Service, also speak.
United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy board a helicopter on the lawn of the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States). The helicopter takes off with the Washington Monument in the background. President Reagan along with his wife disembark from aircraft in Paris. President Reagan holds an umbrella while he descends from the airstair with Nancy Reagan. President Reagan visits the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). French troops in uniform stand along with French President Mitterrand to welcome the United States President. Members of the Economic Summit receive a red-carpet welcome at the Palace of Versailles (Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France). British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is seen, along with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki Zenkō. United States Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan speaks before the assembly. A gala dinner and dance are held in the evening, ending with fireworks.
Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi visits United States for better understanding and friendship between the two countries. Official welcome ceremony on the morning after her arrival at the White House in Washington D.C. Troops stand in attention and musical instruments being played. Flags of India and United States on White House grounds. Prime Minister Gandhi and U.S. President Reagan stand on a podium. U.S. people stand on White House grounds. U.S. President Ronald Wilson Reagan welcomes the Prime Minister Gandhi and gives a speech about better understanding between India and United States. Prime Minister Gandhi delivers a speech about friendship and understanding and presents the framework of National program of India and interests in global affairs. She thanks for invitation to visit U.S. Prime Minister Gandhi and U.S. President Reagan walk away from podium. They enter the White house. The two leaders seated inside in the White House.
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