United States forces preparing for the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. Four United States Coast Guardsmen sit cross-legged and smoke cigarettes, on board a landing craft docked in England, three days before D-Day. A life raft in the background. They simultaneously take off their hats and lower their heads to reveal radical haircuts that collectively spell "HELL."
Passing out Review at Royal British military academy in Sandhurst, England. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the cadets at the passing out ceremony at the Royal British Military Academy in Sandhurst, England. Standing on steps of the Old College Building, He thanks General Fanshawe for the invitation to address the cadets. He speaks about the role played by Britain and United States in World War II for the cause of democracy, decency and liberty. He assures the cadets of winning the war. He asks them to fulfill their duties. He also speaks about the optimum and judicious utilization of war resources. General Eisenhower talks about developing leadership abilities and team spirit among the soldiers which is basic necessity to win the World War.
A joint amphibious training of the United States Army and the Navy at Crow point at the assault training center in Devon, England during World War II. United States troops huddled up on a hill at the beach. Soldiers lounge on the hill. Two soldiers walk away as they move down the hill. Some of the soldiers in a fox hole. A U.S. Army Sherman tank being loaded onto an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized ). Another Sherman tank rolls on the beach. The tank backs into the LCM. The tank aboard the LCM as a ramp is raised.
A joint amphibious training of the United States Army and the Navy at Crow Point in Devon, England during World War 2. A Landing Craft Mechanized ( LCM ) underway at sea as it approaches the beach. United States troops walk past the RR towards the LCM. Men embark onto the LCM. The troops loaded onto the craft and a ramp being raised. All the LCMs carry markings beginning with "NATB."
Elderly and infirm British citizens and British children being evacuated from London, England during World War II as part of Operation Pied Piper. Row of ambulance buses parked along the road. Queue of people at United States Line offices with British people lined up seeking passage to the United States. Commissioner gives tickets and information to people. Sick person on stretcher being taken out from an ambulance coach as part of hospital evacuation. Injured or sick women on stretcher being unloaded and transferred.
Theodore Cuyler Streibert , Director of the U.S. Information Agency, speaks on the purposes of the Agency (USIS). The Director seated at a table. He states that there is much misunderstanding about the United States, throughout the world, and Communist entities wish to take advantage of this to spread misinformation about the U.S. As the leading world power for peace, he says the U.S. must tell the world the truth about America. This is the mission of the USIA. A map portrays Soviet dominated areas within the so-called "iron curtain,"encompassing 800 million people. Another map illustrates targets of Communist propaganda employed to facilitate North Korea's aggression against South Korea. A graph illustrates propaganda spending by the Soviet Union and Communist China, primarily to spread misinformation about America. Segments of a Soviet propaganda film about the U.S. are shown. It begins with a map of the U.S. and then shows the Statue of Liberty. Camera pans over Manhattan, showing skyscrapers. A narrator disparages American commercialism, materialism and sensationalism. A lion is seen sitting in a convertible car, looking over a young woman's head. Next are scenes of an American beauty contest, and of women performing precision water skiing. Then an airplane is seen crashing on landing and a car is seen burning. View from trolley car moving along Broadway, from Times Square, in Manhattan, New York City, at night. A follies-style Broadway show. Show girls in bathing suits, walking past the camera. Show girls performing on stage. Another nighttime view of Times Square. Dogs being manicured by groomers. Outdoor soup kitchen scene from the Great Depression in the 1930s with unemployed men receiving food. Hobos or homeless men at a railroad siding. Milk and grain being spilled from containers during a labor and pricing dispute. Scenes of slum area tenement houses with wash drying on lines strung between the buildings. Men playing bocce ball in the yard of an apartment house. Camera pans up the Empire State Building from street level view. African American drummer with other band musicians performing in a civilian band, and scenes of African American musicians in a U.S. Army band. Poor African Americans in the South, at home and doing wash outdoors. Mounted police maintaining order in scenes of a fire and public protest or labor strife (circa 1935) interposed with views of the Statue of Liberty. A Soviet propaganda poster about the Korean War, shows an American soldier walking away from a dead Korean woman whose small child clings to her. Fires burn and a burning airplane falls from the sky in the background. A propaganda cartoon shows "warmongers of the west" being counterbalanced by a Soviet fist on a pair of scales.
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