A United States service library in Uijongbu, South Korea. A white soldier and an African American soldier together visit the service library. A board reads: 'Special Service Library' outside the quonset building of the library. One man asks the librarian for a book. African American soldier looks at a copy of 'Life Magazine'. The two men leave. A man comes out of another building. Three men walk in a street. Jeeps parked in the foreground.
The battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Signal corps stringing communication lines. Smoke arises due to firing. Mountains in the the foreground. Tanks advance on the battlefield. United States Marine Infantry man with carbine. A dog walks across a beach. Entrance to the mountainous caves dug by the Japanese.
Berlin airlift during Cold War in Germany. German people gather on the street. The Berlin airlift, 'Operation Vittles' lifts food and supplies to overcome the blockade by Russia, Soviet Union. A Berlin Airlift airplane in flight. Vehicles on the street. Men near a sign board. Scene changes to early meeting of the West German government in Bonn with Conrad Adenauer and Theodor Heuss speaking and taking oaths. Next scene shows newspaper articles about Communist expansion. View of Cardinal József Mindszenty of Hungary who narrator says became a martyr for his faith. People in Rome praying for the exiled Cardinal at a service conducted by Pope Piux XII. Next scene shows closeup of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with other military leaders, and flags of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union flying together side-by-side. Military buildup in Yugoslavia during strain with Soviet Union under Tito. Military Trucks fill a bridge. Next scene shows a victory parade in Shanghai China by Communist soldiers loyal to Mao Zedong. View of the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek, exiled to Taiwan. A flag of Communist China flying over docks at a port. Scene changes to view of the Foley Square Federal Courthouse in New York, where 11 members of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were on trial for conspiracy to overthrown the government by violent means (violating the Smith Act). The defendants are shown standing together (Stachel, Potash, Winter, Davis, Gates, Green, Thompson, Winston, Dennis, Hall, Williamson, and Foster). Close-up view of Judge Harold Medina. After conviction the group of men is shown climbing into a U.S. Marshal paddy wagon for transport to prison.
U.S. President Harry Truman aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta(CA-31)in the Atlantic Ocean. President along with Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, inspect the ship while underway to the Potsdam conference. The U.S light cruiser, USS Philadelphia (CL-41) is visible ahead starboard, as they stand on the forward deck. Secretary Byrnes in a working conference aboard the ship. He holds a map of Germany. Byrnes consults with Dr. Ben Cohen. President Truman with Secretary Byrnes and Commanding Officer of the Augusta, Captain James Foskett, on the deck of the ship. President Truman personally greets each of the ship's officers and then lunches with sailors in their mess. Secretary Byrnes and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, sit with the President and discuss latest dispatches. Truman and Byrnes discuss a map of Europe. The USS Augusta being greeted by Royal Navy units. British light cruiser, HMS Birmingham, passes close aboard. President Truman, Secretary Byrnes, and U.S. Naval officers salute the passing vessels.
United States Army Air Force B-29 crews prepare for a mission on Saipan, Marianas Islands, in the Pacific. Crews assembled outside a briefing hut. Crews who have already been briefed leave the briefing center. Those waiting enter. Views inside the briefing hall. Mission briefer refers to large map on the wall as he points out information and Japanese targets.
In 1916,The Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American airmen who fought for France before American entry into World War I, with Indian chief's head in war paint and headdress painted on fuselage of their Nieuport aircraft. Newspaper headline reads 'United States and Germany at war'. in 1917, American civilian recruits responding to World War One: training with wooden guns, marching in uniform, and moulding practice bombs of plaster. Airmen train with real Lewis machine guns. Pilots who completed training are issued leather flying coats, helmets and goggles. Pilots make preflight checks by testing tautness of wing struts and cables. Crew takes off in a DH-4 airplane and drops practice bombs. Explosions on the ground. Pilots receive orders for advance training overseas. American troops march and drill. Supporter of airpower, Secretary of War, Newton Baker, speaking on podium, with General John J. Pershing sitting behind him. President Woodrow Wilson, another aviation supporter, signs a document at his desk. Red Cross women distribute refreshments to American troops as they deploy overseas. View of the Ocean Liner, SS Leviathan, converted to a troop ship, and camouflaged. American soldiers seen in French village square. View of Army barracks and muddy streets. Outdoor gunnery practice, using model airplanes. Experienced pilots demonstrating control stick techniques. Pilots taking off, in flight, and landing in Sopwith Camel airplanes. A nosed-over Sopwith Camel airplane with pilot unhurt, in cockpit.
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