Leon Trotsky, seated in an easy chair in a library, reading from notes, describes the relative ascendancy of the United States and Colonial powers, vis-a-vis Europe, which he sees in decline. He says: "Europe, in general, has ceased to be the center of the world. It is foolish to hope that Europe, as it is, will again occupy that position. The present terrific crisis, in spite of its devastating effects on the United States, will change the relation of forces still farther, not in favor of Europe, but in favor of the United States and the colonial countries."
Passenger ship SS United States at Newport News docks. Stacks of SS United States liner. Workers prepare for launch of ship. Crowd assembles for the Christening ceremony. Ship is christened by Mrs. Tom Connally. Liner United States floats out of the docks. Bow of liner.
Japanese attack on the United States Ship Pannay in China. An interpreter at a desk explains how the pictures of bombing and sinking of United States ship Pannay were obtained. Destructed buildings in Nanking, China after a Japanese attack. Debris spread all over. A dead body in a field and a woman by its side. American embassy evacuated. American envoys embark onto United States ship Pannay. Japanese aircraft attack the ship and drop bombs. Damaged interior of the ship. Anti aircraft guns aboard the ship fired. Men injured by bombing transferred to a boat along side the ship. Boat pulls away from the coast. Men at the bank of a river. Injured brought to the bank. Smoke rises from the coast after standard oil beat catches fire due to Japanese bombings. Wounded taken care of after landing ashore.
Japanese attack on United States ship Pannay in China. A photographer takes pictures of the sinking United States ship Pannay after a Japanese attack. Wounded provided first aid ashore. A wounded Chief Petty Officer. Men carried ashore on a stretcher. Chinese doctors treat the Pannay victims. The wounded carried down the river in junks to Shanghai. American gun boat Oahu and British gun boat Lady Bird at the Shanghai port. United States ship Augusta. A motor launch comes alongside the ship and a casket wrapped in American flag hoisted in a sling. Casket comes aboard the ship. Sailors carry away the casket.
Preparations for United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China. A Chinese soldier near a plane as a United States 14th Air Force pilot enters the cockpit of the aircraft. Shells being carried in a sling. A thatched structure is constructed. Men work on logs of wood. Men work on the engine of a plane. United States Army Air Force aircraft takes off. Soldiers at an airfield with planes parked in the background. Men under the wing of an aircraft. An aircraft in flight with a sign that reads '80 days'. (World War II period).
United States Secretary of Defense in Washington D.C., United States. Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at a table. Ibrahim Al Sowayel, Saudi Arabian Ambassador next to him. United States Secretary of Defense, James R. Schlesinger at the head of the table. Secretary Schlesinger speaks. Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements at the meeting. Saudi Arabian Army officers seated at the table. Department of Defense emblem with James R. Schlesinger's name plate.
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