Scenes of combat in Germany during World War 2. German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundsted and his staff leave a building. He climbs aboard an armored personnel carrier. They proceed through a war torn German town. An Allied aircraft attacks the area and the General and aides seek shelter in a bombed out dwelling. Allied planes strafe and bomb the area. Scenes of German soldiers in heavy armed combat. German soldiers load and fire heavy artillery. An officer looks at a map and briefs soldiers. Soldiers smoke cigarettes. Views of Sd.Kfz.182 Tiger II tanks (King Tiger), parked and moving in a line. A wounded German soldier lying on a field is being treated by corpsmen. Flamethrowing Sdkfz.251's in action with tanks in background. German troops carrying Panzerfaust antitank weapons and one firing at a tank.. German troops fire machine guns.
French officers at a headquarters in Paris, France, during liberation of France in World War 2. General Charles De Gaulle, J. P. Leclerc and other officers converse with each other. The General shakes hands with other officers. General Charles seated at his desk reads a document. The General and J. P. Leclerc converse with each other.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower standing by the presidential aircraft, at Augusta Regional Airport, Augusta Georgia. With him are his wife, Mamie, daughter-in-law, Barbara Jean, and grandchildren David (age 6), Barbara Anne (age 5) and Susan (age 2). At the Augusta National Golf Club: The Eisenhowers look over tables containing many silver prizes, including a silver tea set. President Eisenhower speaks with children attending the festivities. He dons a Tam O' Shanter cap. He and Mamie proceed to a car. On the way, Mrs. Eisenhower drops something and people nearby reach to retrieve it for her. The Eisenhowers continue to their car.
Kelly Petillo wins the 500 mile motor speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Aerial view of cars parked on ground. Technicians and engineers check vehicles before the automobile race. Participants pose for a photograph. Cars drive past huge crowd of spectators. Man gives flag signals. Kelly Petillo averages 106.2 miles an hour during the spectacular contest.
German troops surrendering to Americans at Tangermünde, Germany, at the end of World War 2. German soldiers place their rifles onto a heap as they clamber through debris of a damaged bridge, crossing from Soviet-occupied area on the East side of the Elbe River, to surrender to Americans on the West bank, in Tangermunde, Germany. View of a huge stack of German army rifles. German soldiers walking across the partially destroyed bridge, that can only handle a single line of pedestrians. On the West bank, a solitary Soviet soldier has taken it upon himself, to curse and kick at German soldiers, as they pass where he is standing. Many of the German soldiers, avoid his kicks. None really pay any attention to him, as they hurry past. U.S. soldiers nearby pay little attention to his pranks. A sign nearby reads: "Das Verdanken wir unserem Fuhrer 405th Infantry." Smoke rises from the East bank. Scene shifts to more German soldiers, stacking arms on the pile of rifles, as they walk onto the bridge. Back on the West bank, the Russian soldier continues his antics.
Film: Seconds For Survival. Actor Raymond Massey introduces film. Very small, 2-person sail boats on a bay. A teletype message is sent to affected East Coast stations, issuing small craft warnings due to approaching storm. Coast Guard station receives the message and dispatches patrol boat to warn boaters in the bay. They intercept the little sail boats and hail them with instructions to return to the harbor. The storm arrives bringing strong winds and waves at the waterfront.
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