Exterior view of Pan American Union Building in Washington DC, with a 1930s Packard four door sedan-limousine parked in front. A man entering the building. Jefferson Caffery, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, seated in an office and reviewing paperwork. Narrator describes the creation of the Good Neighbor Fleet (where Moore-McCormack Lines, also called Mooremack, was contracted to run three ocean liners of the U.S. Maritime Commission between the USA and South America, called the Good Neighbor Fleet.) Close up picture of brochure advertising the new fleet, and picturing the three ships (The California, Virginia and Pennsylvania from the former Panama Pacific Line, with new names Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina.) Next scene shows 3 men meeting (this is possibly Moore-McCormack Lines founder Albert V. Moore, on right, seated at a table and in discussion, possibly with U.S. Maritime officials. Man on left is possibly Emmet McCormack.) Passengers aboard liner SS Brazil as it departs port. Crowd on docks wave at the ship leaving New York harbor. View from on board SS Brazil in New York Harbor as a nearby tug boat sprays water. Skyline and skyscrapers of New York City's Manhattan Island seen in background. Map of South America showing route of a Good Neighbor ship. Good Neighbor Fleet ships at a harbor in South America. U.S. State Department diplomats in South America beside one of the ships as fleet service is inaugurated. Exterior view of Pan American Union building and its sign in Washington DC (later called the building of the Organization of American States). President Ortiz of Argentina, President Alfredo Baldomir of Uruguay, and President Getulio Vargas of Brazil are shown in discussion with various officials.
Group of men give 'V' signal, work on equipment. Lieutenant Ralph Adams, Captain LST, briefs his men.
Winston Churchill at bank of microphones with wife Clementine and other officials. Cameraman takes pictures. Churchill speaks at microphone and holds up V sign. Winston Churchill waves as he and Lady Churchill disembark from the Cunard ocean liner, RMS Queen Elizabeth, in New York City, to begin a postwar vacation in the United States.
President John Kennedy at speaker's stand in a news conference. He urges everyone to pray more at home and attend church more often and support the Supreme Court's decision on landmark case Engel v. Vitale. Crowd listens to President Kennedy.
U.S. 1st Marine Division fights the enemy near Shuri Castle, Okinawa. Marines examine the wreckage of burial vaults and barracks near Shuri Castle. Marines walk around debris. Wrecked automobile in background. Marines examine it. Ford V8 insignia on the same. Marines walk through debris and clean Japanese rifle. U.S. Grumman TBF flies overhead and drops parachute supplies. (World War II period).
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, British Governor General of Canada, broadcasts New Year's message to citizens of Canada. He speaks about the death of King George V, of England, and of his successor, King Edward VIII, who of his own will resigned from his high office. He gives New year wishes and talks about his travels and what he has seen that has made him optimistic about Canada and its future.
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