Sunset Handicap Race in Inglewood, California. Opening scene shows the heavily favored racehorse, "Swaps" (number 5) being readied for the race. View of stands filled with spectators. The horeses entering the track. Close view of spectators. Horses making a turn and entering the final straightaway, with Swaps pulling ahead of the field and crossing the finish line in record time of 2:38 1/5
1956 Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, London, England (of the motion picture, "The Battle of the River Plate"). British and Hollywood celebrities arriving at the Empire Theatre (Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom) for the event. Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (Miller) accompanied by her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, pass through the foyer. Hollywood actress Joan Crawford arrives with her husband, Alfred Steele (CEO of Pepsi-Cola). Queen Elizabeth II arrives followed by Princess Margaret. Reginald Bromhead, chairman of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund, introduces Queen Elizabeth II of England to stars, including Marilyn Monroe with Victor Mature standing on her left. A grandson of Mr. Bromhead offers flowers to the Queen.
From a series of clips showing work on the Canol Project in Canada during World War 2. View of workers working at a construction site near the Mackenzie River. African American U.S. Army soldiers of the 388th Engineer General Service Regiment roll steel pipes on to a barge. The Engineers lift the pipes. (When the river was frozen, members of this regiment were sometimes referred to as the "Ice Road Truckers" moving equipment on the frozen Mackenzie River.)
The Canadian American Norman Oil Line (Canol) Project to build a pipeline and road from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories to Whitehorse, Yukon during World War 2. A tugboat pushing barges loaded with building materials along the Mackensie River in Canadian Northwest Territories. View shifts to some buildings at water's edge, with large riverboat docked behind them. Rustling leaves on a tree. Waves on water surface. Closeup of several men standing on middle deck of multi-deck river boat. One wears a clerical collar. They are watching activities below, where project workers and American soldiers are relaxing on deck as two aboriginal (or Native or First Nations) men entertain them, playing fiddle and guitar. The fiddler wears decorated moccasins. Both players tap their toes in rhythm. The guitarist's instrument is decorated with painting of "The Lone Ranger" on a his white horse,"Silver"calling out "Hi Ho Silver." A soldier with a mandolin sits down and plays with them.
A picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. Footage of Pearl Harbor attack by Japan during World War 2. A reenactment shows landing of Operation Pastorius would-be saboteurs in Long Island, New York and presence of the FBI at the site collecting evidence the Germans had buried. Evidence of their plots to bomb various sites in the United States is collected by the FBI and presented to the United States Military. Views of some of their captured equipment and uniforms. Faces of the Operation Pastorius captured criminals (who included George John Dasch, Ernst Peter Burger, Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, Eddie Kerling, Herman Otto Neubauer, Richard Quirin, Werner Thiel) during their military tribunal hearing in July - August 1942.
Animated map shows Saipan, Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Advancement of Task Force 56. The 77th Infantry Division at Oahu. The 2nd and 4th Marine Division land on the island on the orders of a United States General. Animation shows the 37th Division troops landing on a beachhead from ships.
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