U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt in a car in a motorcade in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A huge gathering around the motorcade. President leads the country wide observance of Memorial Day. In Washington, Codos and Rossi, the French fliers, lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in an impressive ceremony. A huge parade along Riverside Drive in New York City.
A memorial to Cole Porter shows clips from films featuring the music of Cole Porter. Mary Martin singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." Brief shots of Paris in the 1920s including traffic on city streets and view of Palais du Trocadéro (Trocadero Palace) which existed from 1878-1936. Still photo of Cole Porter cut with colorful moving background graphics.
General Eisenhower standing in front of a large wall map briefing officials in front of large wall map, view of newspaper headline of New York Post announcing D-Day Invasion of Europe. Allied soldiers storming the beach at Normandy. U.S. soldiers fall to the ground after being hit by enemy fire on a Normandy beach on D-Day. Aerial views of gathering around Arc de Triomphe in Paris as Allies enter Paris and French citizens cheer. German soldiers with their hands held high walk up a hill surrendering. Body of a dead German soldier seen on the roadside as soldiers march by. Adolf Hitler seated with other Nazi soldiers listening to an unseen speaker. Views of French citizens lining roads in Paris and cheering as Allied forces enter the city.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Four boys collect cartridges on road. Soviet tanks rolling through streets of Budapest. Battles between insurrectionists and Soviet soldiers in front of the Communist Party headquarters. Exchange of gunfire near the building. Citizens helping wounded freedom fighters, carrying litters across city square under fire. A Hungarian tank moves across the square.
Hungarian revolution. Hungarians aboard truck armed with guns drive down streets of a city. The word "Budapest" seen on the side of one truck. Seized tank is driven down the street. A sign reading 'Racalmas Kozsec Adomanta' is seen.
Hungarian revolution. Men walk on streets of a wrecked city. Bodies of dead men. Various views of wreckage after war. Soviet soldiers on military tank. A political building. Various streets and wrecked houses.
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