Newsreel titled 'Capitol hails Yank air aces' shows United States Army Air Force Captain Don Gentile and Captain John Godfrey being welcomed by family members as they return for rest from World War II. The two flying ace destroyers of Nazi German planes are seen on steps of Pentagon with family members.
A film titled 'Berlin conference 1945' shows United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) while on their way to Germany for Three-Power Berlin Peace Conference. Several views of President Truman aboard the USS Augusta. He salutes with hand over heart as U.S. Navy warships pass in review. Truman and Secretary of State, Byrnes, descend a stair on the ship. They are seated on deck and President Truman waves his hat at people on the shore, as the Augusta enters port at Antwerp, Belgium. Senior Allied officers come aboard to greet the President and his party. President Truman walks down the gangplank to the pier, followed by Secretary Byrnes. Truman and Byrnes in back seat of an open car, accompanied by Secret Service agents, waves to spectators as they drive off the pier. Later, a motorcade is seen passing parked airplanes. Truman greets Officers of the U.S. Army 35th Division. He boards Air Force One, the "Sacred Cow," a VC-54C aircraft (tail number: 2107451) at Brussels Airport, Belgium. The Air Force One seen in flight above clouds and then parking at airfield in Germany. Presidential motorcade in Berlin, on Unter Den Linden, and passing through the Brandenburg Gate. Portraits of Truman, Stalin, and Churchill, on stone pillars. Inserted scenes of Hitler in motorcade and speaking in Berlin. President Truman speaking in an outdoor venue, with General Omar Bradley and other high ranking American officers standing behind him. His remarks are broadcast and people shown listening in America
A pilot sits in the cockpit of a Potez 25 biplane of the Ethopian Air force. An officer leans over the cockpit and talks with him. Scenes of Ethiopian Air Force Breda Ba.15 powered by 7 cylinder Walter Venus radial engine. Engine is running and aircraft wheels are chocked.
Animated map showing planned orbital flight paths planned for Project Mercury and associated telemetry and radar tracking installations worldwide. Chart notes some sites operated by the U.S. Air Force Air Research and Development Command (ARDC). Views of telemetry and radar tracking installation at Mercury network station 17, located at site A-20, Eglin AFB. Operator at control console setting azimuth and elevation controls of the Active Acquisition Aid (AGAVE). (This device is designed to receive the spacecraft telemetering signals and automatically track it, in angle, with sufficient accuracy so the radar can lock on to the spacecraft.) The Aquisition Aid quad helix antenna is seen rotating.
View of a TV screen image distorted by emanations from an electric razor held nearby A woman typing on a classified message teletype typewriter machine. Signals being detected on an oscilloscope screen. Closeup view of round head of typewriter applying type while typewriter is in use. View of woman typing a letter or memo on an early model electronic typewriter. Two Airmen walking toward the entrance of the Headquarters, United States Air Force Security Service. A Security Service van used to detect electromagnetic emanations capable of intercept. Air Force technicians charting such problems.
German soldiers goosestep march into Oslo,Norway, in World War 2. Flasback scene of German refugee children being fed by Norwegians circa 1919, after World War 1, during time of shortages and depression Germany. Animated map showing path of German invasion and area between Hamar and Elverum, Norwegian army resists. Norwegian troops firing artillery. Two Norwegian Army soldiers in snow. One aims a Krag-Jørgensen rifle (film is reversed). German bombers overhead. Norwegian troops taking cover. German He-111 bomber dropping bombs. He-111 diving. Norwegian soldiers run for cover. Bombs exploding on the ground. Me-109 fighter plane strafing. Norwegian soldiers fleeing North. Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. U.S. Army Captain, Robert M. Losey, in uniform.(He was military attache in Norway and killed during a German bombardment.) German troops occupying various parts of Norway. German paratroopers landing on snow in mountains. He-111s dropping bombs. Bombs bursting on ground. Norwegian civilians in city, flee bombings. Me-109 planes in flight. Two Norwegian women look skyward. German Luftwaffe Stuka dive bombers attacking. A woman running past burning wreckage. Bombs falling from He-111 aircraft. Huge bomb explosion. Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft flying low. Women and children run for shelter. Civilians crowd into open truck to escape. Burning buildings. German troops occupying Norwegian forts. Allied troops landing in Norway, under air attack. Animated map shows limits of allied air forces. British troops carrying wounded. Allied bombardment at Narvik. Allied troops occupy the town. Allies defend against German counter-attacks at Narvik. British troops with German prisoners. Stuka dive bombers attack Allied warships that fight back with antiaircraft guns. Picture of Vidkun Quisling. Hitler on cover of Time magazine. Narrator makes comparisons between Hitler and Gangsters of the 1930s. Gangster John Dillinger being arraigned in the United States. Gangsters and mob firing guns and machine guns shooting from moving cars of gangsters in the 1930s. Dead body of John Dillinger laid out on a autopsy or mortuary table in 1934. Map show Nazi plans for total conquest.
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