Activities aboard USS Mount McKinley AGC-7, serving as press observer ship for nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. Reporters work on teletype machines in a communications center. Other men enter the cabin and take their seats. An Air Force Master Sergeant hands documents to a sailor at a transmission station. A plaque with the name of the ship "USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)" and noting campaigns in which it served. Exterior view of USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) in the Pacific Ocean.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany after World War II. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk delivers a speech on taking over United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower's command. He states "it is my policy to follow out the policies laid down at Potsdam and so ably carried out by General Eisenhower. I have not forgotten who started the war. The German people as a whole supported it and they must be made to realize their responsibility. Germans must work out themselves. They can and must produce without the taint of Nazism so that they can take their place among the peace loving countries of Europe." The American flags in the background in the office.
Joseph T. McNarney delivers a speech in Germany. United States Army Air Force General Joseph T. McNarney seated at a desk speaks to the U.S. Forces and talks about the policies. He states that the Germans must realize their responsibility. The flags of the U.S. in the background in his office.
Three German soldiers, who were captured in American uniforms, spying behind the American lines, in the Fall of 1944, are executed by a firing squad. In a separate sequence, one of several German civilians is marched toward gallows at Bruchsal prison near Karlsruhe, Germany. They were condemned by a military tribunal for killing six United States Army Air Force aviators who were being held as prisoners of war after crash landing their airplane near the end of the war. A hangman makes preparations. The German criminals are hanged.
Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Automobile Race in Chicago, United States. Various historic and vintage automobiles are seen. Man seated in a Schacht Model K Runabout, circa 1909. A 1905 Curved Dash Oldsmobile is featured in the race. A Stanley Steamer is seen driving on the road, as steam blasts out the front of the vehicle, and tall buildings of Chicago skyline are in background. Men drive 30 car models in the parade of old automobiles. The weather is cold and many drivers are bundled up to stay warm in the open air cars.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) aircraft strafe a locomotive in Germany during World War II. A USAAF P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft lands on an airfield. Mountains in the background. The aircraft strafe a locomotive on tracks. The aircraft dive and bomb Marshalling yards. Explosions occur. Aircraft in flight.
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