Film opens showing devastated snow-covered remains of Peterhof Palace and its fountains, in Leningrad, after the Russians ended the siege of that city in January, 1944 of World War II. The next scenes show crowds gathered on 25 August, 1946, to celebrate the newly restored fountains, which are seen spraying water again. (Narrator notes that Russians now call the place Petrodvorets, meaning Peter's Palace.) An official speaks, at the ceremony, about the architecture of Petrodvorets and its cultural masterpieces still to be restored. Glimpse of statuary and array of fountains. Closeup of several young women holding flowers. Another shot of the fountains spraying along both sides of a central pond, with spectators crowded along the extreme sides near lines of trees.
Nuclear bomb testing footage. Continuous colour film of atomic bomb shot Baker from Operation Crossroads on July 25, 1946, as well as film of the Ivy King shot from Operation Ivy on November 15, 1952. Both nuclear tests were conducted by the United States.
Citizens and United States soldiers walk along the streets in Tokyo, Japan on New Year Day (Oshōgatsu) of 1946. Japanese women and children dressed in kimonos walk along a sidewalk. Some Japanese men and women are also seen wearing face masks. They are wearing face masks during winter influenza season. A woman wearing a surgical mask and fur coat glances at the camera as she walks by. Japanese women and children walking along the streets.
Official visit to a GAZ car factory in the Soviet Union by Yugoslavian President and Marshal Josip Broz Tito, hosted by Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin. Dignitaries in staff cars. Civilians on a street clap and cheer as Tito's motorcade drives past them. Tito is escorted by Bulganin and other officials. He visits a GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod) automobile factory. Tito takes a look at different automobiles.
Yugoslav President and Marshal Josip Broz Tito and his wife Jovanka Broz visits the Soviet Union. Tito's staff car and motorcade arrives in Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square, Moscow. They place wreaths at the entrance of the tombs of Lenin and Stalin. Marshal Tito, his wife, and Yugoslav officials enter a building in the Kremlin. Tito visits Vladimir Lenin's office. A female guide speaks to Tito and his wife as they stand in front of Lenin's desk. Tito and party walk on a street of Moscow and meet civilians. A Russian woman holding a baby talks to a man during Tito’s visit. Photographers take pictures.
Two handmade 1946 model Ford cars during their test drive on roads in Detroit, Michigan. Four and two door models of the Ford car during their exhibition run. Narrator describes the new Ford cars and speaks to how Ford had not forgotten cars for American consumers after retooling for war production in World War II.