U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt visits Aiea Naval Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. President Roosevelt review sailors, nurses and hospital staff during a dress parade. Exteriors of Saint Louis College Administration Building.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin visits French President Charles De Gaulle in France. View of the meeting hall with Kosygin and De Gaulle meeting. Dignitaries shake hands with the guests at a reception in the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). View of chandeliers and decorated dining hall in the Élysée Palace. Dignitaries seated at their tables.
The major political events in North America. The inauguration of Harry Truman as President of the U.S. People gather in a large number to watch the new President. Scenes from the inauguration dinner, as President Truman makes fun of and mocks the radio commentator H.V. Kaltenborn who forecast that Dewey would defeat Truman. In humor, President Truman imitates Mr. Kaltenborn and the gathered crowd laughs and claps. View of Canada's Louis Saint Laurent as he succeeds MacKenzie King as Prime Minister in Canada. Buildings in the area. People gather in a hall and applaud.
American troops are seen in arctic gear moving on skis through blustery snowy weather in Iceland, during World War 2. They were sent in 1941 to relieve British troops occupying Iceland since 1940, during World War II. A guard post at the American camp, with Quonset Hut in background. Closeup of U.S. sentry in arctic gear holding rifle with bayonet affixed. View from above, of numerous tents partially covered with snow in the American camp. Change of scene shows U.S. troops disembarking from transport ships at the British Isles. They march with their combat gear onto a square where Army trucks wait to transport them inland. Another scene shows the American troops, viewed from behind, parading in London. Other scenes show them marching in various areas of London. Saint Paul’s cathedral is seen in the background of one scene. A large number of American M3 Stuart Light tanks move on a railroad train in Britain. Scene shifts to the Middle East, where railroad cars and various military supplies for Russia are be offloaded from American ships. A Russian officer is seen signing receipts for war materiel, from a U.S. Army Technical Sergeant. A row of American Army trucks are lined up behind them. The Russian and American exchange salutes, and shake hands. Next, a troop ship carrying American troops is seen arriving at a port in India, where they disembark with their gear. An American Army Sergeant in a pith helmet pays attention to a little Indian girl. Scene shifts to China, in 1942, where Brigadier General Claire Lee Chennault, Commander of the China Air Task Force, of the Tenth Air Force, that replaced the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers), is seen with Brigadier General Caleb V. Haynes, Commander of the India Air Task Force. A colonel joins their discussions. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber is parked behind them. View of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter planes, with Flying Tiger markings, parked on a flight line. A B-24 bomber landing on a runway, between hills, deep in China. Closeup of Nationalist China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, saluting. Huge numbers of Chinese troops assembling in a formation. Next, an expeditionary force of American troops is seen arriving on a troop ship in Australia. They line the ship’s deck and wave. General Douglas MacArthur arriving in Australia to assume the office of Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area (SWPA). .Glimpses of U.S. Navy activities in Australia: setting up defenses of islands; unpacking a Kingfisher float plane and making it ready for use on a desert island. The final segments of the film show American forces in August ,1942 sailing to Adak in the Aleutian Islands, to strengthen American defenses there. Troops seen descending by rope ladder from the American transport ship USS J Franklin Bell (PA-34), into her landing craft for deployment on Adak Island. Scenes of landing craft reaching the beach and offloading troops, vehicles, and supplies. View of beach filled with supplies. One landing craft is clearly marked with ""P34" showing that it belongs to the USS J Franklin Bell ( later reclassified as APA-16).
Street views in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A streetcar moving in front of City Hall (Casa de la Alcaldía de San Juan, 153 San Francisco Street, Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico). Plaza de Colon located near the Saint Christopher Castle or Castillo San Cristóbal (501 Calle Norzagaray, Old San Juan, San Juan, PR, 00901). Statue of Juan Ponce de Leon and view of the San Juan Cathedral (151 Calle del Cristo, San Juan, 00902, Puerto Rico). Automobile leaving the Cathedral. Buildings in old San Juan. The Capitol building of Puerto Rico. A train station. Steel transmission towers.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh is welcomed with parade at end of three month tour in his airplane 'Spirit of Saint Louis', in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Men wave flags. Large crowd. Charles Lindbergh arrives at speaker's stand. His last tour stop is Mitchel Field, New York (he embarked on that flight leg on October 23, 1927).