Headlines of prominent newspapers show rising tensions prior to World War 1. Headline of New York American 'Czar expects war declaration today, England and Germany ready to strike, Austrians and Serbs in big battle'. Montage of headlines from various newspapers regarding looming war. Berliner Tageblatt New York Times headlines say 'Austria and Serbia ready for war, Russia gives warning to Germany, London still sees hope for peace'. New York Times and Freier Press headlines about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Serbian police dragging the assassin. Blood stained tunic of Archduke. Burial ceremony of Archduke Ferdinand with coffin covered with Austrian flag. Czar Nicholas II of Russia reviews troops. Various Cossack regiments being reviewed. Russian Revolution scenes and mass demonstrations and riot in streets of Moscow as Bolsheviks seize power in 1917. Russian civilians and Bolshevik loyal soldiers armed with rifles marching in mass funeral processions and demonstrations in Russia against the Czar led government. Leon Trotsky speaking to a crowd and saluting Red forces as Bolshevik troops parade. Food distribution to Russian children and people eating on snow covered streets of Moscow around time of revolution. Headlines showing Russian entry in World War I. Snow covered Kremlin. Vladimir Lenin at a desk talking. More views of newspaper headlines regarding outbreak of World War 1.
Segment of orientation film for American troops occupying Japan after World War 2. First scene shows Japanese troops marching shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets. Viewed from more distance they are seen marching past the Japanese Imperial Palace on a hill in the background. Slate is superimposed over the scene reading: "Created to Rule the Whole Earth." Japanese soldiers rising from trenches to charge their enemy. Shells bursting all around them. Views of some huge explosions. Dead Chinese woman and child lying in rubble. Japanese soldier holding Rising Sun flag, charging past building. More dead women and children. Japanese troops advancing against wooden houses. Dead soldier lying on ground, with pistol held in his upraised hand. Japanese troops advancing past burning rural dwellings. Dead Chinese civilians in wreckage. Japanese troops holding Japanese flags celebrate a battlefield victory. Views of wounded Allied soldiers being transported on litters by American soldiers, interwoven with views of Japanese troops celebrating. Japanese civilians celebrating en masse. View of a human brain superimposed over scenes of celebrating Japanese soldiers and people. A slate superimposed at this point reading: "This is Japan's Last War." Views of Japanese workers busy in war production plants and factories, with Japanese war production workers building armament, war planes, and tanks; Japanese military officers walking in full dress uniforms ; Japanese warships; and Mitsubishi Ki-21 bombers in formation ("Type 97 Heavy Bombers") . All these views of war machinery are symbolically ended by intervening views of explosions. View of crashed Japanese warplane. Several American soldiers are seen among many Japanese people. Several American soldiers check identification of a Japanese man. U.S. soldiers standing guard in a roadway, as many Japanese stand in background. American soldier searching an unarmed Japanese soldier. Two American soldiers use a phrase book as they ask directions from a Japanese woman and her daughter. Japanese youth clapping hands and holding a homemade American flag. U.S. military officers accepting Chrysanthemum flowers from girls in traditional Japanese attire. A U.S. soldier reads a comic book to a Japanese boy. Other American GIs talk with a Japanese soldier. American troops in a chow line at a dining hall. U.S. soldiers with Japanese children at the Great Buddha of Kamakura at the Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. American soldier riding a bucking bronco in a Western Rodeo put on by U.S. forces. U.S. soldier and Japanese police sentries standing side by side.
Documentary depicts job of United States occupation forces in Japan. Opening scene shows Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita being escorted by armed American military officer to a room. A woman at an outdoor stand, passing out leaflets to Japanese people during the U.S. postwar occupation of Japan. Camera pans across exterior of prison where Japanese wartime leaders are incarcerated. Japanese read information posted on a telephone pole. Newspaper in English reporting that Emperor Hirohito says he is not a Diety and the Japanese are not a master race. A Japanese broadcaster spreading the new concepts. Loud speakers on city streets carry the news. People visiting news stands, including many Japanese soldiers in uniforms. Several Japanese citizens gathered by a bulletin board to read the latest information. Japanese workers shoveling up debris from bombing during World War 2. View of vast destruction in a Japanese city, where only several concrete and steel buildings can be seen standing. Japanese people going about their normal affairs, walking on paths cleared through the detritus of war. U.S. troops monitoring Japanese travelers boarding a railroad train. A U.S. soldier standing with a Japanese policeman, searches a Japanese cyclist for contraband. Views of the Pacific Ocean, with waves crashing on the shore. Dead American soldiers in the waters at the coasts of various scenes of combat against Japanese forces during World War II. Views of American soldiers helping and tending to wounded during the war. A huge formation of American soldiers marching. The Liberty bell. A closing slate reading: "Our Job in Japan". Music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony is heard.
Aerial views of Copenhagen, Denmark. Swedish Fokker F.XXII passenger airplane, named "Lappland," at the airport. Danish Airline Fokker F.VII passenger airplane. It taxis quickly, and stops in front of the airport terminal. Woman passenger deplanes. Luggage is removed from aft of the cabin. A German Lufthansa Junkers JU-52 with wheel pants, taxis, and parks. Passengers and a uniformed crew member disembark from the plane. The name "A.B. Aerotransport" printed on Fokker F.XXII. A steam locomotive pulls a passenger train into railroad station (possibly leaving and not stopping). A passenger ocean liner docks. Cars, taxis and buses meet the ship. Passengers disembarking from ocean liner. Taxi carrying passengers to hotel. A finely dressed, wealthy man and woman sign in at hotel desk, as bellman or bellhop brings luggage into hotel lobby. The couple peruse a booklet showing sights in Copenhagen and discuss them in English. View of the Copenhagen City Hall (Rådhuspladsen 1, 1550 København, Denmark). Trams and cars driving past and pedestrians on sidewalks. View of clock tower on City Hall. View from high above Town Hall Square (City Hall Square 1599 Copenhagen, Denmark). Rack filled with bicycles. A messenger heading off on a bicycle. An open-air market, with many farmers' and mongers' small trucks parked in lines. Numerous customers visiting the marketplace. Flower sellers' stalls along sidewalk. Fishing boats at the pier in Nyhavn (New Harbor). People eating at tables and women preparing foods for sale. Tram operators boarding their cars and driving away. Tram operators boarding their cars and driving away. Boats in a canal and a rowboat moving through a picturesque arch under a bridge. Diners at long tables in a restaurant. A policeman. Tower of Saint Nicholas Church, now presently known as the “Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center” (Nikolaj Plads 10, 1067 København K, Denmark). View of Frederik's Church (Frederiksgade 4, 1265 København, Denmark). Church of Our Lady (Vor Frue Kirke, Nørregade 8, 1165 København, Denmark). Statue of Moses near the Church of Our Lady. An Expressionist style church, the Grundvig Memorial Church (På Bjerget 14B, 2400 København NV, Denmark). Gefion Fountain (Churchillparken, 1263 København K, Denmark). Hans Christian Andersen statue (Rådhuspladsen, 1550 København V, Denmark) near Tivoli Gardens. The equestrian statue of King Christian IX Monument (Christiansborg Ridebane 25, 1218 København, Denmark) by Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, the first equestrian statue of a monarch created by a woman sculptor. Statue of King Frederick VII (Christiansborg Slotsplads 1, 1218 København, Denmark). The equestrian statue of Archbishop Absalon (Højbro Pl., 1200 København, Denmark), the founder of Copenhagen. Statue of King Frederick V (Amalienborg Slotsplads, 1257 København K, Denmark). Formal gateway with Doric columns. King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark in open coach. Drawbridge opening for small sailboat. Man feeding birds on the park. A bored driver presses car horn. Cars waiting for drawbridge to lower down.
A military ceremony in Budapest, Hungary. Opening scene shows Hungarian soldiers in uniform wearing M38 Hungarian steel helmets, marching in front of carrying massed flags, during World War 2. Cadre of uniformed Police in formation. Two Hungarian officers in black uniforms are seen among spectators watching the event. Silhouette of Heroes’ Square (Budapest, Hősök tere, 1146 Hungary) by Zala Gyorgy, depicting female statue of Peace in chariot and horses, palm leaf in hand, located on Heroes' Square. Flags are suspended from it. Crowd of spectators on sidelines of the event. The formation of Hungarian soldiers, seen earlier, march across Heroes' Square with their flags. Soldiers of the Kingdom of Hungary with their flag grounded, and a flag lowered by another cadre of soldiers behind them. Front view of the Army soldiers carrying their flags. They pass the monumental column topped by a statue of the archangel Gabriel. The formation of army soldiers all lower their flags apparently in salute to the monument. Closeup of flags grounded. Wider view of the military formations on Heroes' Square. The Equestrian Statue of Artur Gorgey (Görgey-szobor Budapest, Palota út 1, 1014 Hungary) on Castle Hill. The soldiers raise their flags again and march away.
The German passenger airship 'Bodensee' arrives at Stockholm, Sweden. The Zeppelin airship, operating since 1919, approaches ground for landing. Spectators, policemen and ground crew surround the dirigible. A woman watches outside of a cabin window. Passengers inside the cabin. Soldiers assist mooring of 'Bodensee'. Inspectors check personal baggage of the passengers.