At beginning of film, camera pans over Malta. A map of that area of the Mediterranean Sea is shown. A street scene in Malta, with pedestrians on the sidewalks. A local police officer speaks to a group of men and women wearing steel helmets. Closeup of some of them. (They appear to be a group of volunteers.) Scene shifts to view from a street of flak clouds in the sky above, from anti-aircraft fire directed at Axis planes bombing Malta. People pointing toward the sky at an Axis bomber. Bombs exploding on the city. An old woman and several children pose in front buildings totally destroyed with nothing but rubble remaining. Views of destroyed buildings. Film shifts to a British Illustrious class aircraft carrier anchored in waters near Malta. It then shows a view of sailors on a British warship. A British sailor poses in a small boat with the British battleship HMS Warspite in the background. Glimpse of naval gun shells in a container. Some guns on ship's deck with mechanism for rotating them into vertical position. View of the barrels pointing upward. In rearming operations, A heavy naval gun shell being moved by a winch with a clamp around its body, onto the HMS Warspite. Sailors gathered around the shell to remove it from the winch. Sailors rolling a heavy shell on a platform. More sailors lowering a heavy shell into the hold of the battleship. British Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, on the deck of HMS Warspite, his flagship.
A young man blazes the trail for the then-planned 1600 mile Alaskan Highway. He is seen arriving in Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada at conclusion of his scouting expedition to help determine the route for the future Alaska Highway. Views of the young man walking during his hike, together with his dog. He walks along a river. His dog follows him. The dog carries baggage on its back including snow shoes for the young man. The boy and his dog resting and cooking at a camp site. He is joined by three Canadian Mounted Police and they walk together to greet officials in Hazleton at the end of his journey. They meet and he shakes hands with them.
Riots and strikes in United States during period of labor unrest in the United States. A huge crowd on the street. Men rush forward and throw stones. National Guardsmen throw tear gas bombs. Buildings on the street. Vehicular traffic on the streets. Smoke rises up. The rioters scatter as the United States soldiers carrying bayoneted rifles give chase. Men stand on the sidewalk. Several men run. Men with cycles walk along the road. Police lead away a protestor.
Native children in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. The children are given dancing instructions in a field. A native woman instructs a boy in dancing. Boys are given instructions in judo. Okinawa policeman in background. Boys practice judo. Wounded children lying down. Several children sit on a bench. A small boy with an taped amputated hand sits on a bench.
Deputy to Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess is tried at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. The defendant, Rudolf Hess, is seated alone in the dock. Rudolf Hess stands and speaks, making an extended personal statement. Military Police officers stand near him.
Royal Commission on espionage in Canada. Persons accused as Soviet Spies are brought for arraignment before Royal Commission. A huge crowd gathered on the streets. Pedestrians stand on the roadside. Several cars stop at curb and, from the cars, persons accused of being spies are escorted, in handcuffs, into building. Cameramen stand on stairs and take photographs. Crowd kept at distance watches them. Mounted policemen in the street. Interior of building. Men and women stand in the building.
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