keywords: post world war II, british navy, vidkun quisling, marshal bernard montgomery
Synopsis: British Naval And Air Units At Sea, German Soldiers Become Farm Hands, Securing World Peace, Vidkun Quisling Is Sentenced To Death, Marshal Bernard Montgomery In Germany, Pulling Boats Up River In China... (read more)
Convoy of four aircraft carriers under way, planes with wings folded on flight deck. Admiral Rawlings, British officer being transported from his ship at sea via breech buoy to an American ship alongside. Gun camera footage of ships being attacked and Japanese land installation being strafed. Admiral William F Halsey aboard ship speaking to group of men in fire control room. Sailors rush to battle stations, American battleship firing 16-inch guns at shore in the battle of the Honshu Sea. Scenes aboard US battleship of ammunition being sent to upper deck and loading 16-inch gun.
Large group of German soldiers assembled in barracks yard in the British zone. The German soldiers are fingerprinted and insignia removed from uniforms. A German farmer addressing the group and several short scenes of the soldiers, who are now farm hands, pitching hay.
Scene of conference held to ratify the San Francisco charter in securing world peace. At the conference are Mr Vyacheslav Molotov and Wellington Koo.
Quisling arriving at the courthouse in Oslo Norway. Inside the courthouse during sentencing. Exterior, Quisling leaving the court house and entering patrol wagon.
Osenberg Germany. Scene of the Marshal's wrecked plane from which he escaped unhurt. Scenes of the Marshal reviewing Canadians of the Third Div. Officer reading commendations. Several shots of Montgomery awarding medals.
Chinese pulling boats up a river (Yangtze?)
River runs between high mountains. Various scenes of natives on shore pulling boats up stream. Cut-ins of laborers straining to pull craft.