A jornada de oito amigos numa remota cidade do interior, cujas vidas são súbita e violentamente abaladas por uma inesperada guerra. Separados dos amigos e familiares, estes oito extraordinários adolescentes têm de aprender a escapar, sobreviver e lutar contra uma força militar hostil.
No Japão dominado por duas potências, dois amigos decidem construir um avião para cumprir a promessa que fizeram a uma menina: Voar até uma torre enigmática.
Uma congressista (Jean Arthur) vai à Berlim destruída pela Segunda Guerra Mundial, para verificar o moral das tropas norte-americanas. Durante a inspeção, um capitão (John Lund) tenta seduzi-la para que ela não descubra seu envolvimento com uma cantora alemã (Marlene Dietrich), suspeita de ser simpatizante nazista.
After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.
A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.
In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak attacks on the invading army.
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has no intentions of returning home.
It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Netherlands occupied German soil as a pledge for demanded war reparations. Part of the annexed territories was also the small municipality of Elten. While the people of Elten were initially afraid of the occupation, the time “with Holland” actually became a miracle of prosperity and economy about which many people from Elten still rave today. The occupation period ended with the largest organized smuggling in the history of the federal republic of Germany. The Documentary shows this in never before released 8 mm footage!