An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.

"Soup, soap, salvation." True to this motto, the Salvation Army cares for the marginalized and needy. Officer Fredi Inniger also visits homeless and lonely old people in the city of Zurich. Director Thomas Thümena accompanies Inniger in his busy everyday life with his camera.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from England to New York's Bowery District.

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.

Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....

At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life.

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.