Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narration, shows "how, through their disunity, democracies were led, some to destruction and others to the verge of destruction."]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Lowell ThomasNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Franklin D. RooseveltSelf | Self |
 Neville ChamberlainSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Charles de GaulleSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Francisco FrancoSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 David Lloyd GeorgeSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Emperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Woodrow WilsonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |