A family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City.

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union…

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.