U.S. 1st Marine Division undergoes training at Wagga Wagga Island in New South Wales, Australia, during World War 2. Marines cross rope bridges over a small stream. Explosion near them throws water into the air.. Wirraway trainer airplane flies low overhead. Marines wait in line to cross the rope bridge.
A film about places of interest in Hawaii, United States. A lush green mountain overlooking a sea. A waterfall in a forest. Passenger aircraft landing at airport on Hawaii Island (the Big Island) and it taxis after landing. Orchids bloom on the island. A puff of smoke rises from a volcano. A boat underway at sea. A man surfing. People playing tennis. People play golf at a golf course. A woman relaxes and sun bathes. A man in 1970s fashions walking. Various flowers including orchids. A child swims in a pool. People seated, standing, and waling on a beach. A woman seated near a beach cove with her feet in the water. A paraglider in flight over water. Traditional Hawaiian boats in a cove. A Woman walking among flowers and plants, and view of a waterfall. Cattle at Parker Ranch. A couple on a vacation and walking on grounds of their hotel. View of hotel pool. Couple on the island attend a luau and wear flower leis around their necks. Smoke rises from a volcano crater. Women perform Hula dance as men and women look on and enjoy a dinner at an outdoor table. A painting of a sunset.
Opening scene shows a Boeing B-24 Liberator bomber arriving at an airfield in the Caribbean during World War 2 . U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt steps from the aircraft, stopping here on one of her many trips. She strolls among U.S. servicemen and others. She is escorted by a General and reviews American Troops on parade at an army base. Scene shifts abruptly to the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney in New South Wales Sydney Australia, where the Australian Destroyer, Bataan, is being Christened on 15 January 1944 by Jean MacArthur, the wife of General Douglas MacArthur. Dockyard workers drive wedges from beneath the destroyer's hull, to free her for launching. Mrs. MacArthur announces the name, Bataan, and swings a bottle of champaign to christen her. The ship proceeds down the ways. View from below of sailors on deck as she launches.
Following the Battle of Ancre in World War 1, British troops await buses to take them back from the front to Rest Billets in the rear. The transports arrive and they board.One bus stops enroute for several more soldiers, including an artilleryman wearing Goatskin. Soldiers of the British West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's own) and the Worcester Regiment, marching to the rear for a rest, alongside line of trucks headed the opposite way, toward the front.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference aboard American Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta (CA-31), anchored in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada. High ranking American military officers and officials attending include Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins; U.S. Army Air Corps Chief, General Henry Arnold; U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold R. Stark; Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. President Franklin Roosevelt stands with his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., to meet the Prime Minister. FDR also greets other members of the British delegation, including British Minister of Supply, Lord Beaverbrook. British and American sailors mingling together. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt are seen seated on deck, for a church service, aboard the British Battleship, Prince of Wales. They read documents and conclude agreements known as the Atlantic Charter.
King George V watches the color ceremony on his birthday from the Buckingham Palace, London, England. The cavalry marches in front of the palace. The King and his family watch from a balcony. British soldiers march. Troops stand aligned. The Prince of Wales salutes the marching troops.