Soldiers loading patients and casualties on Douglas DC-3 transport plane on Iwo Jima during World War II. Wounded United States Marines with their faces covered in bandages lying on stretchers. A Navy nurse checks on a patient before boarding the medical transport plane. The nurse talks to the patient. Soldiers carry and place wounded Marines aboard a Douglas DC-3 transport plane for air evacuation. The Douglas DC-3 transport plane taxis and takes off.
Bell X-1 rocket plane hooked with B-29 bomber aircraft in flight. Bell X-1 is towed with tug and pulled out of the hangar. Men direct the tug. A radar and hangar in the background. The plane fueled with liquid oxygen. The B-29 bomber is tugged across the landing strip. X-1 sits underside of B-29. X-1 is hooked onto the underside of a B-29 Superfortress bomber by the technicians. A pilot shakes hand with an officer and talks. B-29 with X-1 in the background. B-29 bomber with X-1 taxis and takes off. B-29 bomber with X-1 in flight. A chase plane in flight. View of B-29 bomber with X-1. X-1 is released and in flight. X-1 in flight to the great height and leaves a vapor tail. X-1 lands on the dry lake bed. The pilot is congratulated.
Ground Infantry quiz in a World War 2 feature. Special effects are used in the quiz to partially obscure the identity of a dancer performing on stage. Two other dancers are shown: Ann Miller and Betty Grable. Then the effects are removed to show that the mystery dancer is Eleanor Powell dancing in a bullfight themed dance.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. Dramatization: Sailors move around in an office. A sailor discusses with an expert about jobs, insurance, trade and pension. Experts prepare report of the sailor. An expert mentions whom to consult for help when the sailors return to their hometown.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Robert Benchley sleeps on a sofa. His portrait on a wall. He talks to his own portrait. He talks to an expert about his experiences while working in the navy. The sailors get their physical checkup done.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Sailors discuss about their experience of an interview. Robert Benchley enters a room. The sailors are amazed to see his pajamas. They move near him and discuss his pajamas. He goes to sleep and dreams: He stands near a piano. He goes to get another drink. A woman approaches him but he does not find her attractive, until he has several more drinks and she turns into movie star Ava Gardner (who makes a cameo appearance in this scene).