U.S. Navy sailor patient lying in bed after a surgical operation. A nurse records his temperature and fills up a chart. Cartoon animation shows view as if looking inside the human body, with the blood vessels and the operated part of the patient's body. Streptococcus bacteria had spread into the operated area , destroying leukocytes. Patient lying in bed as he feels unwell. Nurse records the body temperature. Doctors examine the operated area on the patient's leg, suffering blood poisoning. Blood plasma being administered to the patient. Navy doctor (played by Milburn Stone) looks concerned and thinks about what went wrong during the operation, remembering that possibly the instruments were contaminated. Sailor being discharges after recovery. He walks with a cane. He limps as he walks, needing a cane to help him walk for the rest of his life. Flashback of past events in the film show how the doctor sneezed, failed to rescrub, cut his surgical glove, and contaminated surgical instruments, leading to disease in the patient.
Troop transport ships underway in ocean. A ship comes into New York harbor. U.S. troops returning from World War II service in Europe aboard the ship and large sign on the side of the ship, '104th Timberwolves'. U.S. Army soldiers wave from the ship. Troops debark at New York harbor.
USS Monterey (CVL-26) leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard where she was outfitted for Operation Magic Carpet, to bring U.S. troops home from Europe after World War II. The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) with her crew visible on deck, leaves the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a shakedown cruise. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt passes under the Brooklyn Bridge after departing from the yard. Sailors on the ship deck. Several wide views of skyline of New York City buildings and skyscrapers. The ship on its way to the Caribbean.
U.S. Army Air Force crew members walk inside Hangar. Many are wearing flight suits and "Mae Wests" (life vests or personal flotation devices). Airmen seated in and on Army jeep, drive on dirt road of airfield. They get out of the jeep and walk towards the Hangar. Words "Iwo Jima Spa" above the door.
U.S. Naval Task Force of warships bombarding Okinawa in World War 2. Light cruiser USS St. Louis, CL-49, in foreground in the background is the battleship USS Texas, BB-35 shelling Okinawa. Heavy cruiser USS Wichita, CA-45, using signal light communications. Foreground the stern of the USS St. Louis, USS Texas in background. LCI 370 (Landing Craft Infantry) approaches from the right with the USS Texas in the background. On right, the USS St. Louis has turned to port and is shelling Okinawa, a destroyer in the middle, and the USS Texas on left. Close up of the USS St. Louis's stern as she shells Okinawa. Close up of three gun turrent firing. USS Texas in close shelling a hillside Japanese strong point on Okinawa. Shell hits the top of a hill and beach. Explosions due to the shelling. Smoke rises from coastline of Okinawa. Smoke rises from hill on Okinawa and shells hit around base of hill.
German war prisoners in war crime Trials in Nuremberg, Germany after World War II. Prosecutor Robert Houghwout Jackson addresses the court. He talks about four mightiest nations of the world with help of 15 others. And Utilization of international law against people who terrorize world.