Opening scene shows Adolf Hitler reviewing German troops on parade. German paratroopers jumping from Junkers Ju-52 aircraft. View from the ground of paratroopers descending from three Ju-52s. The Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, December 7, 1941. Heavy smoke rising from the leaning USS Arizona after she is hit by bombs. Newspaper headline reading "Pearl Harbor Bombed!" American soldiers leaving Camp Stoneman, are seen assembled on a pier at the Pittsburg California waterfront to board one of the ferries that would take them to Piers 15 and 45 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. A sign at pier reading:"Through these portals pass the best damned soldiers in the West." Glimpses of soldiers firing howitzers in World War 2. Glimpses of the civilians supporting the war effort. Auto factory workers walking near a war production plant during shift change. A new army truck leaves a factory. War production workers assembling the turret on a Sherman tank. Guns and turrets being manufactured. Factory floor filled with new pursuit airplanes. A B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft taking off. Aerial view from bomber of its bombs exploding over enemy target below. Freight trains carrying United States military supplies. Supplies being loaded aboard a ship for the U.S. and Allies. The American battleship USS New Mexico firing a gun, and firing guns from triple turrets. Workers assembling aircraft engines in a war plant. A woman at work in a war materiel production plant. Gun camera images from warplane strafing a ground target. World War 2 Victory parade along 5th Avenue, New York City, in 1946. Washington Square triumphal arch in background. Various views of the parade. Laid off war plant workers looking for new jobs. Troops welcomed home: Ship carrying returning United States soldiers back home after the end of World War 2. Disabled soldiers and sailors, such as some who were wounded in battle and lost limbs like arms or legs, making their war to a Military Air Transport Service C-54 aircraft. More views of the disabled veterans who were injured during World War II.
View of vehicles being loaded via rear loading ramp, on YC-97. Technicians configure the YC-97 for troops and passengers. (World War II period)
Officials and visitors place wreaths at the marble memorial marking the grave of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the rose garden of his home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, New York. Cars carrying the visitors drive up to the main house. Several views of Springwood.
United States Army school retains former German soldiers captured during World War II at Fort Getty in the United States. A United States official teaches a group of German soldiers. Former Congressman Colonel Smith takes a class. They read a book titled 'History of the United States'. German prisoners of war are given certificates upon their graduation. A soldier holds the 'Certificate of Achievement' in hand.
United States Coast Guards work inside Photographic Laboratory in the United States. U.S. Navy Douglas R5D Skymaster lands on the runway. United States Coast Guards, Photographic Laboratory' written at the entrance. Sailor enters the darkroom. Paper treated in chemical baths during film developing. Coast Guard hands over a package to another guard.
Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. United States Lieutenant Colonel George Stevens reads the affidavit which attest to authenticity of the scenes in the film on Nazi Concentration Camps. United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg reads the affidavit and certifies the motion picture on Nazi concentration camps.