First scene shows the State Capitol building (350 State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Next a sign identifies a military separation center in Fort Douglas during post-war demobilization. Soldiers in uniform are being processed for separation from the U.S. Army. A sergeant salutes an officer and receives his discharge papers. Narrator identifies Corporal Kirk being processed by a sergeant. He later salutes and receives his discharge papers. Corporal Kirk steps down the stairs from a house, arm and arm with his girlfriend. They are seen enjoying a soda together. Next, they shop together for a civilian hat for him. Then they share shopping for a complete civilian wardrobe. They share time skiing together. Glimpse of some national parks in Utah and of the great Salt Lake. View of people floating easily in the dense waters of the salt lake. Views of the Mormon Salt Lake Tabernacle (50 N W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84150). The couple stroll streets of Salt Lake City. They visit the Veterans' Information Service. He sits with an advisor. View of Provo, Utah and the Geneva Steel Company there. Exterior views of the industrial steel plant. Hot coke being discharged into special rail cars. Steel plant operations with fiery molten steel being poured from Ladles. Billets of steel being formed. Open rail cars full of ore at the Columbia Iron Mine, Cedar City, Utah. A steam shovel loading ore into a truck. Coal mined and moving on conveyers. Miners leaving a mine in open box cars. Miners in rail cars entering a mine. A sign reading: "Welcome, Binghan Canyon, Home of the World's largest Open Cut Copper Mine, Drive Carefully!" Views of the open mine with numerous terraces cut into the walls. A steam shovel digging and loading copper ore into rail cars that carry it away across rail bridges. A sign for the Eitel-McCullough, Company, Inc. where radar tubes are currently being made. Several women employees in the plant.
World War II veterans in Utah, United States. A sign for the city of 'Ogden'. Traffic on the streets. A sign reads 'Entering the Cedar City'. Farmers till and plow farm land. Cattle graze on farm lands. Expansive wide views of farm valley landscape with snow covered mountains in the distance. A war veteran talks to Veteran's Department official. The veteran meets the Dean at the University of Utah campus. He strolls on the tree lined sidewalks of the University campus. He enrolls for a course at the university and attends lectures.
A demonstration about clearing underwater obstacles and mines with charges and explosives in Florida, United States. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 100 % completed '. A sign on another paper reads 'Project 219 Reddy Fish'. Reddy fish explosives mounted on a torpedo at a beach in Florida for clearing underwater obstacles and mines. Reddy fish explosives aboard a Landing Craft Mechanized underway at sea. Reddy fish explosives being launched with the help of a torpedo. A fiery flare appears and the torpedo demobilizes. A man preses a remote control button and Reddy fish explosives detonate causing an explosion in water. The resultant 60 feet passage blasted by the explosive. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 81 % completed '. A sign on a paper reads ' Project 228 Hell Fish '. Hell Fish, a 1700 pound explosive charge, is attached to a Mark13 torpedo. The Hell Fish being launched at sea. An explosion occurs in water due to detonation. A passage cleared as a result of the explosion for landing crafts. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 81% completed '.
A demonstration about clearing underwater obstacles and mines in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 211 Boat Bumper '. A Landing Craft Mechanized with a 5 inch thick steel pipe bumper attached to its front at a beach. The boat bumper being used to clear Japanese rails and scaffolding at sea. The LCM with the bumper heads towards a Japanese type log scaffolding. The steel bumper aids a tank to be unloaded from the LCM at the beach. A seal on a paper reads ' 100 % completed '.
A demonstration about clearing obstacles and mines with explosives in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 122 LVT (2) Drone '. A radar guided LVT (2) Drone female boat loaded with explosives underway at sea towards a target. A man aboard a male boat guides the course of the female boat as he works on the controls. The female LVT ( Lading Vehicle Tracked ) changes its course. The man aboard the male LVT looks at the female LVT through binoculars. The female LVT Drone reaches a beach and heads towards a pill box. The female LVT stops near the pill box and 6000 pound explosives loaded onto it get detonated. An explosion occurs and a seal on a paper reads ' 40 % completed '.
A demonstration about clearing obstacles at a beach in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 226 Hagensen pack demolition charges MK 20 )'. A soldier with a 22 pound pack of Hagensen demolition explosives in an ammunition bag on his back. The soldier holds a chord. Soldiers attach the explosives to a Japanese type obstacles at a beach. A soldier detonates the explosives. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. The area is cleared after the explosion on the beach. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 100 % completed '. (World War II period).