Allied airplanes land at a base in Yugoslavia with medical and military aid in fighting Nazi invasion during World War II. Men offload material from the transport planes. Another plane unloads wounded prisoners freed from German jails. Wounded men and women at the air field near the planes sit on stretchers. Battalions of trainee soldiers train on newly received arms and ammunition. Men and women together train themselves. Marshal Tito and other officials review honor guard.
Marshal of Yugoslavia, Tito arrives at the ceremony. Tito meets other officials. Tito at speakers stand addresses a huge crowd in memorial services to war dead as the nation celebrates the tenth anniversary of the wartime founding of the present regime.
Josip Broz Tito's Partisans march in Yugoslavia during World War II. Partisans in parade formation. Four officers report to Commander at parade formation. Commander gives orders and salutes. Troops at attention with officers standing in front of them. Commander inspects platoon. Commander talks to girl Partisans.
A uniformed member of the U.S. Women's Army Corps (WAC) reads a letter from a soldier named Sergeant Lowry, asking why Army-Navy Screen Magazine doesn't show pictures of Marshal Tito, famous Yugoslav patriot. In response, the next scene shows rugged mountains of Yugoslavia, where Marshal Tito has his headquarters, in World War II. Closeup of Marshal Tito flanked on his left, by British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslav leader, and on his right, barely seen, U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Officer, Army Major Linn M. Farish, American Liaison to the Partisans. The three step down to a lower porch at the headquarters building, where Major Farish pumps his arm in the air several times as he speaks to General Maclean. Tito smiles, smokes his pipe, and makes some comment to them. The scene shifts to a British military photographer as he finishes taking a still picture of Tito and his principal staff officers, standing in a group, along with Tito's dog, Tigar.
A Battalion of Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia during World War II. Partisans assembled on a field as four company commanders step forward and salute the Battalion commander, who gives them an order. The four officers salute and return to ranks. The Battalion commander reviews troops, including women in uniform. He talks to a an older officer. Closeups of several women partisans. Some partisans display their mustaches. One soldier twirls the end of his mustache. Two women wearing Red Cross on their sleeves.
Note: This film was shown during World War 2 and edited for security reasons. Accordingly, some narrated statements are incorrect or misleading, and should be disregarded. Film opens showing a sentry posted at Yugoslav Partisan Leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito's mountain headquarters in Drvar, Western Bosnia, Yugoslavia. Marshal Tito steps from his headquarters to a lower porch where he stands with American OSS Officer, American Army Major Linn M. Farish, American Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslav leader. (For security reasons, they are identified as war correspondents.) Scene shifts to the town of Drvar that has experienced several periods of German occupation. Local people go about their daily activities and some pose for the camera. Women are seen salvaging silk from Allied parachutes, that they have spread out on the ground. It will be used as bandages for their Partisan army. View from above of a number of Partisan fighters gathering before the camera. One, a woman with dark hair wearing a black coat, is identified by the narrator, as a 21-year old Montenegrin who left school to join the Partisans. Closeup of that woman conversing with uniformed women soldiers. Next, a loose column of Partisan fighters is seen marching slowly through the town of Drvar. Scene shifts to a large formation of marching Yugoslav Partisan soldiers, who are training in Italy. They are seen standing if formation in a field, under Marshal Tito's command. He orders their officers forward and exchanges salutes with them. Marshal Tito then inspects the ranks. Women soldiers are seen conversing with Tito. He converses with his Chief of Staff, General Koča Popović. Closeup of a smiling woman Partisan fighter. Closeup of a soldier with a notable white moustache. Closeup of two uniformed women with Red Cross armbands. The Partisan soldiers marching across the field with shouldered arms. Film closes with closeup of Marshal Tito in front of his headquarters.