Film opens with a Corsair F4U aircraft making a smooth gear- up emergency landing on a runway at the U.S. Naval Air Station New York (Floyd Bennett field) in World War 2. "Royal Navy, JT 229" is stenciled on the rear of its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to that Squadron. The canopy is open and other than for the landing gear malfunction, the pilot and aircraft appear OK. The Corsair's three-bladed propeller is bent and its engine is shut down. The runway appears to have been foamed, and bits of it are raised as the aircraft slides forward. After the aircraft stops, the cameraman moves, and takes up again as firefighters who were already standing by, respond with protective gear and a hose, ready to employ more foam, if necessary. However, the cockpit is empty and a sailor and the plane captain are already checking over the airplane, as firefighters get set up. It is clear they are not needed.
New spring fashion in England. Models seated in a room. They display hats. A model displays a bamboo straw hat. Other models display various other hats.
Several of the U.S. Destroyers transferred to the United Kingdom, in September, 1940. Seen on the high seas, and after docking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, are: USS Harden (DD-183), USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), and USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193). A Royal Navy Captain examines one of the newly arrived destroyers.
Winston Churchill undergoes thigh surgery in Europe. Ships docked at sea in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill enters a building after his accident. Officers follow him. An aircraft lands at an airport in London. Mrs. Clementine Hozier Churchill waits for the arrival of her husband. Men carry Churchill on a stretcher and proceed towards an ambulance. Churchill is taken to Middlesex Hospital (Fitzrovia, London, England) for his thigh surgery. Civilians gathered outside the hospital to greet Churchill.
Captain Gunter Prien and crew of German U-boat, U-47, being greeted in Berlin, Germany during World War II. Crew members of U-47 submarine exit aircraft at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, and are greeted by officers and cheered by crowd. Motorcade of crew member pass on a street cheered by crowd. Next scene, unrelated, shows Jozef Tiso, President of the Slovak State (Slovakia) greeting victorious Slovak 1st Infantry Division soldiers of the Field Army Bernolák following their participation with Nazi Germany in the invasion of Poland. Axis Slovak soldiers in Holíč M32 helmets (style of Czechoslovakia) seen marching and receiving awards from Slovak commander and Minister of Defense, Ferdinand Čatloš. View of a visiting German General greeting a non-uniformed official. Then same General poses with Ferdinand Čatloš seen behind his right shoulder.
Various ships in bay of Lisbon, Portugal during world War II. Port of Lisbon shows old ship in harbor. U.S. Coast Guard cutter on water. Cargo ship comes from England. Swiss boats in port of Lisbon.
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