Ground Infantry quiz in a World War 2 feature. Special effects are used in the quiz to partially obscure the identity of a dancer performing on stage. Two other dancers are shown: Ann Miller and Betty Grable. Then the effects are removed to show that the mystery dancer is Eleanor Powell dancing in a bullfight themed dance.
General Mark Wayne Clark greets and pins an award on a woman from the Women's Army Corps or "WAC" during World War II. Ground Infantry quiz question on Greek goddess Pallas Athene, seen on the WAC insignia. Views of WAC women in various jobs and roles during the war, including marching, mail sorting, and radio broadcasting.
Boxers Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy compete in a boxing match on June 20, 1940 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City. Louis knocks out Godoy in 8th round. Ground Infantry (GI) quiz ask a question about boxers and the answer is Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey. Views of Jack Dempsey while in the Coast Guard, demonstrating physical prowess. Multiple scenes from boxing match of Jack Dempsey versus Luis Ángel Firpo on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Multiple knock-downs of the boxers are shown, including one where Firpo knocks Dempsey completely out of the ring. GI quiz question on tanks. Picture of Sherman tanks knocking down trees. Picture of Leonardo Da Vinci. View of the Mona Lisa painting. Animations of various concept designs credited to Da Vinci including tanks, aircraft, parachutes, and submarines. GI quiz question on rockets. View of battery of rockets being fired from ground positions in World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. Army aircraft firing rockets at target. View of German V-1 flying bomb (early cruise missile) in flight toward a target. Animation showing future use of a rocket launched across the globe and reaching New York City (with artist's view of Statue of Liberty in foreground) as narrator says, "Scientists are convinced that the next war, if there is one, will be fought with giant remote-controlled atomic rocket bombs, capable of traveling thousands of miles in a few minutes, to completely destroy any target, anywhere, anytime."
Woman in a bathroom. Woman draws water to take a bath. In a separate scene a different woman is seen adjusting controls of a shower and taking a shower. GI quiz question on what consumes water more, a bath or a shower. Narrator says it is the bath.
On Utah and Mormonism (LDS or Latter Day Saints). Dramatization of the Mormon migration, showing large wagon train crossing prairies and wagons, horses, and cowboys crossing a river; scenes of snow covered mountains as people continue westward; view of people overlooking Salt Lake City valley. Mormon people farming, locust attack on farms and people massed together beating down locusts with shovels. Depiction of seagulls arriving in mass to destroy the locusts. Actual footage showing elevated view of Salt Lake City including Mormon Temple, Temple Square, and Utah State Capitol building in the mid 1940s. View of Fort Douglas building in Utah. Sign on board reads 'Separation Center Fort Douglas'. U.S. Army soldier at the separation center in Fort Douglas after his return from duty in World War 2. Army corporal receives a certificate that reads 'United States Army Honorable Discharge'. U.S. Army Corporal with his wife.
The Allied occupation of Japan begins. United States Navy ships in Tokyo Bay at Yokosuka Japan. USS San Diego warship (CL-53), a Light Cruiser, is seen, along with USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class Destroyer. (World War II period).
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