The U.S. Navy Department in Washington DC, United States. A number of vehicles drive past the U.S. Navy Department. The flag of the U.S. flutters from a pole on the building. United States Secretary of Navy William Frank Knox with U.S. Navy Admiral Harold Stark; Captain Beatty; Vice Admiral John Henry Towers and the Assistant Secretary of Navy ( Air) A. Gates. The officials discuss important issues during the meeting. William Frank Knox smokes a pipe while speaking to the group.
A U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas B-18 bomber burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor. At first it is obscured by flames and smoke. United States soldiers run around the burning aircraft. Cars and other army vehicles drive past the burning aircraft. A fire fighter is seen on the broken wing of the airplane, directing water on the fuselage, while flames and smoke are all around. The nose canopy is missing from the bomber and half the right wing and engine are broken off. Its tail is damaged. Burned out remains of the aircraft is shown at end of film. (World War II period).
A documentary shows a United States official explaining about the first U.S. submarine 'Turtle' with the help a picture in the United States. He explains the functioning of the submarine pointing at its picture with a stick in hand. He points at a lever in the front and a bomb at the other end of the picture. A chart explains that 1 pound of uranium is equal to 2,600,000 pounds of coal. Another chart shows batteries of the submarine. A picture of the RMS Queen Mary. A diagram on the chart shows the amount of air required to burn oil. A woman assistant removes the charts from a table.
Crew members of United States Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers load submarine depth charges on the aircraft in the Pacific Theater for practice during World War II. An emblem on a door shows a submarine periscope pierced by a sword. The crew members of a B-24 Liberator bomber come out of the door. An airman fuels the aircraft parked on a runway. Ground crew members stand next to the anti-submarine depth charges. Airmen load the depth charges on the aircraft. An army jeep drives in front of the B-24 bomber aircraft.
United States airmen practice dropping submarine depth charges in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A fleet of United States Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft in flight. The aircraft drop submarine depth charges over ships at sea. Explosions in the water. A submarine underway at sea.
United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft drop parachutes and supplies over the Rhine in Europe during World War II. Aircraft fly in formation. Paratroopers descend through parachutes. A large number of parachutes coming out of the C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Supplies dropped by the aircraft on the ground through the parachutes. The aircraft fly over after dropping parachutes. View of the ground below.
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