The Midwestern United States. Animation of a map show divisions of the United States and the middle states. Animated map shows people from different parts of world coming to the Midwestern United States. Animated map depicts distribution of population in urban and rural areas. Animated map shows industrial belt, corn and hog belt, soybean belt, hay and dairy belt. Cattle graze on a field. Farm machinery in operation on a field. A machine used to load hay. Hay transported in a truck. Cattle in a dairy barn. Milking of cows in the dairy barn. Milk poured in cans. Milk bottles are packed. Butter and cheese manufactured in a dairy.
The Midwestern United States. A harvester in operation. Cattle and hogs in a pasture. A truck driven on a road. View of buildings and industries. Workers assemble automobiles in an assembly line. Farm machinery driven out of a factory. Machinery loaded on flat cars to be transported to other parts of the United States. Animated map shows materials imported to the Midwestern United States from other parts. Cattle on a field. Automobile and pedestrian traffic on a road. Interiors of a factory. Corn in a tractor. Box cars used for transportation. Children play in the garden of a school. Children go to school. Students in state universities. People on yachts. Various paintings and books. Exteriors of the Lincoln Log Cabin. Lincoln's tomb and a statute of Abraham Lincoln.
United States Anti Aircraft units operate guns in California desert. Anti aircraft units in vehicles advance across the California desert. Men at the M1 90mm anti aircraft gun. Guns being fired. 40mm Bofers Anti aircraft gun fires on tank as it is dragged in the desert. Tank destroyed by guns. At night search light being used to locate the aircraft and anti aircraft guns fire. Tracers seen in the night sky. (World War II period).
Activity of the Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. View of exterior of "Quarters One" at Fort Myer, in Arlington, Virginia, the Residence of the United States Army Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, occupied then by General Omar Bradley. Two cannon pieces outside the house on a lawn. A sign on a car reads 'Department of Defense United States of America'. The car, a Cadillac limousine circa 1948, pulls up outside the Quarters One house and a chauffeur opens the door of the car. General Omar Bradley seen on porch of house. Next seen shows Cadillac car arriving at Pentagon, and General Bradley ascends stairs of Pentagon as a photographer clicks pictures. A sign above a door reads 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff'. General Omar Bradley enters a building to confer with USAF Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg and leaves it.
Opening scene shows soldiers standing near a searchlight and others by an array of sound direction finders for use in detecting movements of aircraft over the United States during World War 2. A large formation of single engine fighter aircraft is seen in flight. A formation of Navy PT boats speeds through the water. A trained volunteer airplane spotter looks through binoculars. A tall observation tower in a wooded area. Other volunteer airplane spotters, including two women, are shown in various cities. One spotter is in an agricultural area. Scene changes to students at a United Services Organization (USO) benefit dance in their high school. Camera pans upward to an airplane spotter on duty, above the school. He hears the sound of an airplane and looks through his binoculars. He annotates a Flash Message report with his observations, and picks up a telephone announcing "Army Flash" to the operator. A woman at a telephone switchboard takes his call and relays it to a woman at an Information Center. Film shows volunteer airplane spotters being trained by the U.S. Army to identify enemy aircraft using charts of their Silhouettes. Closeups of civilians ostensibly reporting their observations using "Army Flash" calls. Closeups of telephone operators giving priority to such calls. View of volunteers inside an information center, where aircraft movement are plotted on a large table map and their flight number, number of aircraft, number of engines they have and whether they are at high, medium, or low altitudes. Officers from Army Air Forces interceptor units observe from a balcony. In a drill, alerted pilots are seen scrambling and taking off in interceptor aircraft. A P-38 fighter plane takes off directly toward a camera. A formation of Curtis P-36 Hawk fighter aircraft are seen in flight. A large "V" formation of U.S. Army single engine airplanes is shown.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States, during World War II. Duties of grocery store owner Sam Rankin, also includes that of the Air Raid Warden. Sam Rankin speaks with a couple on the street. Flashback scene to United States Army troops marching in formation in France during World War 1. Sam demonstrates how to tie a sling on a broken arm to a family in the city. The Air Raid Warden undergoes training from the fire department. Certificate given to Sam Rankin by the United States Government.
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