Admiral Jean Francois Darlan in younger days in North Africa during World War II. Darlan presenting arms at ceremony. Darlan receiving award. French sailors at attention. Officer kissing Darlan as part of ceremony. Charles de Gaulle reviewing Free French Troops. De Gaulle addressing troops. De Gaulle presenting awards.
Captain A. C. Balsley, member of the Lafayette Escadrille, stands near a plane at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. It is noted that Captain Balsley is the first to be wounded at Verdun, and met the requirements to receive the French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre. Captain Balsley walks away, using a cane. Captain Balsley talking with other officers. A soldier holding rifle.
Lieutenant W C Kennedy of Rockwell Aviation Field inspecting an English Spad at De Mille Field in Hollywood on Air Memorial Day. He notes a "Catnip" wild cat symbol on the plane. Captain T. Wilson, aerial gunnery instructor, is also shown inspecting an S.E.5 airplane. Airplanes seen with elaborate painted decorations. A plane takes off from De Mille Field in Hollywood.
Men holding Service flag in honor of members of the USA Air Service at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. Soldiers marching. Planes on field. Mary Pickford gives Service flag to Colonel H. A. Arnold. Hoisting flag. Ovation from the audience. Shakes hand with officers. Navy sailors marching.
Lieutenant S. H. Sharp and H. T. McLean see each other at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. Five Hispano Suiza Curtiss planes in low battle formation.
The Universal Military Training Plan for Peace, 1947. A civilian spokesperson stands before a briefing chart entitled "Plan for Peace." He explains the concepts for the program, involving military training for young men immediately after they complete high school.He explains how young men would register and be screened, assigned, and trained under the program. Two college students discuss a requirement to join the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) under the program. Scene shifts to a U.S. Army officer talking with a civilian about the cost of World War 2. As scens of wartime military production are shown, Narrator interjects that "a full year of Universal Military Training will cost less than three days of war." Scene shifts to Separation Center, Fort Douglas, Utah. U.S. soldiers are seen mustering out. One holds his Honorable discharge certificate. View of marching German soldiers is inserted at this point. Contents of the U.S. Constitution are displayed in plain print, higlighting the part: "...provide for the common defense..." View of college students on a campus. Closeup of Dexter Gate at Harvard College, and three men walking through it into Harvard Yard. ROTC cadet talking with acquaintances about studying rockets. ROTC cadet talking with two middle aged men about unique sounds of airplanes. A B-17 bomber in flight. A C-119 (flying boxcar) aircraft in flight. A formation of B-17s viewed from above with clouds beneath. The XP-84 jet in flight. A V2 rocket being test fired at White Sands, New Mexico.
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