Long introduction with story (written in Japanese) accompanied by music. View of sea at sunrise. Large gun barrels on Japanese battleship, at sea during World War 2. Imperial seal of Japan on bow of the ship. Muzzle of gun barrel. Japanese flag flies on mast of the battleship.
Wake of Japanese battleship as it starts to get underway, during World War 2. Large anchor chain being pulled up through hawse pipe. Seamen wash the chain with brush and water. Windlass turning with anchor chain. Fleet of Japanese warships underway. Submarine Lifeline in foreground. Two Japanese officers on bridge. View of ship's bow and gun barrels.
Peaceful conditions. View of a large rainbow. View from deck of surfaced submarine underway in a column of warships during World War 2. Crew at controls inside the submarine. Crew taking baths on submarine deck. Japanese crew members in mess hall, eating meal inside submarine. Sunset. A blinker light flashing signals from another ship, in the dark.
Sammy Davis Jr. on tour with a USO Troupe, entertaining American troops at Can Tho Army Airfield in Vietnam. A U.S. Army military policeman peeks through a curtain aside a stage, where Sammy Davis Jr. is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. Davis stands onstage, backed by women dancers who move rhthmically as he speaks or sings into the microphone. Camera shifts to spot at back of large audience seated in a hangar at the base. Musicians and other members of USO troupe are seen onstage in distance. View of soldiers seated outside the hangar applauding the performances. View from behind audience. Sammy Davis Jr. seen onstage in distance. Soldiers watching from atop a raised platform, outside the hangar. Several views of audience clapping rhythmically to beat of music sung by performers. Some soldiers taking moving pictures of the event, from outside the hangar. Huge overflow crowd of soldiers watching from outside the hangar. Glimpse of Sammy Davis Jr. singing, accompanied by musicians. More audience shots.
Opening scene shows Sammy Davis Jr. singing the song, "You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You." while he moves about the stage arranging items for his USO show aboard the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Hancock (CVA-19)during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Marine stands guard at stairs leading to a stage, that is set up on the hangar deck of the ship. Recorded orchestral music is heard accompanying him in background. Closeups of Davis on stage. Audience participates by clapping rhythmically as Davis sings. He uses a black hat as a prop in his performance. At one point, he sings alternately with the audience responding. The ship is anchored somewhere in protected waters, with land visible in near background.
Damaged aircraft landing during World War 2. A B-24 Liberator with non-functioning landing gear comes in for a landing and slides on a runway. A B-25 aircraft comes in for a landing and landing gear partially fails. Pilot controls plane as it skids to a stop. A B-25 bomber aircraft on runway during takeoff suddenly pitches forward and nose crashes into ground. Air Force technicians at Davis-Monthan Air Base near Tucson Arizona cannibalize and reuse serviceable parts of various aircraft They assemble airplane tails, gas tanks, oil radiators and oxygen tanks. Technicians reclaim other parts from the aircraft that can be reused.
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