Opening scene shows view from a Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft looking down and back at others in a formation on a bombing mission in World War 2. Black flak bursts are seen all around them. Aerial closeup silhouette view of Douglas A-26 Havoc bomber crossing the English Channel en route to France. Others are seen flying far below. Next, a patchwork of farms is seen below from one of the bombers, followed by views of bombs striking a German airfield at Abbeville, France. Another view of Douglas A-26 bombers penetrating the coastline of France as they proceed on a mission to bomb the German supply depot at Rennes, France. View from cockpit of an airplane approaching the French coast at extremely low altitude and proceeding inland, skimming over buildings as it heads toward the target. Scene shifts to views from inside a British aircraft showing large holes from antiaircraft hits to its left wing, and then views of bombs bursting and dense white smoke rising from below as it passes over the German supply depot target.
Lieutenant General George S Patton talking with Brigadier General Otto P. Weyland and officers of the XIX Tactical Air Command staff, at an airfield in England, prior to the Normandy invasion, in World War 2. He is seen walking across the airfield; standing beside cars; looking at propeller and engine of P-51 aircraft, and watching P-51 aircraft landing.
Veterans of World War I in Zanesville, Ohio, gather to begin their Bonus March towards Washington D.C. to lay their demands before Congress. At night, Bonus Marchers gather at a camp site to obtain food from a chow line and then are seen shaving and washing their faces. Daylight, a convoy of Bonus Army trucks are seen on highway headed towards Washington. One truck displays a sign reading, "Veterans Bonus March On To Washington." The convoy passes a Gulf station on a street with trolley tracks visible...possibly MacArthur Blvd. in Washington, D.C..
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Commander of the German Navy at the outbreak of World War 1. He exits a taxi cab in Berlin, Germany. He pays the driver. Two Berlin city policemen walk pas the camera. Von Tirpitz turns and walks away from the taxi, crossing the street.
View of a railroad marshaling yard in the United States, filled with idle box cars. The cars had been idled due to the German U-boat campaigns affecting maritime commerce from the United States to its allies in World War I.
During World War 1, two men in suits are seen escorting a suspected German spy in the United States. They pose with the suspected spy (who is smiling) in front of a building. They take him into the building.
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