A film titled 'Allied drive on Italy, planes smash foe in air' shows Allied aircrafts escorted by fighter planes bomb rail junctions in Germany during World War II. Bomb explosion causes pillars of smoke to rise upwards. Nazi airplanes being shot down by Allied aircrafts. Blazing German planes descend. A map shows Allied invasion of Italy. Allied infantry units move forward in Italy amidst heavy firing. General Clark and General Alexander lead the units. Soldiers fight in the streets.
A film titled 'For Valor- American Japanese soldiers win combat citations' shows General Mark Clark presenting citations to United States 100th Infantry Battalion soldiers of Japanese descent also known as Nisei, with citations for their services in Italy during World War II. General Clark attaches citation to battle colors in Italy.
A film titled 'Jap-American troops save lost Battalion' shows a barrage of food and medicine being loaded in artillery shells to be sent to 141st Infantry 36th Division behind enemy lines in Vosges Mountains of France during World War II. U.S. Army 442nd Combat Team comprised of Japanese-American soldiers advances in forests to rescue the "Lost Battalion." Soldiers of rescued Lost Battalion are seen returning, some smoking cigarettes. Wounded soldiers being carried away in military jeeps for medical aid.
Japanese-American soldiers arrive in France during World War II. Soldiers boarded in trucks move towards the battlefront. Japanese-American soldiers fire at enemy positions in the field. Injured soldier being treated by a member of the medical team.
A film titled 'British forces rout Italian;take prisoners' shows wrecked airplanes as British troops fire at Italian positions to capture a desert fort in Libya. Britishers take over the fort and tanks roll into the town. Italian soldiers taken as prisoners of war are seen. British officers pose for a photograph.
Film begins showing Soviet industrial complex with many smoke stacks emitting dark fumes. A banner is raised in front of a statue of Joseph Stalin. Soviet workers turn wheel and use wrench to install a large shaft into a machine in a factory. A large number of Soviet people descend stairs from an electric distribution network at a hydroelectric dam. Soviet head of state Mikhail Kalinin is among the persons seen in the group. Spectators stand on a platform above the dam where a large sign is displayed. View of the dam with gates open and water pouring through to the lower level of the river. Scene shifts to military parade on Red Square in Moscow. during World War 2. A formation of trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns drive along the street. Soviet T-34 tanks are also in the parade. Joseph Stalin waves from a balcony on the Kremlin as the parade passes. Soviet workers also join the parade, carrying banners and marching in a dozen parallel columns along Red Square. They exit in columns around both sides of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Soviet heavy artillery batteries fire at night creating great flashes of light. A shell strike destroys a building. Soviet troops fighting in close quarters among debris in a Russian city. Dead German soldiers lying in debris on a city street. Some are surrounded by weapons and belts of ammunition. A Soviet soldier removes a swastika from the top of a steel bridge. Soviet citizens walk about the ruins of a city during a lull in combat. A child emerges from an underground bunker. Russian sailors walk together along a street. Soviet people gather at an outdoor market, where they purchase foods.
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