Navy Task Force engaged in practice maneuvers while headed for Peleliu, Palau Islands in World War 2. Closeups of Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft, with canopies open, flying in formation,as viewed from one of the aircraft in the formation. Several of the TBFs skim the water surface in simulated torpedo runs. Two Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft in flight. A flight of three F4Fs. Close view of TBFs on downwind leg in landing pattern,abeam the Escort Carrier USS Marcus Island (CVE-77), with landing gear down and tail hooks extended.
United States troops in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Tactical maneuver of bypassing some Japanese held islands and advancing to more strategic positions is explained. Trucks and jeeps parked on an island. Soldiers aboard vehicles board a landing craft. An officer instructing a group of soldiers. The soldiers aboard the landing craft underway at sea. A barrage balloon in flight overhead. The soldiers look for enemy airplanes. The landing craft underway at sea. The soldiers unloading equipment from the landing craft at an island. Soldiers working with picks and shovels on a field.
U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Animated map shows United States forces landing on Saipan. The map displays the position of a Japanese fleet and U.S. Task Force 58. View of Japanese ships being bombed and attacked by aircraft from U.S. Navy 5th fleet ships. A damaged U.S. fighter aircraft lands on an aircraft carrer ship deck at dusk with only its right landing wheel functional. It grinds to a halt without proper landing gear. Dramatic night views of battle as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. Navy warships. Sky filled with barrage of anti aircraft fire. Two Japanese aircraft are hit and are seen in flames as they crash in the sea. U.S. Marine 2nd and 4th division along with U.S. Army 27th Infantry Divisions advance on the island. Marines load and fire guns at the enemy on Saipan island. Firing on Tinian Island also begins. Transports of northern task force arrive for resupply. Animated map shows the territory acquired by U.S. forces.
'The Big Picture' an official television report of the U.S. Army. U.S. soldiers shown in Korea, Germany, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Captain Carl Zimmerman sits at a table to talk about the American soldier fighting wars in various countries. He begins with a day in the life of a soldier in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers wake up to the sound of artillery fire on a hill. Soldier looks through binoculars. Explosions on hills. 8 feet camouflaged bunkers on a hill. Soldiers come out of bunkers to take in some fresh air. They eat and drink. South Koreans help them unload ration and supply boxes from a jeep. They open the boxes and pass the supplies around. White and African American soldiers glad to receive postal mail from home during mail call. A Stars and Stripes newsletter. A soldier wearing his helmet with a dent in it from shrapnel that it blocked. He takes a tablet for his headache. Another one smokes a cigar.
A television program named 'It couldn't be done' hosted by Lee Marvin. Vocal band the 5th Dimension aboard a boat sings the song,"If I had a hammer". Series of brief images show amazing human endeavors underway: Split screen view of face of George Washington being sculpted on Mount Rushmore Memorial by Lincoln Borglum, son of lead sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Animated cartoon image of a bridge from Alaska to Russia and the man behind the idea. View of Golden Gate Bridge under construction and split screen of one of the men who helped build it. View of Hoover Dam and Alaskan Highway. Dam building workers rappel down cliff sides during construction of Hoover Dam. View of Golden Gate Bridge completed. Dam worker throws switch to set off dynamite explosion during Hoover Dam construction process. Alaskan Highway under construction. Worker on Mount Rushmore rappelling over nose on one of the carved faces. NASA Apollo 11 Eagle Landing Module approaching the moon surface and view of moon surface below it. Neil Armstrong walking on the moon during first walk on the moon by a human being. Show host Lee Marvin walks on the beach. Construction workers with hard hats scaling steel girders of a tall skyscraper building under construction in a city.
Animated pictures of a proposed bridge from Alaska to Siberia, over the Bering Sea, linking the U.S. with Russia. Interview with Dr. T.Y. Lin (Tung-Yen Lin) of the University of California, Berkeley, as he describes his Intercontinental Peace Bridge proposal. Narration by Lee Marvin.
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