Entertainment by the Music War Committee in World War II. Men seated around conference table discuss music. Fred Ahlert chairman of the committee ask to Volunteer to sing song, helpful in winning war. Bob Sour raises hand and ask to sing and for help in music. Ray Henderson speaks and plays piano. Sour sings "West of Tomorrow". Listeners clap in reaction. Plaque: Victor Herbert 1859-1924.
Ocean Liner S.S. Queen Mary brought safely to pier in New York without aid. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the ship. It is docked safely despite a tugboat strike. Sailors aboard the ship. Commodore Irving skipper of the ship attributes the feat to his luck and his St. Christopher medal. He shows his medal.
A Norwegian girl sails all the way from Oslo to New York to marry the man she loves in a small sailboat. The 45 feet small sailboat named 'Colin Archer' underway. The boat reaches the harbor. The man gives her flowers. A group of people gather to meet her. The couple kisses each other.
Crewmen of the USS aircraft carrier Antietam line up on the flight deck to donate blood to the Red Cross. Men register for the blood donation. The donors lie on beds. Nurses stand near them. Nurses carry blood bottles.
A dog with a collar lies on the ground. It gets up. A dog lies on sand. He sits up. A very old unpainted wood frame house, sagging in the middle, and having two outside chimneys and roughly patched roof. Exterior view of Farmer's Bank. A man inside the bank pulls down a "closed" sign at the door and comes out and locks the door. Three African American men pass on the sidewalk. Road sign shows U.S. Highway 158.
An unpainted wooden frame two-story house surrounded by trees. African American man, carrying a parcel, walks past the house. A barren farm field. A dilapidated farm house with the farmer sawing wood beside it. His wife stands nearby. Later, the farmer saws wood in front of his house, while his wife and several children sit and watch. African American girl holds a book. Inside, an African American boy sits on the ground, beside the house. Children sit on ground. A shy little girl poses.
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