Prime Minister Winston Churchill accompanied by Lady Clementine Churchill and daughter, Sarah (in uniform of Women's Auxiliary Air Force), arrives by train in London, after an absence of two months. He had fallen ill following the Tehran Conference and remained abroad to convalesce in Marrakesh, Morocco. A crowd of well-wishers fills the platform. He chats with British military officers and officials and correspondents.
Allied troops undergo training during World War 2, in North Devon, England. Sign reads ‘War Department - Danger - Keep Out’. Allied troops train on an obstacle course. Troops fire guns in prone position and scale cliffs during the training. Men row a boat in rough sea. In Germany, Nazi Generals confer and plan strategies.
U.S. troops load an LST (landing Ship, Tank) with vehicles and equipment in Plymouth, England during World War II. 37 mm guns are pushed into the LST. Men on the deck of the LST. Soldiers on the ramp of the LST.
U.S. troops load an LST (landing Ship, Tank) with vehicles and equipment in Plymouth, England during World War II. Four jeeps enter the LST. A line of jeeps in the LST. Two LSTs are docked. The jeeps are hauled through water up the LST ramp.
U.S. troops load an LST (landing Ship, Tank) with vehicles and equipment in Plymouth, England during World War II. A jeep moves up the ramp of the LST. Jeeps rise on the elevator of the LST. They back up into the LST and onto the elevator. The deck of the LST shows the jeeps rising on the elevator. A line of jeeps on the deck of the LST.
U.S. amphibious troops enter into landing crafts at Plymouth, England during World War II, during preparations for Operation Overlord invasion of France. The troops on a water front on the St Budeaux side of the River Tamar. Houses and shops in the background. Support pillars of the Royal Albert Railway Bridge are seen in several shots. Groups of soldiers and civilians seen near the waterfront. A small group of soldiers consults a map. Royal Albert Bridge Inn is seen in background. The troops board LCPs (Landing Craft, Personnel) and LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized). A troop-laden LCM pulls away. A bulldozer shoves an LCP off shore.
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