King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit a shipyard in England. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom are cheerfully greeted by workers. King George VI watches a worker welding. The royal couple congratulate Ms. Jacqueline Cochran, thanking the American female pilot for her service to the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) as a flight captain and a recruiter of qualified woman pilots delivering American built planes to Britain for the "Wings for Britain" effort in World War II. King Peter II of Yugoslavia, young monarch in exile and Godson of the King and Queen of England, arriving safely in London after a dramatic escape from Yugoslavia.
An elderly woman named Mrs. Sarah Weyand knitting a sock in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Weyland knits a sock a day to contribute for Red Cross and British war relief in World War II.
Japanese invasion of China. Chinese soldiers blow the trumpet. Young men march in a field. Young men register in the Army. Millions of young people answer the call to fight for China. Volunteers from south, north, east and west China to form the people's army. Men and women with their children leave to join the forces. Drumming sound. New recruits train and perform a drill to drum beats. Soldiers practice martial arts, rifle handling, and shooting. Others train to care for the sick and wounded. Women soldiers in uniform. They learn to fire a gun. Pilots crowd around an officer. Planes in the background. Men from other countries prepare to fight for China. U.S. Colonel Claire Chennault of the American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers, talks to his men. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawks with the shark face emblems take off. Chinese soldiers march. Japan: Japanese officials in a meeting. Japanese troops penetrate China along the rivers. They rebuild destroyed rail roads using slave labor. A map depicts the Japanese strategy of cutting off Chinese supply lines. Japanese warships blockade the coast with the aim to isolate China. Japanese occupied ports in China. Japanese warships and boats in a Chinese port. Gas plants, gun factories and planes. Indochina map: The narrow gauge railway from sea to Kunming and a truck road to Chungking. The camel trail from Russia across the Gobi Desert. The railroad from Rangoon to Lashio in Burma. (World War II period).
150 screen editors arrive for Epochal World's Premiere in Miami, Florida. Railroad train arriving at station. Hollywood movie star Deanna Durbin leaves train station carrying flowers. She is greeted by crowd of fans, as she enters automobile and is escorted by motorcycles through Miami streets. Nighttime, celebrities arriving for the premier at the Lincoln Theatre in Miami. Screen writers from all over the country assemble for the premiere of the new hit 'Back Street'. Police officer on a white horse. A woman holds the flag of the United States. Star of the film, James Mason, arrives alone. Deanna Durbin, Canadian singer and actress, arrives for the premiere. Her many admirers wave and cheer.
Famous Hollywood actors attend the Greek Relief Fund in Los Angeles, California. Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Dick Powell, Shirley Temple, and others stand on a stage. Women dressed in Greek folk attire appear on stage. People seated in the stands clapping during the performance.
A golf match between players of baseball teams the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics in St. Petersburg, Florida. People watch the match. The match starts and the players take their first shots. A coach teaches a player how to play. Mervin Shea of the Tigers wins the match and stands with a trophy. Llyod Brown of Philadelphia is the runner-up.