U.S. Navy cooks at work in the Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. Interior of a kitchen. The cooks put meat and then some eggs in a grinder. A man turns the handle of the slicer. A cook mixes and shapes a meat loaf. He places it in a pan. The cook takes meat loaf out of an oven. He slices it. He takes a pan of baked potatoes from the oven and places them on a platter. He dishes soup from a vat into a kettle. Creamed peas in a vat. Steaks are cooked on a stove top. A man draws coffee from a huge urn into pots.
U.S. Navy sailors in training during World War I take time to play cards for fun. Sailors seated around a table at the Naval Station Great Lakes. They play cards. Several other sailors watch them playing.
At start, this film shows a U.S. Military tent camp somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II. Heavy rains create breeding grounds for Anopheles mosquitos as seen when a Navy technician holds up a sample of water containing mosquito larvae. A jeep rides through mud, creating road ruts that become mosquito breeding grounds, which are seen swarming around them. Two scenes of bulldozers is being used to destroy soft surface, rutted roads. One employs a disc harrow. Closeup of the discs. Two men step under barbed wire and look at sign reading: "Use Authorized roads only." Scene shifts to American infantry moving cautiously through the jungles and engaging Japanese with hand grenades and small arms. A field clinic where a malaria patient is being treated. A soldier uses a sprayer inside his tent quarters to kill mosquitos. Troops marching back to a field headquarters, benefitting from taking precautions against malaria.
A film about customs and culture of the Philippines in contrast to the American culture. An African American visitor crosses a busy road. African American refuses an iterant vendor selling shirts. An African American visitor lying in a bed as he reads a magazine. Filipino women talk at a park in Baguio City. Civilians milling about on a street. A Filipino woman walking on the street. A car enters through the gates of a building. A Filipino security guard stands outside Makati Supermarket. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) building. Cars and buildings in Makati City. A Filipino man with a pistol walks down a street. Clothes on display on street shops. A news headline about the Huks (Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon). An American man reads a Manila Times newspaper. Filipinos demonstrate on a street. A Filipino woman smiles and claps along with friends. Filipinos perform a Tinikling bamboo dance as others look on.
Washington DC Riots, following death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Fire burns in a building. Firefighters operate hoses as water is being sprayed to fight the fire on the 7th and O street. Water being sprayed on a building to extinguish fire. Various signs on the back of jackets worn by the fire fighters. A building on fire as water is being sprayed on it.
Following death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr: Scenes following Washington DC Riots. A smashed up mannequin on a street. Water being sprayed on a building to fight fire as a fire fighter looks on. A sign reads 'Stan's'. A store on fire. Men carrying their belongings come out of a store. A store on fire.
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