Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Robert Benchley sleeps on a sofa. His portrait on a wall. He talks to his own portrait. He talks to an expert about his experiences while working in the navy. The sailors get their physical checkup done.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Sailors discuss about their experience of an interview. Robert Benchley enters a room. The sailors are amazed to see his pajamas. They move near him and discuss his pajamas. He goes to sleep and dreams: He stands near a piano. He goes to get another drink. A woman approaches him but he does not find her attractive, until he has several more drinks and she turns into movie star Ava Gardner (who makes a cameo appearance in this scene).
U.S. sailors being honorably discharged at end of World War 2, as soldiers and sailors were separating from the military. Dramatization: A sailor sits in front of an officer during an exit interview before going back to civilian life. A gathering of sailors at a separation center for official discharge from the U.S. Navy. The sailors receive certificates of discharge. Robert Benchley dreams of his welcome. Sailors return home after World War 2.
Hollywood actor and comedian Bob Hope appears in navy uniform and is joined by singer Bing Crosby, to introduce a movie called 'Road to Home.' Hope and Crosby play two sailors and use comical dialogue to explain the demobilization process of separating from the Navy and returning to civilian life in World War II. Comic scenes show Hope and Crosby in various costumes, times and circumstances, excerpted from their series of Road show films. They discuss the U.S. program to return 2 million army, navy, marines and military men back into civilian life, and emphasize the importance of waiting to be properly mustered out and not to go AWOL (absent without leave), just because the war is over.
Hollywood movie stars Bob Hope and Bing Crosby play sailors preparing to return to civilian life after the end of World War 2. Includes comical sketches from the Hope and Crosby Road Show series of movies. They discuss sailors and soldiers receiving money for college and other benefits following separation from the military. Both, Hope and Crosby, turn serious at the end and exhort sailors to be patient and follow proper procedures in leaving active duty so they will each receive an honorable discharge and all benefits to which they are entitled.
World Airways Today and Tomorrow shows various civilian and military aircraft being used for various purposes. Birds in flight over a water body. An autogyro in flight. A low wing monoplane performs a roll. A military Boeing 314 clipper aircraft in flight. A TWA (Trans World Airlines) DC-2 aircraft on takeoff with one gear up and the other landing gear of the passenger aircraft still extended. "The Lindbergh Line" painted on its fuselage. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Formation of B-26 bombers in flight above clouds. A B-29 dropping bombs. Bombs away view from bomber aircraft as bombs are released from open bomb bay doors. Explosions on ground targets in World War II as U.S. Army Air Force B-26s drop bombs. A United Airlines DC-2 passenger airplane in flight over a city. China Clipper seaplane taking off. Aerial view of China Clipper aircraft (Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat built for Pan American Airways) in flight over the partially completed Golden Gate Bridge, while still under construction, in San Francisco, California, circa mid 1930s. Lockheed Constellation passenger plane climbing over mountains. Baggage handlers loading cargo and baggage into United Airlines DC-3. (World War II period).
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