U.S. Army Airborne soldiers undergo a training in the United States. A sign board reads 'Airborne Tower Training Area'. U.S. Army Airborne soldiers run during their physical training. They get haircuts. They try their uniforms and boots. They do mud wrestling and push ups during their exercise session. They learn to fall and be in a proper body position. They learn pre jump procedures and travel between towers swinging from ropes. The soldiers receive individual attention and constant instruction about safe jumping from an instructor. They learn to handle parachutes. They learn the methods of controlling the parachutes during descend and they jump off from a tower using parachutes.
Reenactment shows a meeting of Head of American Physics Department George Pegram and Dr. Vannevar Bush in the United States concerning atomic bomb during World War II. Dr. Pegram and Dr. Bush talks at dinner. Pregram, just returned from Britain, reports to Bush that the Germans are working on an atomic bomb. He says that the British scientists are of the opinion that a uranium bomb is practicable but big industrial output necessary makes it imperative. Therefore work must be done in America. Bush says he is to see the President the next day, and he is confident they will get all the help they need.
A training film highlights activities inside the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) crime laboratory in the United States. A dramatization shows a man shooting a person and throwing away the pistol at the crime scene. A man speaking. A fingerprint expert checks fingerprint files in an FBI laboratory. Chemical analysis being performed in the laboratory. Physical evidence being brought in from the crime scenes and firearm check carried out in the laboratory. An FBI official speaks from his desk. The seal of the FBI.
Film opens with an explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack in World War 2. The USS Arizona sinking. Newspaper headline reading "U.S. Declares War." Relief map globe of the world. Narrator speaks about accomplishments of the U.S. Army Service Forces since the Pearl Harbor attack. Glimpse of two M4 DV early Sherman tanks moving on a road. The famous Uncle Sam recruiting poster. Huge number of massed U.S. Army troops marching toward the camera lined 16 abreast. Army supply service personnel inspecting providers of all manner of supplies needed to feed, clothe, and equip the U.S. Army. Brief views of supply operations underway involving food and fuels. An Army truck and a P-38 lightning airplane (under wraps) being loaded aboard a ship. A warehouse stacked from floor to ceiling with military supplies. Forklifts moving in the aisles. Group of officers sitting around a table. Some wear shoulder patch of Army Service Forces on their uniforms. The processing of millions of volunteers and draftees for military service. Men in recruitment office being guided by staff. Lines of new recruits undergoing physical exams and then arriving in civilian clothes, with their baggage, at a training center. Barracks being constructed at a training camp or base in the United States. Camera pans across a large completed military camp. Soldiers forming up in front of barracks. Sign reads "Dispensary, Recruit Reception Center." Recruits lined up and receiving vaccinations against tropical and other diseases according to the regions to which they are being sent. An Army Sergeant assessing recruit qualifications for various military assignments. New recruits eating in a camp dining hall and also in a chow line at an outdoor field mess. Views of industrial workers picking up tools and assembling military equipment in war plants. A coal burning electric generating plant with 8 smoke stacks. A furnace with hot steel visible. An Army agent and an industrialist or business man signing contract documents. Glimpses of women war production workers placing items on a conveyer; guns being assembled by men in an armory; railroad train carrying freight across rugged U.S. territory; ocean-going ships ready for loading; cargo stacked up at ports; numerous 55 gallon drums ready for loading; rope slings of cargo being loaded for shipment; numerous army trucks ready for shipment to Allies, under "Lend Lease;" a nurse checking medical supplies for shipment; Many U.S. Army M3 tanks ready for shipment. Views of British forces engaged in the North African campaign, before the U.S. entry in World War 2. U.S. soldiers marching along a Camp road past a sign reading: "Headquarters, 725th Railway Operating Battalion" (Located in New Orleans). Rapid glimpses of various supplies, equipment, etc. being loaded for shipment abroad. Women war production workers in plants. Men in outdoor yards filling long lines of jerry cans. Views of clock hands moving. soldiers shooting automatic weapons (including tracer rounds) at a firing range.
A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. An officer instructing the soldiers about map reading. The soldiers sitting around him. The soldiers lined up. An officer inspects them. The soldiers practicing with rifles under camouflage. Physical training of the soldiers. They run through obstacle courses holding rifles and other weapons. The soldiers lying in prone positions fire rifles. Smoke rises from the firing. A board outside a building reads: 'Post Exchange'. Two soldiers standing outside the building and talking. The soldiers inside a building having drinks and hamburgers. Other soldiers seated on the ground and talking. The soldiers in a recreation hall, others watching movie in a theater and some dancing inside a hall with women. Exterior of a church. The soldiers entering the church. A board reads: 'Library Chaplain's Office'. A soldier talking to a chaplain. Interior of a Red Cross building. A soldier talking to an officer. Men and women inside a club. They dance and enjoy. Two of the soldiers discuss about army jobs. Soldiers digging foxholes in a field. (World War II period).
Wounded and recovering veteran soldiers in the United States learn new skills and practice physical therapy after World War 1. Exterior of a building. Recuperating U.S. Army soldiers accompanied by nurses leave the building by way of a long ramp. Vehicles drive past the building. Interior of an office. An assignment officer interviewing soldiers. The soldiers operate machine tools and a pedal-driven saw. A man with bandaged eyes making wicker furniture. A display of lamps and other small articles. Disabled veterans walk along a hallway. Men exercising in a gymnasium. A photographer sets up a studio portrait of a soldier.
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