Film starts showing a Soviet Fidonisy class Destroyer (also known as the Kerch class) underway in the Caspian Sea during World War 2. View of wake from the stern. Glimpse of waves crashing against rock on the shore. View shifts to board room of the ship, where Soviet Naval officers converse as they look at ocean charts. A much decorated officer appears to be the senior in the group. The conclude their meeting and leave the room. Scene changes to a port, where torpedo is being loaded onto a submarine from a utility boat. Glimpse of Captain and some crew aboard the submarine. View of torpedo being loaded through an opening at the boat's water line. Captain observing the operation from atop the conning tower. The submarine (labeled No. 10) is seen backing out of its berth. View shifts to the boat's engine room, where an officer is overseeing operations. View of the submarine moving slowly across calm waters
The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Soviet Navy. A ship underway in the Caspian Sea. A sailor looks through binoculars. Soviet Navy personnel sing a song. The Soviet flag on the ship. A Soviet Navy fleet underway.
Training of United States troops at Camp Johnston, Florida during World War II Troops standing in attention. They turn back and enter into lake. They swim in the lake. They swim in various positions. Troops with equipment and guns, jump from tower into lake. They swim in the lake. Troops swim under burning oil on water.
War time conditions and life in New York City during World War II. Automobile traffic on streets before war time. Cars and other vehicles move on road. Sign: 'Sorry No Gas, Don't Blame Us, Blame Hitler'. Cars are stored because of the gas shortage. Views of road showing no traffic. Skyscrapers of the city. Neon signs and lights on buildings with war time blackout conditions. Consumers buy food from stores. Sign: 'only one to a customer'. Booklet of 'United States of America, War ration Book One'. Women prepare list of required food items and receive ration books. Consumers use ration books for food. Carton are loaded onto ship.
V-mail procedures in the United States during World War II. V-mail letters are purchased by users on post office window. V-mail letter is written by user. User writes proper address and closes letter in its own envelop. Mail bags of V-mail are unloaded. Letters are opened by cutting machine. Post office personnel sort the mails according to destination group. Seal is put on letters. Letters are bundled. Personnel work on microfilming to save shipment space. Mailbags are transported via airways. A personnel supplies sack of mail at office of city. Letters in microfilm are processed. Personnel work on photographic enlargement. Letters are enveloped and sealed by machines. Letters are delivered to soldiers.
Guadalcanal campaign in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift describes the Guadalcanal campaign. Ships at sea. Planes in flight. Landing craft heads towards shore. Allied troops disembark landing crafts. Men carry cartons and load onto truck. U.S. flag is hoisted and soldiers salute. Japanese prisoners march and sit on ground. A soldier climbs up a palm tree. Soldiers are decorated with badges. Wounded soldiers are at 'Hospital Station'. Dead Japanese soldiers lying on ground. Smoke trail rises. Air Force personnel beside aircraft. A plane lands. Sign on aircraft: 'Spook', ' Leis Lady' and 'Boomerang'. Aircraft in flight. Fleet underway at sea. A formation of planes in flight.
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