A vacation camp in New Jersey. Children stand in a group at the camp. The children salute the U.S. flag. The children seated around a swimming pool in costumes. A boy dives in the pool. The children stand in a line and give their pennies to a woman. A poster reads' God Bless Americans'.
Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.
The U.S. Army trains dispatch riders in the United States during World War II . The dispatch riders ride motorcycles on a rough terrain. Trees in the background. The riders ride the motorcycles. A rider falls from a motorbike during the training.
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt launches the new aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), successor to the earlier Yorktown (CV-5) lost in the battle of Midway during World War 2. The First Lady holds a bouquet and talks to an officer. People crowd at a shipyard for the launch and cheer. The ship begins to move down the ways prematurely, so Mrs. Roosevelt has to hurry with the Christening. View of the ship going down the ways and entering the water, at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia.
U.S. Army artillery soldiers are taught invasion tactics in the Unites States. Physical training of the artillerymen. The artillerymen carry a log and toss the log. Men practice physical exercises. They climb up a tree one after the other and get down a rope. Dynamite explosions in a field. The men crawl under the fire and cross a trench. Smoke due to an explosion. The artillerymen fire machine guns during their practice. They pass under fences in prone position. (World War II period).
Italian fliers land their aircraft at an Allied occupied air base (probably in Southern Italy) to join the Allies for the war against Nazi Germany during World War II. A three-engine Italian Savoia-Marchetti bomber in flight. The aircraft lands at the airfield. Other aircraft parked on the airfield. A hangar in the background. Italian fliers step from the aircraft. U.S. and Italian officer exchange greetings. Aircraft in formation. Italian fighter aircraft land and taxi at the air base. Officers and fliers. The fliers leave their aircraft. Italian fliers seated around a table eat American meal.
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