Opening scene shows two French Renault FT 17 tanks descending a steep embankment from a path where several pedestrials pass in the background. The tanks then, ford a stream and climb a very steep embankment from the stream. In the background, two derricks are seen on a pier extending partway into the stream. The tanks reach a tree-lined road at the top of the embankment. Change of scene shows one tank running over the remains of a partially destroyed building, as two men watch from closeby. Next, the demolition site is seen from an adjacent street, where passersby watch the tank from the sidewalk. Scenes of the tank in the rubble
Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.
Sailors at a mess aboard the destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890) in United States. Men serve food. They face problem in serving food due to the lack of good facilities. Animation shows how to serve the food and the interior design of the mess. The kitchen and the dining hall refitted. Wide tables in the hall. Crewmen sit on the chairs and eat food. A sailor plays piano in the hall. Other sailors play cards. Improved standardized conditions on the ship.
Sailors stand outside a wash room aboard the destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890), in the United States. Interior design of the wash room on a paper. Sailors sit outside the wash room. Locker facility outside the wash room. A mirror in the wash room. Well furnished mess. Spaces provided to keep personal possessions. Sailors eat in a dining hall. A sailor comes on deck. An air conditioned room on the ship. Crewmen sit and talk. Other sailors play cards. Ships in the sea.
View of smiling American troops of 2nd Armored Division eligible for redeploy and discharge on April 21, 1945. They stand next to a captured Nazi German flag in Cherbourg, France. One soldier wraps the Nazi flag around himself. Soldiers at rail of a large troop transport ship at a pier. Soldiers take a wounded man aboard ship on a stretcher. Soldiers and officers at the American cemetery. Soldiers raise their guns to pay respect to the graves. They salute. Wreath on a grave with cross marked "unknown". Soldiers and a few nurses boarding transport ship at dock. (World War II period).
An F9F-2 airplane with number 210 on wing lands on CV-37 (USS Princeton) flight deck off the coast of Korea, during the Korean War. It hits the barrier on landing. Deck crew run towards the plane. Pilot in the cockpit.
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