United States Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Intelligence officers seated at separate desks as they work in Squadron intelligence room. Navigation officer delivers a paper to intelligence officer. He moves out of the room. Intelligence officer observers the paper. He writes in a notebook.
Soldiers in full battle dress march on a field and climb into Ford Motor Company amphibious jeeps parked along a tree-lined street near Detroit, Michigan, in World War 2. They drive along a muddy path leading to a river, where they plunge into the water near a bridge. Views of amphibious jeeps entering water from a park-like area. They travel in loose formations and some join together, side-by-side. Views of the soldiers maneuvering in their amphibious jeeps in the water. Several jeeps leaving the water by driving up a river bank.
Soldiers in full battle dress ride in Ford Motor Company amphibious jeeps during an Army demonstration and test in World War 2. They enter a river from a park and maneuver in the water in their jeeps. Closeups of some from a bridge, as they drive under it in the water. Flotilla of jeeps maneuvering in the water. Glimpse of two soldiers standing on the bridge as a jeep passes underneath. Closeup of a jeep driving up onto a river bank.).
Soldiers in full battle dress test drive Ford Motor Company anphibious jeeps during World War 2. Film begins showing an amphibious jeep backing up in a marsh and then plunging into a river. View of two soldiers standing guard on a bridge, as several jeeps drive under it in the water. Flotilla of jeeps maneuvering in the water. Glimpse of two soldiers standing on the bridge as a jeep passes underneath. Closeup of a jeep driving up onto a river bank. Closeup of one driving past the camera. View from atop the bridge, where the two soldiers are standing. View downward from bridge as a jeep passes underneath. View from bridge as jeeps pass in both directions in the water underneath.
American flag waving in a very stiff wind. Scene shifts to Silhouette of a sailor blowing a bugle as the American flag is raised. Montage of scenes from The United States Navy Service School in Dearborn, Michigan opened in early 1941, during World War 2. The school was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Sailors are seen marching at the school, with the Ford River Rouge plant in the background. Sailor students are seen inside a facility that a narrator calls "The world's greatest workshop." He describes the various matters taught including technical aspects of: aircraft and diesel engine manufacture. View of sailors looking at dynamos n the electrical department. Narrator mentions other shops in the school. Sailors assembled in a classroom where instructor is holding an armful of toothed gears.
Film opens showing logo of "mosquito boat." A flotilla of the boats is seen tied up at docks. They include PT boats (patrol torpedo boats) numbers PT 10, 11, 12, and 13. View from Florida shore as some ot these PT boats speed through the water. Aerial view of several of them racing over the surface of the water, leaving huge wakes behind them.Closeups of some approaching the aerial camera. View from another PT boat, of PT-17 riding close behind in the camera boat's wake. Extreme closeup of PT 17 bow. Other views of the PT boats generating large wakes as they pass the camera. Another aerial view of the boats running in parallel formation.
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