A training film about the role of U.S. Navy sailors aboard in the United States. An enactment shows the importance and role of a sailor during a standing watch. Sailors seated in a room as an officer gives instructions about standing watch. A list containing name of officers on duty for standing watch. A sailor named Elmer comes to relieve another sailor from standing watch. The sailor thinks of going off to sleep during the watch but he also thinks of the punishment in case he gets caught sleeping while on standing watch. Elmer leans against a wall and goes off to sleep. The Petty Officer comes in for inspection and Elmer gets up well in time and reports to the officer. Elmer thinks of smoking a cigarette. The Petty officer comes in again to check and Elmer gets caught while smoking a cigarette. Elmer talks about the tough nature of standing watch to another sailor. An officer comes in and instructs the sailors about the do's and don'ts of standing watch. The officer speaks about the things to be done and how to stay awake during standing watch. Elmer reads a superman comic during another standing watch. Smoke rises from a barrack. Another sailor sleeps while on standing watch. A sailor detects the smoke and shouts. Men sleeping in the barrack get off their beds and rush down stairs. Men fight fire. The sailors lined up and an officer questions the men on standing watch. (World War II period).
U.S. Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Berlin, Germany. Allied headquarters officers seated around a conference table with USAF Chief General Vandenberg. General Vandenberg discusses with an officer with flags of Allied nations in the background. Officers confer at the meeting.
Brief unrelated view of a man plastering a wall to repair it. Then: U.S. Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Ottawa, Canada. USAF Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg talks to various officers on the tarmac of an airfield in Ottawa. The General greets the dignitaries who arrive for the Ottawa Conference. Both men and women are seen . General Vandenberg talks to an officer as he smokes a cigarette. An aircraft in the background. Women talk at the airfield. Officers enter a building at the airfield.
U.S. Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in the United States. An official presents the National Safety World Wide award of honor to USAF Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg as cameramen take pictures. General Vandenberg being presented the award for dedicated service to safety.
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Taegu, Korea during the Korean War. USAF Chief General Vandenberg talks to an officer with a USAF C-54G aircraft in the background. The General talks to the members of the inspection team. General Vandenberg gets in a jeep and drives away. General Vandenberg gets off the jeep and writes on a notepad. The General meets Pacific Commander General Douglas MacArthur. General Vandenberg talks to a South Korean and a USAF officer. General MacArthur and other officers board a U.S. Air Force C-121 in Korea.
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Washington D.C., United States. USAF Chief General Vandenberg gets off a car at the Washington National Airport. General Vandenberg being greeted by officers. General Vandenberg and an officer pose for cameraman with a U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft in the background. The General boards a flight. General Vandenberg with an officer aboard the aircraft. Propellers of the aircraft rotate as the engine starts. The aircraft taxis along and the cameramen record the event. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
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