From a U.S. Navy recruitment film. A simulated combat operation of the U.S. Navy begins, with each member of the crew in his position. A mariner blows bugle. Their target is an enemy ship entering their territory. The deck crew loads guns of the warship with huge projectiles. The cannons fire in sequence and the enemy ship is destroyed. (World War II period).
Views of oil-stained motor lifeboat and cabin picket boat used by U.S. Coast Guard in rescuing survivors from the tanker, R.P. Resor, after it was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-578, on the night of 28 February, 1942, in World War 2. The Resor burned for hours afterwards with fire spread by leaking cargo oil. The only survivors, Seaman John Forsdal, and Coxwain Daniel Hey, are seen in the Coast Guard Station dining room following their rescue.
U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, steps from his C-54 transport airplane and is met by Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer, as he arrives in Shanghai, china, right after World War 2. (He has been dispatched to China by President Truman, in attempt to facilitate peace between the the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists.) Marshall, Wedemeyer, and an American diplomat, salute as an honor guard (not seen) presents the colors. Scene shifts to a small motorcade through Shanghai. Chinese police and U.S. Military Police, have set up lines to control large crowd of American service personnel in uniform who gather to greet General Marshall as he enters the Cathay Hotel.
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport follows a jeep to park at airport in Nanking, china, capital of the Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Government of Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Air Force P-51 aircraft are seen parked on the ramp in background. General George C. Marshall, on Presidential mission to facilitate peace between KMT and Communists, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Chinese Generals Shang Chen; Ho Yin Chin; and U.S. Lieutenant General Wedemeyer and American Ambassador to China, Patrick Hurley. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally escorts General Marshall to a waiting staff car.
Water Borne missile A-3. A motor boat of the U.S. Navy moving in water. A huge bomb placed in the boat. The operator of the boat, U.S. Navy personnel, stands on land. The operator controls the boat remotely with a joystick controller in his hands. Boat moves on water at high speed. (World War II period).
A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force. A Glide Bomb suspended from a roof in a laboratory. A B-17 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Force takes off. Glide Bomb dropped from plane. A straight flight taken by bomb towards its target leaving behind a smoke trail . Bomb falls on ground. (World War II period).
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