Navy officers confer in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Bow section of a plane, with three-star emblem beneath the cockpit. U.S. Admiral Chester William Nimitz and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal come down a ladder and being greeted by officers. Forrestal and Nimitz talk with officers. A car pulls up. Navy personnel standing around.
The U.S. Presidential Yacht, USS Mayflower (PY-1), carrying Secretary of the Navy,Josephus Daniels, makes its way between U.S. warships in the Port of New York during the Naval Fleet Review on Christmas Day, 1918, at the end of World War 2. A 4-stacker destroyer is seen briefly, to port side of the Mayflower. Later she is seen passing New York City piers, along the shoreline. The scene shifts to the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), with her crew lining the deck and an upper triple turret turned to port. Two launches head toward a gangplank on her portside. View from boat passing the USS Pennsylvania's bow and along her starboard side.
U.S. Soldiers stand at attention with their bayonets raised high at a U.S. military cemetery in Port Lyautey. General Nogues, Patton and Keyes, other American and French officers visit the cemetery. Dignitaries and officers visit the cemetery. French native troops and bands march. (World War II period).
Graduation ceremony for Air Force and Naval graduates in the United States. Spectators look as cadets are graduated at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colorado. U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the graduates and the spectators from a dais. 493 cadets graduate. The graduates come up on the dais and shake hands with the President. The cadets fly their hats in the air. A board in Annapolis reads 'United States Naval Academy'. 871 graduates are seated during the graduation ceremony. They walk up on a stage and are presented graduation certificates by U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The anchorman, who is the last one to get the certificate, is cheered by his fellows.
A training film in the United States about the means and importance of camouflage in World War II. An artillery piece being covered with leaves and branches. Aerial view of an area. A camouflaged net is used to conceal equipment. A jeep is concealed under crates near a shed. A reconnaissance aircraft in flight. Low, close-up view of hand of a U.S. Army soldier loading a shell into an artillery gun, and then view of a different soldier pulling firing cord to fire the artillery from a camouflaged position.
Scene opens showing American troops assenbled in a clearing on Saipan for a formal flag raising ceremony, following the defeat of Japanese forces defending the island in World War 2. Camera pans over the assembled officers and troops. All salute as the flag is raised by military police. View of the American flag atop the flag pole. After the ceremony, Some of the senior American officers present stand about conversing. Admiral Raymond Spruance, Commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, is seen wearing a pith helmet. Close to him is Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Commander, V Amphibious Corps. Also seen, in fatigues, is Major General Sanderford Jarman, Commanding General, U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division. The remainder of the film shows them and other senior officers mingling and conversing with one another.
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