28th Escadrille fliers of French Air Service with a Salmson plane during World War I. Two French fliers climb into the Reconnaissance plane and take off. The plane seen in flight. Group of French 28th Escadrille and U.S. Army 79th Division Infantry (operating as observors) seen smiling and talking in front of a SPAD (Societe Provisoire des Aeroplanes Deperdussin and Bleriot) French airplane. American flag hung on the wing. They talk and share cigarettes. View of just the American group in front of the aircraft, posing for the camera.
Officers of AAF(Army Air Force) with Chinese soldiers pose in front of a building. An AAF officer wearing bush jacket and pith helmet walks past a Flying Tiger Curtiss P-40 known as Warhawk. Mechanics working on P-40 fighter plane. An officer patting the nose of a P-40. Chinese laborers pulling a rope which is attached to a large roller across airstrip. Cumulus clouds seen. Shark's mouth and eyes painted on P-40's. Bombs drop through scattered clouds and smoke rises. (World War II period).
A large two storied building with typical Indian architecture with minarets and domes. A bay with small Indian craft, with a single sail and destroyer vessels seen. A large ship on an Indian city harbor. A Street is seen. View of a large Indian temple. A row of four P-66 Vanguards are parked on strip. Pilot is visible in the first plane. Two B-25s are parked in an open field. A P-38 parked in a grass field. Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China pose for pictures, in group as well as individually in front of a P-40.
Airmen of U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) in China pose for photographs.Two officers take turns posing for the camera atop a Flying Tiger P-40. Camera pans across airmen posing in front of the P-40. Colonel Robert L. Scott, Commander, 23rd Fighter Group, is seen carrying a belt of 50 caliber ammunition over his shoulder. He points to Tiger Insignia on the left side of P-40. Scott hands the belt of ammunition to two armament men who load it into compartment in left wing. Change of scene, to view of Administrative Building at Randolph Field in Texas.
A car being taken for repair. A door of a home being opened and a telephone is seen. Loans and grants are provided in case of financial emergencies to servicemen and their families. An application form is seen. Army Emergency Relief, Navy Relief Society and Air Force Aid Society provide financial aid in cases of emergencies.
Film opens showing several Royal Air Force fighter pilots writing combat reports, as they sit in a Squadron operations room, during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. Closeup of one report, shows it is on a prepared Combat Report form. On the one shown, the pilot describes an engagement with German Dornier bombers on a blitz run on September 20th over Dover, at 12 thousand feet. The pilot notes the number of attacks and their intervals, at the bottom of the form. Scene shifts to closeups of other pilots completing their reports. (These pilots are probably with RAF 222 Squadron, flying Supermarine Spitfire airplanes out of RAF Station Hornchurch, in Essex, England.)
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