Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, early in World War 2. U.S. Navy pilots looking serious, being briefed, and then turning to look at Board carrying duty assignment information. Views of palm trees and ocean surf. Navy Chaplain Lieutenant's shoulder board. A navy diver, in rubber diving suit, with grease on his face, reports findings to officers on deck of a vessel damaged by the Japanese attack of December 7th, 1941. He laughs at a remark from one of the officers.
Allied officers move towards a large cross monument at a Japanese prison camp in World War II. One of the officers places a wreath below the memorial and salutes to pay homage. Other soldiers and troops also salute.
Piles of bags being unloaded from a ship with the help of a crane and a hook at Saigon port in Vietnam. Local people load bags onto trucks as a Vietnamese supervises and instructs them. Boxes being unloaded from a ship as a Japnese ship is seen anchored at the port in the backdrop. A woman with a child in her hands stands near the Japanese ship.
"Iwo Base Against Japan" showsU.S. Army trucks, vehicles and other supplies being unloaded from an American ship in Iwo Jima island during World War 2. Construction work being carried on to build an advanced base on the island. Vehicles getting stuck in volcanic ash beach areas and being pulled out by bulldozers. Construction of Motoyama airfield number 2. U.S. P-51 Mustangs taking off for escort of American B-29 bomber aircraft in bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan. United States P-51 aircraft shoots down enemy Japanese planes and escorts B-29 to raid Tokyo Japan. 200 pound general purpose bombs are dropped over Tokyo causing fire and smoke. Damaged B-29 Superfortress aircraft return to American air base at Iwo Jima. Flack damage and engine damage shown on several B-29 aircraft after landing at Iwo Jima. Aircraft are repaired.
A film titled 'Bridge over Salween River' shows Chinese laborers constructing a suspension bridge for the Stilwell Road, over the Salween River in Burma, during World War 2. Workers lay the bridge floor under supervision of engineers. Blasting crew places dynamite to widen the road and an explosion occurs. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over the area. An unexploded bomb is discovered and detonated. First traffic crosses the bridge.
General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña address the members of the legislature at Malacañang Palace in Manila, Philippines during World War II. On the rebirth of Philippine Commonwealth Government General MacArthur criticizes Japanese attacks on the country whereas President Osmeña talks about the problems of reconstructing the country in post war times. After coming out from the Malacañang Palace, the president salutes a Filipino honor guard and drives into Manila.
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