I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' Stockshot footage shows United States (US) infantry disembarking from the merchant troopship St Mihiel at a port in Northern Ireland in 1918. The commentary contrasts the arrival of the 1918 "Doughboys" with their counterparts in 1942 and states "Today the sons of those men have won the heart of London." US infantry march under Admiralty Arch in London, led by a brass band as assembled civilian crowds look on. The parade of US troops winds through Trafalgar Square past Nelson's Column apparently on their way to a reception given in their honour at the Guildhall. Members of the United States Marine Corps march past appreciative crowds in the streets surrounding St Paul's Cathedral. US infantry file into the Guildhall, as US Ambassador John Winant arrives for the proceedings. The Lord Mayor of London Sir John Laurie chats to Chief of the Air Staff Charles Portal who is also attending the reception.

II. 'BRAZIL ENTERS WAR.' A map shows Brazil and the South American continent. The commentary points out that the first continuous road is being built from the North of Brazil to the South, stretching over four thousand, one hundred miles of jungle terrain. Labourers use picks during construction work on road from Fortaleza to Porto Alegre. The commentary stresses that the implementation of such a project was necessary to offset Brazil's reliance on coastal shipping and to frustrate German U-boat attacks upon her commerce. The anti-German feeling of the Brazilian people is displayed by street demonstrations against Hitler by civilians in Rio de Janeiro. Civilian crowds gather outside the Presidential palace to hear Brazilian President Dr Getulio Dornelles Vargas declare war on Germany. Brazilian naval cadets march at a naval academy in an undisclosed location. The German and Italian Embassies stand vacant following the recall of diplomatic staff. The commentary stresses that Brazil is fully alive to the dangers of her position, but that she will undoubtedly play an invaluable part in the Allied war effort. A Bucker Jungmann training aircraft taxies at a Brazilian Air Force airfield. The external storage yards of a Brazilian ordnance factory shows large calibre gun barrels in storage. The interior of a munitions factory shows molten shell casings being moulded by industrial presses. Factory workers test shell casing tolerances (50mm ?) before stacking them on the floor. The commentary outlines the strengths of the Brazilian fighting services and the modernity of the munitions industry. Brazilian Naval ratings march across a dock with Mount Corcovado evident in the background. Brazilian Navy minelayer Caravela (C4 pennant number) manoeuvres in Rio harbour as the commentary points out that the Brazilian Navy although small, is efficient at tracking down and destroying U-boats.

III. 'ANOTHER CONVOY REACHES MALTA.' Item about Operation Pedestal, the British supply convoy to Malta in August 1942. A map of the Mediterranean shows the strategic location of the island of Malta. The commentary stresses Malta's urgent need for supplies and reinforcements over views of merchant shipping in convoy. HMS Nelson is identified as flagship and cameraship and is shown at sea on convoy escort duties. A pom-pom anti-aircraft team aboard HMS Nelson run to their weapon and carry ammunition from a store to enable rapid reloading. With nightfall, the convoy is apparently attacked by enemy aircraft as Royal Navy ships fire anti-aircraft tracer across the sky. Bombs from unseen enemy aircraft explode around merchant shipping. HMS Nelson's anti-aircraft guns open up on a high flying Savoia-Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero bomber aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica. The commentary states "These pictures are a tribute to the men of all ranks and all ships; to the courage that sails with the navy and in the merchantmen under the Red Ensign. Bombs continue to explode around the convoy as a German Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter aircraft flies at low level past HMS Nelson. Having reached the protective air "umbrella" of Spitfires from Malta the Royal Navy gunners stand down, relaxing in the sun. Spent shell casings litter the gun emplacements, evidence of the ferocity of the enemy air attack against the convoy. A disabled merchantman from a previous convoy lies in Valletta harbour with its decks awash. A Vickers 3.7-in anti-aircraft gun is unloaded by crane from a docked merchantman. Royal Navy ratings line up to receive their pay as the commentary stresses that judged in terms of what we owe them there just isn't enough money in the world.