[Brigadier General Scanlon with Air Commodore Lukis and interview with US pilots returned from the] Coral Sea battle

Australian war correspondent Barry American walks under the wing of a United States B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber with the bomber's aircrew. Lockheed Hudson landing. Fighter aircraft patrol over the airfield. United States Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter taxies along the runway. United States Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber taxies along the runway and another still in flight comes in to land in the background. Telephoto shot of a B-17 taking off towards the camera. United States motor tanker crew refuel an RAAF Beaufort bomber. United States Brigadier General Martin F Scanlon discusses air activity in the North with Australian Air Commodore Francis William Fellowes Lukis, CBE. Barry Young interviews American B-17 bomber aircrew on their return from the Coral Sea battle. Bombardier describes how one of their bombs entered the water under a Japanese ship. Flight Sergeant describes the mission. Camera pans to other crew members.