Summary: A film illustrating the Southern Railway's support of the armed services during the Second World War.
Description: Reel 1 (981 ft): Soldiers and sailors at Waterloo and Southampton; embarkation for France. Equipment loading and storage. Dunkirk evacuees (British and French) arriving and being moved by rail. Removing station names, painting out signs etc. Tank obstacles tested. Workshop activities - rail wagon parts for Russia. Unloading lease-lend supplies at Southampton.
Reel 2 (851 ft): Building landing craft and other boats at Eastleigh. Glider tail units. Demonstration of ramp wagon for loading tanks. Railway gun (Boche Buster). Troops boarding landing craft.
Reel 3 (930 ft): Post D-day - troop trains, troops boarding ships and ferries for France. US troops on trains, arriving at docks by truck. Loading stores on to ships. Vehicles and equipment lined up for shipment. Wounded troops taken off hospital ships. Ambulance train driven directly on to ferry, and off at Cherbourg. Locomotives loaded on and off at Dover and Calais. 1000th locomotive arriving in Europe. One millionth Yank embarked at Southampton. Tribute to Southern Railway's achievement.