How the magazine 'Illustrated' put together an issue on the war effort.

The editor briefs his photographers, who are assigned to cover various stories at an aircraft factory (roof spotters during an air raid), a fighter base (Hurricanes scrambling to beat off a strafing attack), a Home Guard unit (called out to capture the pilot of a downed BF109), Civil Defence fire-fighting and a bomber base (a Hampden raid take-off and return), together with coverage of women being trained in the use of a stirrup-pump and air-raid shelter 'fashions'.

The magazine is completed, submitted for censorship and published. A sailor reads it with immense dissatisfaction until he comes across a picture of a battleship.