第一次世界大战期间，回国度假的陆军中尉罗伊（罗伯特·泰勒）在滑铁卢桥上邂逅了舞蹈演员玛拉（费雯·丽），两人彼此倾心，爱情迅速升温。就在两人决定结婚之时，罗伊应招回营地，两人被迫分离。由于错过剧团演出，玛拉被开除，只能和好友相依为命。
不久玛拉得知罗伊阵亡的消息，几欲崩溃，备受打击。失去爱情的玛拉感到一切都失去了意义，为了生存，她和好友不得不沦为妓女。然而命运弄人，就在此时玛拉竟然再次遇到了罗伊。虽然为罗伊的生还兴奋不已，玛拉却因自己的失身陷入痛苦之中。
感到一切难以挽回的玛拉潸然离开，独自来到两人最初相遇的地点——滑铁卢桥上…

故事发生在一九三九年的夏天，克里姆（沃尔特·皮金 Walter Pidgeon 饰）和妻子米尼佛夫人（葛丽亚·嘉逊 Greer Garson 饰）住在英国郊外，两人结婚多年，生了三个孩子，生活幸福美满。克里姆的大儿子韦恩（理查德·内伊 Richard Ney 饰）爱上了花会创办人的孙女贝尔（特雷莎·怀特 Teresa Wright 饰），情投意合的两人很快走到了一起。
战争开始了，韦恩想要为国效忠，赶往了前线，而克里姆和米尼佛夫人则在后方支援。某日，一名德国飞行员受伤闯入了米尼佛夫人的后花园，米尼佛夫人凭借着自己的勇敢与智慧协助警察成功将其捉拿。米尼佛夫人和贝尔小姐在送韦恩前往驻地的途中遭遇了空袭，一时间凶多吉少。

在第一次世界大战中，查理斯（罗纳德·考尔曼 Ronald Colman 饰）受伤并失去了记忆，几十年的人生突然变成了一张白纸，带着迷惘和绝望的心情，他与舞女波拉（葛丽亚·嘉逊 Greer Garson 饰）邂逅了。在得知了查理斯的情况之后，波拉果断的担负起了照顾他起居的职责，在波拉的精心照料下，查理斯渐渐的康复起来。尽管记忆并没有恢复，但重拾了阅读和写作能力的他成为了一名作家。
一场意外的车祸唤醒了查理斯脑海中的记忆，同时也带走了关于波拉的一切。伤心欲绝的波拉并没有就此放弃，而是以秘书的身份再次接近了毫不知情的查理斯，这对心心相印却一再错身而过的情侣能否获得圆满的结局呢？

Three loosely connected love stories. The first story: Paula is a talented dancer who cannot truly live unless she dances. But has a heart condition, which means she cannot live if she does. The second story: Tommy despises his French tutor, and hates being a child. He wants moxia.cc to be an adult so he can do what he wants. He gets his wish, being transformed into a handsome young man for one evening, and learns about whole new side of his French tutor. Third story: Pierre Narval is trapeze artist who gave it up when his partner died doing a dangerous stunt at his bidding. He rescues Nina, a beautiful young woman, after she throws herself into the Seine, and convinces her to become his new aerial partner. Her husband had been killed by the Nazis during the war, and she blames herself. They fall in love, which is tested when Nina must perform the stunt which killed Pierre's former partner.

After Andre Moreau finds he is the secret bastard son of a recently deceased noble, he realizes that it his own sister that he's romantically drawn to.

克拉克．盖博饰演的凯西司令官，为阻挠破坏德国研制一种新式飞机，不顾国会一些议员反对，准备对德国秘密研制基地进行攻击。他知道为了打赢此次大战，必须派手下的军队对德军进行一次自杀式的攻击，他应该如何决定？本片改编自战后的卖座舞台剧，对战争中的政治动作内幕提出相当深刻的自省。萨姆．伍德的导演手法紧凑有力，掌握住对白的戏剧张力却不会使场面流于呆板的舞台化，加上一群演技精湛的男星卖力演出，娱乐效果相当高。
General Dennis of the US Force in England in World War II finds that he must order his planes deeper and deeper into Germany to prevent the production of military jet planes that will turn the tide of battle to the Germans. He must fight congressmen, and his own chain of command to win the political battle before he can send his planes out. His problem is complicated by a very narrow window of good weather necessary to allow his effort to be successful. Adapted from a stage play, it attempts to look at the challenges of command in the political arena.

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.