Cindy tries to raise her spirits after surgery by reading in her diary how she had practiced her horsemanship years ago in Arabia.

When friends Jack and Jill are injured in a sledding accident, their family and friends rally around them to help in their recovery.

After their ship is sunk in the Atlantic by Germans, eight people are stranded in a lifeboat. Amongst the survivors is a glamorous journalist, a tough seaman, a nurse and an injured sailor. Their problems are complicated further when they pick up a ninth passenger - the Nazi captain from the U-boat that torpedoed them.