'The fighting first' about the role of United States 1st Infantry Division in various campaigns during World War II. A soldier of United States 1st Infantry Division. Combat boots of soldiers during the civil war and World War I. A map shows the 1st Infantry Division units moving across the Atlantic Ocean towards North Africa for Operation Torch in November, 1942. Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division go to England and loaded onto ships as they move to Africa. U.S. General Terry Allen aboard a ship. Infantrymen fire in Oran, Algeria. Aircraft in flight, explosions occur and a convoy of trucks on advance during the battle in Oran. 1st Infantry Division troops battle against Nazi General Rommel's armies in Tunisia, North Africa. In 1943, men of 1st Infantry Division load onto ships and arrive in Sicily. Troops advance into a town in Sicily after capturing it. Damaged houses in a city in Sicily.
A German battleship sinks a British steamer in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. German battleship commander and sailors use binoculars to view ocean. Sailors pulling down flags. Ship commander on a boat being lowered to the ocean. Kriegsmarine battleship firing at the British steamer. Sailors pulling rope. German Kriegsmarine on a boat. British ship listing as it sinks. German navy men return to ship with booty. Sailors load cargo from the British ship. German battleship captain observes the sinking of British ship with binoculars. More sailors return with captured cargo. German battleship fires at British ship until it sinks. Prisoners-of-war captured from the British steamer, consisting of Australian, Asian and African sailors.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in an aircraft in flight over the Atlantic Ocean. He takes the controls of the flying boat. Men seated in the cockpit. A huge crowd gathered at the railway station as Prime Minister Churchill arrives. Crowd cheers. Prime Minister Churchill sits in a car and leaves.
German patrol boats, aka Schnellboots, aka S-boot or S-boats, fire at Allied ship in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Ship engine controls manipulated. S-boats at sea. German personnel aboard the S-boat. They watch through binoculars. Interior of boat: clocks and dials. German patrol boat fire torpedoes as they see Allied ships. Allied ship explodes and smoke rises in the background.
Russian submarine underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A sailor on deck spots an enemy ship and races to enter the submarine so it can dive and attack. The engine room of the submarine. A man looks through a periscope. The submarine submerges below the water surface. A sailor draws a message to the enemy and a date on a torpedo, and the torpedo is loaded for firing. View of torpedo in water en route to target. Point of view shot as a sailor or officer looks through the periscope. Various control room views and views of gauges and dials and controls on Soviet submarine. View of German freighter ship burning after being hit by torpedo attack.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Paintings of the founders of the U.S. Navy like John Paul Jones. Merchant ships underway at sea. Men work on a ship. Men standing on the deck of the ship. A map locates places. Dramatizations of sailing ships in combat against pirates in the Atlantic Ocean. They fought against the pirates during the Revolutionary War and in the war of 1812. Men fire deck guns from a ship. Smoke arises due to the firing. People lined up outside a building. Officials seated inside a building.
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