German U-boat leaving protective submarine pen, at St.Nazaire,France, during World War 2. Crew members are at departure duties, on deck. German Kriegsmarine ensign displayed from conning tower mast. Momentary glimpse of commercial freighter nearby in the harbor. Boat's crew stowing lines as the U-boat is underway on the surface. View of engine room with valve tappets moving and crewman tending to it. View from foredeck as waves rise at bow. The boat's deck gun visible. As the boat proceeds, it settles lower in the water which washes over the deck. Lookout with binoculars sights a small American freighter, with single funnel. The crew prepares its deck gun and fires two rounds at the ship. The seas are rough and crew are in foul weather gear. Captain of the U-boat looks through binoculars. Surprising view of the submarine from another boat, nearby. View down upon the conning tower with crew members there and waves rolling over the U-boat. The crew fires a third round at the freighter, and then a 4th, that causes the ship to explode. View below decks as crew responds to alarm and submerges. The Captain looks through the U-boat periscope. View through periscope, of another ship. He gives order to fire a torpedo, and crew is seen complying. The torpedo hits and the ship explodes. The Captain and crew cheer. View from nearby as the ship disappears under the sea. Views of the U-boat underway. Captain looking through binoculars at night. View of a burning ship and oil burning on the water, at night.
Activities of German soldiers after battle for Woronesch (aka Aussprache or Voronezh), Russia during German offensive known as Operation Barbarossa, in World War 2. A map shows areas of engagement in Russia. Vew of the city from hilltop. Destroyed houses and buildings. Wrecked tanks in the area. Smoke rises from fires still burning. Dead soldiers lying on a street. Ruins of buildings along the sides of the street. A group of local Russian men going to work, are monitored by German soldier. A German soldier cleans his face with water from a tin. German soldiers milk a cow and share the milk. A soldier breaking eggs in a skillet, over an open fire in a field. Soldiers eating fried eggs.
Smoke rising from fire burning on West bank of the Don River in Russia. Camera pans down to river and some German soldiers crossing on what appears to be partly a pontoon bridge and partly remnants of a damaged one. German troops hunkered down on the West side by the damaged bridge. Horses and damaged vehicles clutter the approach to the bridge in a scene of utter destruction. Camera pans across scene of fire, smoke, and war materiel abandoned by the Russians. The area has bee devasted by attacks from the air and heavy shelling. Away from the river, two German soldiers ride in motorcycle and sidecar. Barrel of a siege gun is raised and fired. German soldiers remove tree branches camouflaging an 8.8cm anti-aircraft gun to fire on attacking soviet bombers (not seen). Others firing a Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun. View of an airplane, hit by the gunfire, falling with smoke trailing.
A German submarine underway off the Canadian coast near the Saint Lawrence River in North America, during World War 2. A map shows the area of interest. The German submarine underway on the surface in calm waters. Crew members play cards below decks of the U-boat. A sailor cooks food. Others eat the food. The submarine submerges and the Canadian coast is scanned through a periscope. Torpedoes are fired and an oil tanker is hit. The oil tanker burns. Black smoke arises as the tanker burns.
Activities of German soldiers in Russia during World War II. A map shows places. Soldiers fire artillery, anti tank guns and machine guns on the Russian lines near Novorossiisk. Smoke rises in the foreground due to firing. German soldiers advance on a field. German airplanes take off from the field. The airplanes fly in formation. They bombard Russian positions on bays. A pilot in the cockpit of an airplane. A Russian Rata airplane is downed.
A film titled: 'Cavalcade of the American Merchant Marine' depicts legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Various large masted ships seen to represent historical ships of the 18th century and 19th century. A large masted ship underway at sea in the United States. Men work on the ship. They stand on the deck of the ship. Men sboard the ship during a heavy storm. Reeanctment of old merchant ships at port. Mountains in the background.
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