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Sailors stand in formation on deck and raise semaphore flags to signal ships underway in the Mediterranean sea

German Navy crews aboard war ships underway in the Mediterranean sea. A boat in the sea. Sailors stand in formation on deck of a war ship. Sailors stand at the ship's rail. Sailors raise flags. Ships Underway in the Mediterranean sea. Crew raise semaphore flags to signal from ship to ship. Officers stand at the railing.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067978
German U-boat Unterseeboot 35 (SM U-35) attacks ships in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I.

Two German officers conferring on land. Views of German U boats in the Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. Men on deck of U-Boat SM U-35 underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Men on the bridge of the U boat look through binoculars. Views of attacks by SM U-35 on several ships, including one sailing vessel with all sails up. A ship sinks after being attacked by the U boat. Crew of SM U-35 review a typed piece of paper with information on all target ships in the area. After sinking a ship, they cross off the line on the list for the ship "Brisbane River", which is listed as a 4,989 grt ship. (War records indicate the Brisbane River was sunk 17 April 1917, 140 miles west of Gibraltar.) Captain of a sunken ship being transferred from a life boat to the U-boat as a prisoner. Unterseeboot 35 strafes and torpedoes 3 other ships and all are shown sinking, including one sailing vessel. Views of German crew inside the U boat as they work on controls, view through periscope, and ready torpedo tubes. Crew also shown operating deck gun to fire on a target ship.

Date: 1917, April 17
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042411
German sailors row boats and work on ships underway in the Mediterranean sea

German Navy crews aboard war ships underway in the Mediterranean sea. Sailors pick up flags and raise flags. Boats being lowered from the ship's deck. A row boat loaded with sailors being lowered. Sailors row boats. A pulley system on ship. Sailors pull a row boat. Sailors come out of the row boat. Sailors stand on the ship's deck. Sailors pull a metal chain. Barrel in the foreground. Sailors stand in formation. A sailor rotates direction wheel of ship. A Mediterranean port seen from the sea. Boats at the port. A pier on the port. Two sailors walk on road.

Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067979
A 1942-1943 film report to the American public about the progress of World War II in Europe and the Pacific.

Opening slate at start of film reads: "1942--1943 The Turn of the Tide." A column of British armor enters Bengazi, Libya, led by several troops in tankettes. Next seen are a Lee Medium Tank, M3 followed by an infantry tank, a jeep, another infantry tank and another Lee M3 Medium tank. Closeup of local people greeting the troops with upraised hands giving the "V" for victory sign. Another Lee M3 tank passes close by the camera. Black smoke is rising in the background. Scene changes to a half sunken ship near another burning in the harbor. Another view of this from further away above port buildings. Closeup of three smiling British soldiers leaning over a cartoon on a tank, of Winston Churchill (As a bulldog smoking a cigar and wearing a cap with the word "Victory" written on it). A crumpled captured flag with swastika on it. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery stands atop a vehicle (unseen) and looks through binoculars. Below, a column of British supply vehicles is making its way along a path in the desert. Two tanks coming toward the camera through sand. Animated map shows Nazi territory being threatened by the Allies from the Mediterranean, the USSR, and the English Channel. Views of Soviet infantry advancing against German forces in the snow of winter on the eastern front. Soviet troops firing updated 76-mm divisional gun model 1902 hidden in woods. Shells exploding in snow-covered field as Soviet BT series tanks advance. Various Soviet artillery firing from fixed gun batteries and from woods. A shell striking in distance. Fallen German soldiers lying on snowy field. Makeshift battlefield crosses marking graves of fallen German soldiers. German steel helmets lined up in the snow. A sign, posted on a birch tree, lists the names and birth dates of 16 German soldiers from the 3rd Panzer Division (3Pz-Pi-BH.39) buried at this site on November 28, 1941. Scene shifts to Joseph Stalin addressing Soviet troops in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. All the soldiers in formation seem to be singing (unheard). Film switches to animated map again. This time delineating the Eastern front being pressed by the USSR, and showing area of the 2nd Soviet winter offensive in 1943. Change of scene from Europe to the War in Asia, against Japan, shows General Douglas MacArthur after arriving by a B-17 bomber at a Pacific island American base. He ascends a steep hill in a jungle area, accompanied by other officers. Closeup of MacArthur. American infantry moving in single file in New Guinea, as a field piece fires a round in the direction they are headed. U.S. artillerymen load shells into a 105mm howitzer gun. A fire burns as moping up begins on New Guinea. An Australian soldier is seen firing a Bren gun in jungles. Other Australian soldiers fire a mortar that explodes, raising earth and dust. More views of shells exploding near Allied soldier advancing. A soldier with fixed bayonet makes a fake charge toward the camera. Views of Japanese prisoners of war guarded in an outdoor compound. Japanese dead soldiers on Guadalcanal. An animated map shows new battle lines in the Pacific, closing in on Japan, with pressure from China, the USSR, and the Pacific islands being captured by the U.S. Arrows are added showing new pressure from American naval fleets and from British and American bombers out of Australia and captured islands.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027920
German submarine surrenders to a British Q-ship in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I.

German U boat in Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. Men on deck of British Q ship. Crew quickly uncover a large hidden deck gun and use it to fire on the German submarine. Naval guns aboard the Q ship being aimed at the submarine. Another U-boat submarine surrenders to the British Q ship. The submarine comes along side the British ship, the captain and crew of the British ship board the submarine which has all hands on deck. More views of ships being hit by German submarine torpedoes in the sea and then sinking. Explosions occur at sea and ships sink after being torpedoed.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042412
An Allied convoy underway as soldiers eat and play aboard ships in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II.

An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers aboard LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) and LCIs ( Landing Crafts Infantry) underway at sea. Barrage balloons in flight overhead. The coast of Capri in the background. Soldiers from Sudan: The Sudanese soldiers aboard ship play checkers and write letters. British soldiers eat chow on a ship's deck. A convoy of Allied vessels underway at sea.

Date: 1944, January 21
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059396