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U.S. destroyers and battleships in live fire maneuvers, in the Atlantic
Flotilla of U.S. destroyers underway in formation. Torpedo tubes and depth charges seen on aft deck of a destroyer churning up considerable wake, as it moves at high speed. A sailor climbs upon a seat atop the torpedo tube assembly, while another sailor rotates the assenble to port. The torpedoman uses controls to aim the tubes. View from different time and location, shows a torpedo being launched from tube in very calm waters. The torpedo makes big splash as it hits water and another soon after, before proceeding away, across an open bay. A line of battleships firing salvoes from their heavy guns. The smoke raised is so dense, that it obscures the entire scene completely.
U.S. Navy efforts to combat German U-boat activity off the Atlantic coast early in World War II
U.S. efforts to inhibit German U-boat activity near its waters early in World War 2. American patrol boats dropping depth charges off the U.S. Atlantic coast. A U.S. Navy blimp on the lookout for submarines. View inside gondola of the blimp. Bomb being loaded on a U.S. Navy patrol bomber. Catalina flying boat enters water, takes off, and flies low over an Allied ship at sea. View inside Catalina Flying Boat aircraft. Navigator aboard the Catalina measures on chart with pair of dividers. An American flag hangs over his work station. Pilot in the cockpit. Aerial view of Catalina Flyling Boat in flight. Pilot and copilot look out cockpit window. A U-boat on the surface of the water. The Catalina dives down towards the enemy sub. Inserted sequence shows bow of German submarine plowing ahead, followed by scenes below deck where German crewman hurry to their stations and the U-boat submerges. U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat flies low over water and drops two depth charges, that explode. Inserted view of a large depth charge explosion. Pilot and copilot looking out cockpit window act as if they had just sunk a submarine. View of Catalina flying boat on return flight.
War in the Atlantic between German U-boats and Allied supply convoys in World War II
Shows conflict between German U-boats and Allied convoys in Atlantic, during World War 2. Clip contains actual World War 2 footage, but sound effects, narration, and editing relate a fictionalized story. Destroyer escort with a supply convoy in the Atlantic. Sailor stands next to a steel drum depth charge chained to the deck. View of a surfaced German U-boat ostensibly tracking a convoy. Supply ships silhouetted against the sky in evening. Captain at periscope in submerged German submarine.The boat surfaces and crew goes on deck to view convoy through binoculars. Order is given to launch a torpedo. Explosion and fire seen as it hits a ship. Destroyer escort ship underway. U.S. sailors aboard convoy escort ship sight a German submarine periscope. View inside the U-boat when they know they have been detected. The U-boat crash dives and the Captain calls for silence. Crew on deck of escort ship begin launching depth charges in battle which explode to her stern. One damages the submarine and water enters it.
The German Luftwaffe attacks Allied supply convoys to Murmansk, Russia, during World War II
Animated map shows World War 2 supply convoy routes to Murmansk, Soviet Union. German Junkers 88 bombers, JU 87, Stuka dive bombers, Fokker D.XXI aircraft; and Dornier Do-17 bombers are seen as aircraft used to disrupt the convoy traffic. An officer aboard a convoy escort ship looks through binoculars. A group of German Stuka dive bombers peels off to attack the convoy. Escort warships fire antiaircraft guns at the attacking German aircraft. bombs striking a supply ship. German Me 109 aircraft flying over the convoy. An attacking German aircraft is downed and crashes into the sea. A bombed supply freighter rapidly sinks. Smoke rises from another burning ships. A long line of supply ships arriving at Russian port. Aircraft and tanks being offloaded.
A German U-boat sinks several Allied ships during a mission in World War II.
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.
A U.S. Navy ship caught in a storm. Later, sailors prepare a deck gun for firing
An American ship being pummeled by wind and wave in a storm at sea. Next, sailors are seen preparing to fire a 4-inch / 50 caliber Mark 9 deck gun mounted near the ship's stern.. The sailors work on the gun, while an Officer holding a log book, of sorts, observes. The sailors raise the gun barrel and rotate it to starboard. They ram a shell into the breech, and rapidly close it. (The breech is equipped with an Ausbury mechanism for rapid opening and closing.) They continue to open and close the breech, loading multiple powder charges. Closeup from a different viewpoint of the gunners loading the gun, as a sailor at the gun maneuvering controls elevates the barrel with a hand crank
