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Remains of the USS Gamble (DM-15) being towed out to sea for scuttling, near end of World War II

The USS Gamble, destroyer/mine layer, DD-123, DM-15 being prepared for scuttling off of Guam, in final days of World War 2. Her severely damaged hulk is seen tied up to a pier. An inspection party examines her. View from camera on the Gamble as she is towed out of Apra Harbor, Guam. View of tugboat ahead, pulling her. View from another boat, of the Gamble with a tug at her port side. Six men are seen riding on her superstructure. Camouflage paint and numerals "15" are still visible on her hull. The tug at her side pulls away. Continued views from nearby boat as the Gamble is towed seaward for scuttling. (Note:The USS Gamble was struck by two Japanese bombs off Iwo Jima on 18 February, 1945. After finally being assessed as damaged beyond repair, she was decommissioned, on June 1, 1945, and scuttled on July 16, 1945.)

Location: Guam
Date: 1945, July 16
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059109
Students of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, outside of Dayton, Ohio, take up jobs in science and engineering during World War II

Title Slate reads: "Science and Engineering." This is followed by World War II scenes of American industrial sites, including some dominated by smoke stacks and railroad connections. Men are seen walking at a major shipping port where ships are being loaded and unloaded by large cranes. Sign above one building reads:"Ford." Views inside that plant of ford automobiles being assembled. Mechanics climb a ladder to access a Douglas DC-3 transport plane parked outside a hangar. View of aircraft radial engines being worked on inside a manufacturing plant. young men working in a machine shop are described by narrator, as "Students." and notes that they are engaged in a work-study program that shifted toward the defense industry during World War 2. A member of the Antioch faculty is seen working with a student at a drafting table in a war plant. Closeup of an engine part design on the drafting table. Antioch student, Norman Lawson, works fabricating a giant searchlight for use in the war. He turns the light on to test it. Other students are seen working in a chemistry laboratory, using typical glass equipment and precise balances. A student is seen pouring molten material from a furnace into a crucible. Views of dials being adjusted and belt-driven machinery. A student operating a drill press in a machine shop. A glimpse of the Antioch College campus. A group of students engaged in discussions in their dormitory. Several first year students in a journalism class. Students in an accounting class. View of Antioch's Science building, donated by Charles Kettering (Head of Research at General Motors Corporation), who is pictured. Students conducting research in photosynthesis as well as physics and chemistry in the building. A student studying a book on philosophy.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059212
USS New York (BB-34) in Atlantic convoy operations during World War Ii

View from the USS New York (BB-34) of a seaplane taking off. Large group of sailors watching from the deck. American flag displayed on mast. view of antiaircraft gun crew in steel helmets, and of the ship's superstructure. The ship displays the maritime signal flag M, "MIKE",an orange cross of St Andrew on a white field, which is used to indicate "My vessel is stopped; making no way." Sailors standing on the aft deck with transport ship of Atlantic convoy visible behind them. A dirigible is seen aloft. 14-inch guns of the USS New York are visible behind a gun crew at a 3-inch antiaircraft gun. Complete shift in scene to a cold weather port (Scotland, or Iceland?) with ice visible on the ship's deck. A sailor makes half-hearted attempt to remove ice from the ship's OS2U Kingfisher float plane.The ships emergency life rafts are covered in ice.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059320
British destroyers battle German aircraft and submarine in North Atlantic

British destroyers battle German U boats and aircraft in North Atlantic during World War II. Depth charges launched by destroyers. One German aircraft downed. One British destroyer is torpedoed and seriously damaged. Crew abandons ship, except for volunteer crewmen who bring the stricken vessel safely to port.

Location: North Sea
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059345
The USS San Francisco and several other U.S. warships in convoy underway in heavy seas during World War II

Opening scene shows glimpse from deck of the Heavy Cruiser, USS San Francisco (CA-38) underway in World War 2, with waves rolling over her bow from rough waters, then the scene shifts to view from the bridge. overlooking her pair of forward triple 8-inch guns. Her smaller gun emplacements at the bow are inundated by the waters as she plunges in and out of the waves. A Casablanca class Escort Aircraft Carrier (CVE) is seen to starboard. View of Curtiss SOC Seagull wing and pontoon on the San Francisco. A battleship seen in distance. More views from bridge of the San Francisco. A South Dakota class battleship is seen underway and a fighter plane above her in flight. Still more views from the San Francisco's bridge and then from her main port deck.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1944, December 18
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059675
Destroyer USS Drayton DD- 366 and Heavy Cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25 during World War II in the Pacific

U.S. Destroyer, USS Drayton (DD-366) in camouflage paint, underway off Okinawa in World War II. Crew members crowd her decks as she sends a man,by high line transfer in large enclosed canvas sling, to nearby heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). View of the transfer from the cruiser. The Drayton moves away. A Vought OS2U Kingfisher scout plane lands in the slick of USS Salt Lake City and bounces about in rough water. View from the Salt Lake City of Japanese shells, from shore battery on Marcus Island, falling into the sea. Momentary view of Lieutenant Commander, Eddie Peabody and his troupe, entertaining sailors aboard the Salt Lake City in port at Ulithi, on Nov. 11, 1944.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1944, October 9
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059676
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