Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
+"Atlantic Ocean" +1939 stock footage and images
- Showing 1 to 6 of 10 results
USS West Virginia and USS Idaho underway in Hampton Roads, United States.
U.S. battleships underway in Hampton Roads, United States. USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS Idaho (BB-24) behind it, underway in the Atlantic ocean. Pan of the USS West Virginia. Crew working on the deck of the battleship. Several Curtiss SOC Seagull scout observation seaplanes seen carried aboard the ship.
Crew members of German submarine, U-29, decorated after sinking British Carrier, Courageous. German destroyers in North Sea
View of the British aircraft carrier, Courageous, from Fairey Swordfish aircraft that has just taken off. Captain Schuhart, commander of the German submarine U-29 enters harbor with crew on deck after successfully sinking the British Aircraft Carrier, Courageous, off the coast of England, on September 17, 1939. Captain Schuhart steps from the U-29 to the shore and is immediately awarded the Iron Cross, first class. His crew members are seen wearing awards of Iron Cross, second class. German Destroyers underway in the North Sea. They maneuver guns and torpedo launchers. A boarding party from a German destroyer accosts a merchant vessel, which they board and signal as OK. The boarding party returns to the destroyer, which then steams away at high speed.
USS Squalus bow seen during recovery attempts.
United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. A reeving wire seen stretched over water towards a small craft. A man on board pontoon on which 'YSP-31' is seen. Heaving line is thrown from pontoon. Four men aboard pontoon. Hoses and cable clamp or 'flower pots' being attached to pontoons. Pontoons are vented. Men aboard Falcon. Flower pot hoisted up and windlass raises pontoon. Blow dried pontoon lies along side Falcon. Submarine being lifted by stern, pontoons surfacing and bow of submarine in mud is shown by animated drawing
Submarine USS Squalus recovery attempted with aid of pontoons.
United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. USS Wandank with a cable attached to stern and USS Sculpin helps to furnish air. Disturbance in surface of water as first pontoon is blown dry. Stern pontoons seen bobbing on surface. Men seen working on top of pontoons. Bow of Squalus seen. Bow turns over onside and sinks back in water. Animated drawing shows stern of Squalus being lifted from bottom, bow is lifted, stern drops down and sinks back to bottom.
A film titled 'Dramatic Rescues from "Sub" Trapped on Bottom of Sea'
A film titled 'Dramatic Rescues from "Sub" Trapped on Bottom of Sea'. United States Ship Falcon seen. Buoy indicating the spot where the rescue chamber is over the sunken submarine. Diving bell (the rescue chamber) is lowered in water. Rescue chamber comes out of water. Survivors are brought aboard Falcon from the chamber.
Air bubbles rise to surface during recovery of USS Squalus
United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. Disturbance on water. Air hoses seen on water surface. Men on whale boat. Pontoons seen on surface. Men aboard pontoons. Men leave pontoons and climb back on boats. Air hoes in water. USS Sagamore seen. Men seen working on Falcon. USS Wandank seen. An air hose bursts. 'Flower-pot' clamp with heavy cable passing through it. Man in water goes below surface to check equipment.