Re-enactment of an attack by a German U-boat on an Allied freighter underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. The German U-boat underway. German officers and men aboard the U-boat. A freighter ship underway. The ship is torpedoed on the U-boat Captain's order. Smoke rises from torpedoed ship.
Dramatized re-enactment of an attack by a German U-boat on a U.S. Merchantman underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. U.S. merchant seamen below decks as torpedo hits. Everything is shaken up and water enters their mess hall. The ship catches fire. Some seamen are thrown out of their bunks. All struggle to evacuate the lower decks. Fire breaks out. Radio operator telegraphs morse code for help. Seaman don life vests. The Captain orders a General Alarm for all hands on deck. Meanwhile, the Captain of the submerged German submarine orders another torpedo to be fired. it races through the water and explodes on impact. Fire is everywhere and the ship is listing. The U-boat surfaces and crew man their deck gun. From their lifeboat, the merchant seaman watch as a shell from the U-boat deck gun strikes the burning hulk of their ship. The U-boat steers, on the surface toward the lifeboat. The survivors exchange harsh words with the U-boat captain, as one of his officers photographs the scene. The U-boat then rams the lifeboat, cutting it in two. The survivors swim to a nearby raft.
U.S. Battleship, USS North Carolina (BB-55) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors raise signal flags. Bosun's mate pipes signal, and sailors respond to battle stations for live fire exercise. One of the ship's triple turret rotates with its 16 in (410 mm)/45 calibre Mark 6 guns. Her1.1 in (28 mm) anti-aircraft guns begin firing, followed by the 16 inch guns. Closeup of Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt, the first Commander of the U.S. North Carolina. He looks through binoculars. Night firing of the North Carolina's guns. (World War II period).
Allied supply convoy in North Atlantic ocean during World War 2. British Naval officers aboard warships escorting the convoy. Depth charges exploding; submarine periscope seen in water; depth charges being launched from warship; Officer looks through binoculars; black smoke rising from a freighter torpedoed by a German submarine. Explosion on the freighter. Survivors covered in oil being rescued from torpedoed ship. British woman working in a British headquarters center plotting positions of ships on a large wall map.
United States Forces in Iceland during World War II. A United States convoy of ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Iceland. The deck of a ship as water washes over it. Other ships of the convoy underway at sea. The U.S. flag aboard a ship. Men at a dock. Field ration crates being loaded onto trucks. Soldiers lined up as officers review troops. Soldiers and sailors milling about on the streets in a town of Iceland. An aircraft lands at an air base. U.S. soldiers rush as an air raid alarm is sounded. The soldiers loaded in vehicles as they pull away. The soldiers at an anti aircraft gun. A soldier speaks over a radio. Aircraft in formation flight.
Japanese newsreel during World War 2 shows United States President Franklin D Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act in Washington DC. A view of the White House. The United States flag flutters on the top of the building. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull speaks. United States factories gear up for war production. War production workers busy with machines in a factory. A partially completed U.S. fighter aircraft on a factory floor. Men work on hand operated machines. President Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act. Supplies are loaded aboard ships. United States military tanks, trucks and ammunition carried by cranes onto the ships. A Red Cross van loaded aboard a ship. Scene changes to Atlantic Ocean and a convoy of ships at sea. A German submarine crew gets ready to submerge. German U-boat submerge. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Heavy seas and large waves as seen from deck of ship during rough seas. The ships are hit by German torpedoes. A ship sinks after being hit. Survivors of the Allied ship on a raft. Clip contains Japanese slates and Japanese narration.