View of troop ship USS Wakefield on September 3, 1942 off the New England coast after a fire breaks out while the transport was en route to her destination. The ship at sea off the American coast. Smoke rises from the fire. (World War II period).
'The fighting first' about the role of United States 1st Infantry Division in various campaigns during World War II. A soldier of United States 1st Infantry Division. Combat boots of soldiers during the civil war and World War I. A map shows the 1st Infantry Division units moving across the Atlantic Ocean towards North Africa for Operation Torch in November, 1942. Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division go to England and loaded onto ships as they move to Africa. U.S. General Terry Allen aboard a ship. Infantry soldiers fire in Oran, Algeria. Aircraft in flight, explosions occur and a convoy of trucks on advance during the battle in Oran. 1st Infantry Division troops as part of US II Corps battle against Nazi General Rommel's armies in Tunisia, North Africa. Battle scenes against German forces in North Africa in a variety of locations, overlaid with this narration: "we damn near flunked out at the Kasserine (Kasserine Pass). But we learned the score and we started to teach Gerry a few things out of our book. We rammed our way back to Gafsa and down Rommel's throat at El Guettar, where we tore up his crack 10th panzer division." In 1943, men of 1st Infantry Division load onto ships and arrive in Sicily. Troops advance into a town in Sicily after capturing it. Damaged houses in a city in Sicily.
A U.S. Naval Fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. U.S. ships and vessels underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy barrage balloon in flight. A navy patrol aircraft in flight. Patrol boats and ships underway at sea.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in an aircraft in flight over the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. He takes the controls of the flying boat, with a cigar in his mouth. Men seated in the cockpit. A huge crowd gathered at a British railway station as Prime Minister Churchill arrives back in England, United Kingdom. Crowd cheers. Prime Minister Churchill sits in a car and leaves.
A U.S. Navy blimp over a U.S. convoy underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A U.S. Navy blimp inside a hangar. The pilot's cabin of the blimp. The blimp in flight over an Atlantic convoy. Interiors of blimp cabin shows a pilot and an observer. The pilot at the controls. Two bombs leave the bomb rack of the blimp. Explosions in water. The convoy underway during a sunset.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Paintings of the founders of the U.S. Navy like John Paul Jones. Merchant ships underway at sea. Men work on a ship. Men standing on the deck of the ship. A map locates places. Dramatizations of sailing ships in combat against pirates in the Atlantic Ocean. They fought against the pirates during the Revolutionary War and in the war of 1812. Men fire deck guns from a ship. Smoke arises due to the firing. People lined up outside a building. Officials seated inside a building.