Mine sweeping training in Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. A YMS (Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper) underway in Atlantic. Men wearing life jackets on deck of a ship. YMS in the background. A paravane with a flag underway as it detects mines. YMS follows the paravane. A boat underway at sea. Two SDB Dauntless Naval dive bombers in flight. Four aircraft fly at a low altitude.
Mine sweeping training in Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. Men aboard a vessel lower mine marker in the water. YMS underway at sea. YMS fires at mines in water and water splashes. (World War II period).
Naval combat in European Theater during World War II. Two Nazi torpedo bombers in flight follow a German battleship. Ship's Captain on board the battle ship looks through binoculars. Sailors run on the flight deck of the ship to their battle stations during an emergency. Sailors climb up the ladder. Naval artillery turned to a different direction. Sailors put on their gas masks.
German and Italian submarine activity in the Atlantic during World War II. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. A map with numbers marked on it. Interiors of German and Italian submarines. Men inside the submarines work on controls, write letters and do some other works. Smoke rises as a German submarine attacks an Allied convoy. Explosion occurs at the sea.
Slate reads, "Hero Battle Ship X revealed to be USS South Dakota" Aerial view of USS South Dakota at sea with airplane wing tip in foreground. Sailors assembled on the deck of the USS South Dakota. Overhead view of ship's guns. The ship had been dubbed "Battleship X' for reporting to the press around January 1943 when it was undergoing repairs. Guns firing on the USS South Dakota. An officer speaks.
Seventy five U.S. Army Curtiss P-40L airplanes are ferried across the Atlantic Ocean to within flying range of Morocco, North Africa, by the Aircraft Carrier, USS Ranger (CV-4), during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force pilots prepare to fly the P-40s to the former Vichy French Anfa Airport near Casablance, captured by the Allies in Operation Torch. The Army pilots and support personnel are seen being briefed on the flight deck. Navy deck crews help move a P-40 into position. USAAF 57th Fighter Group commander, Colonel Frank H. Mears shakes hands with a navy officer from the cockpit of his P-40. Carrier officer seen signaling for take off. Colonel Mears takes off. More P-40s follow. Navy officers and sailors watch the departing P-40s and give thumbs up for approval. The P-40s buzz the carrier as they form up to depart.