British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and others en route to visit a beachhead in France during World War II. British Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts aboard a British warship in the Atlantic Ocean. Winston Churchill smokes. He talks to General Sir Alan Brooke, Senior Commander in the British Army and other officers aboard the British warship in the English Channel. Churchill climbs up an elevator aboard the ship. Navy personnel wave at him.
United States Navy Elco PT boat underway in Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Men aboard the boat work on equipment, with one using a paint brush to apply paint or lubricant to a piece of deck equipment. Naval officer looks out over ocean through a pair of binoculars. "Moreno" on opening film indicates cameraman was Robert C. Moreno from the OSS Field Photo Unit.
United States Navy PT Boats underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. In one of the boats, a sailor in battle gear is seen at a twin 50 caliber machine gun. The boats generate a large wake as they move at high speed through the water. Other crew members are seen at their respective stations in the boat.
British Spitfire fighters take off from a convoy of Allied ships to attack German aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Men aboard an aircraft carrier. British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter planes are parked onboard the aircraft carrier. A naval officer gives out order to fire at enemy. A British soldier adjusts a rocket artillery into position. RAF Supermarine Spitfire fighter planes take off from the aircraft carrier to attack U-boats. Explosions occur at sea. German Heinkel 111 bomber aircraft dropping bombs. A Nazi plane shot down. Smoke rises from the coast. Fleet of aircraft carriers underway at sea. Spitfire fighters come in for landing. Mechanics push the Spitfire fighter into place.
PT boats patrol transport area in the Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France during World War II. A United States PT (Patrol) boat underway in the Atlantic. A man on the bridge looks through binoculars with an American flag in background. Men at 50 caliber machine gun and another one at 20 mm gun. Guns fired. Men aboard a PT boat signal semaphore. A man from a torpedo boat signals semaphore.
PT boats patrol transport area in the Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France during World War II. A man aboard a PT (patrol) boat wearing a life jacket. Allied battleship fires. Smoke in the background. PT boat comes along side another vessel with men aboard the boat.