Damage and repair of U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Kearny (DD-432) after it was attacked by German U-boat U-568 in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II (before the U.S. had entered the war). Animated map locates the position of U.S. Navy vessel USS Kearney in the Atlantic Ocean when the German submarine struck it near Iceland. Ships at sea. A damaged USS Kearney at sea after the attack. The crew aboard the ship being rescued as they come aboard another ship. The damaged ship at a fjord in Iceland. Men make repairs on the ship as smoke rises. Men weld parts of the ship. USS Kearney sails to Boston. The mast of the ship and the control room. The ship underway at sea after being repaired.
Dignitaries meet for the Atlantic Conference, Atlantic Ocean. Meeting of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill. United States officials and sailors aboard USS Augusta underway in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. salute the British officials arriving aboard the ship for the conference. U.S. Officials greet the British officials and shakes hands with them. Prime Minister Churchill arrives aboard USS Augusta and being greeted by the officials. President Roosevelt awaits the arrival of Prime Minister Churchill.
Views of the Submarine tender USS Antaeus (AS-21) of Atlantic convoy, at anchor in Iceland, during World War 2, with about nine submarines tied up alongside. Scene shifts to a convoy underway in the Atlantic ocean. Various kinds of transport ships seen from time to time in the convoy. The U.S. New Mexico class battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) passes to starboard of the camera ship. Scout planes are visible on her aft section. Scene shifts to camera ship, looking aft. A gun; a lifeboat on a davit; and a Curtiss SOC-1 scout-observation airplane are visible. A sailor watches as the USS Idaho passes to starboard. More transport ships are seen, low in the water. Camera pans aft, again, showing more of the camera ship, including covered guns in barbettes; two SOC-1 scout planes; the American flag; and behind that an anti-aircraft height finder. Scene shifts forward where officers are seen on upper deck with a gun barrel above their heads.Sailors on main deck prepare to deploy a float to recover a scout plane. Sailor stands on platform using semaphore flags to transmit a message. Barrel of a large gun in the foreground.View aft of a U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway. Feet and legs of the semaphore signalman as he stands above the platform, on rungs of the circular railing at the signal station.
Atlantic Conference during World War II. High ranking Royal Navy officers in a meeting aboard the battleship Prince of Wales in Atlantic Ocean. They look at a map and confer before the Atlantic Conference. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill joins in the meeting. He also confers with the officers.
A church service during the Atlantic Conference aboard HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic Ocean. Several seamen and dignitaries on the deck of Prince of Wales. Two priests render the service. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill attend the church service. Both of them seated in chairs on the deck of the ship. Various other dignitaries and the ship's crew also present during the service. Everybody sings hymns. A vessel seen at a distance in the ocean.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a church service during the Atlantic Conference aboard HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic Ocean. The President and the Prime Minister seated on the deck of the ship. Other dignitaries stand behind. Everybody sings the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers" during the church service.