Filmed titled 'German and Italian Sneak Craft' describes and dramatizes the methods and machines used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. Methods and machines used are swimmers, human torpedoes, midget submarines, explosive boats, torpedo boats aka S-boats or Schnellboots. A U.S. ship sinks after an Axis attack. Views of harbors at Alexandria, Souda Bay, and Algiers. Rock of Gibraltar. Task force heads for enemy beach. Allied ships in harbor.
Dramatizes the methods used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II Italian SLC (Siluro a Lenta Corsa) -200 Maiale human torpedo hoisted on dock. Ocean in the background. Warhead is clamped onto the nose of torpedo. Rudder, motor switch, and instrument panel of Maiale. Maiale is hoisted to release it on water. Torpedo operator gets ready with two high pressure bottles. Two men on torpedo. Torpedo submerges. Animation shows how undetected torpedo boat reaches to Allied ship and second man on torpedo places the warhead on a ship. Torpedo moves away after placing the charge. Maiale surfaces.
Demonstration of methods used by Axis powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. A German Biber midget submarine. Biber being launched in sea. Biber underway. An operator at controls.
Dramatizes the methods used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War 2. Italian MTSM (Motoscafo da turismo modificato) torpedo boat hoisted on dock. Propellers and engines of the boat. MTSM underway at sea. German version of torpedo boat Wendel launched in sea armed with two torpedoes. Two rocket launchers, one on either side of the pilot house. Wendel underway at sea. Another Italian torpedo boat underway.
Soviet officers climb down from tracked military vehicle in which British soldiers are explaining something to other Soviet officers. Artillery shells piled on a shelf in the vehicle. British soldiers explaining an artillery gun to the Soviets. British gunners fire BL 5.5 inch field gun, while one of the Soviet officers covers his ears. Soviet Officers step out of a mobile command post and walk around to the side where they converse with a British officer.. (World War II period).
President Harry S. Truman in Germany for the Potsdam Conference during World War 2. President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes in official car in Berlin. The Secret Service stand on running boards of President Truman's car. A man takes photographs of President Truman. President Truman’s car drives past the camera. In next scene, the USS Augusta, a Northampton class cruiser, arrives at Port of Brussels (Place des Armateurs 6, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium) in Belgium. The USS Augusta is being towed by two tugboats. Belgian crowds waving at the ship. Sailors on the deck of the USS Augusta. President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower review the Honor Guards in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. President Truman and Eisenhower talking. President Truman and Admiral Leahy boards Douglas VC-54C (2107451) also called "Sacred Cow," the first U.S. Presidential aircraft (later termed Air Force One), at Frankfurt airport. Airplane taxiing on the runway.