United States Coast Guard Cutter ( USCGC ) Northwind II underway under the command U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Cruzen during Operation Highjump in Antarctica. A helicopter on the helicopter deck of USCGC Northwind II (WAGB-282). Admiral Richard Cruzen steps into the cockpit of the helicopter. A front view of the cockpit of the helicopter shows Admiral. Cruzen in the cockpit. The helicopter takes off from the deck. It is in flight. The helicopter has balloon-type pontoons. It returns to the deck. The ship's lines in the foreground. Ships in the background. Admiral. Cruzen gets off from the helicopter. Photographers in the foreground.
A U.S. Navy training film "Submarine Escape" depicts rescue precautions in emergency for men if a submarine sinks. A sunken submarine in the United States. Operation officers check an operation board that the reporting time of the submarine has passed out. A man makes a radio call to the submarine but it does not answer. A squadron officer leaves the office of communication and contacts with an officer of Ships and Shore Station for aid. Two aircraft and an airship in flight to find the submarine and to rescue its crewmen. A ship at sea. Two methods of rescue to be followed in emergency: individual (S.E.A.) and collective (Rescue Chamber). Crewmen in the submarine as it goes down. They smoke. A man on a phone receives no answer. A man checks condition. Two men stand near a compartment. Floating debris in the sea. Men in a forward compartment to talk over the problems that the ship is encountering. Important steps to be followed in an emergency written on a board. Men follow the steps. A man gives a pack of absorbent powder. A man spreads a mattress cover on a lower bunk. He puts on rubber gloves. He pours the powder and spreads it in thin layer. Instructions are read by a man. Emergency drinking water, fruit juices and oxygen for safety. The man waits. Men rest. The men prepare for escape collectively. They wear the rescue gear. Men prepare for escape individually. A man wearing a rescue gear signals by gesturing. The men work with rescue gear and equipment.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Coast Guard enlisted men teaches a group of German POWs (Prisoners of War) how to tie knots in a line. Several German POWs in uniform paint the deck of USS Wakefield (AP-21). A CG sentry, wearing a uniform and a guard belt and carrying a rifle, is seen in the background. German POWs paint a stanchion on the deck of the Wakefield. The POWs bend over while painting the deck.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Interior: head and shoulders of a Coast Guard enlisted man with earphones. Head and shoulders of a German POW. He has a German "Iron Cross" on his chest. Head and shoulders of this German prisoner with a Luftwaffe insignia. Several German POWs in uniform on the deck of Wakefield. They stand close together near the railings of the ship. Four German POWs converse together. Most of them have Luftwaffe wings on their chest. Two German prisoners. Two young POWs leaning against a bulkhead on the deck. German POWs in uniform. A German prisoner smokes a pipe. The prisoners sitting and standing on the deck of Wakefield.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A chow line on the ship with German prisoners coming with their trays and cups. They walk out of the line after receiving their chow.
German prisoners go aboard USS Wakefield at a dock on the the Atlantic coast during World War II Several prisoners wheel a large cart across a dock followed by three U.S. Army Military Policemen ( MPs). Carts are loaded with luggage. The prisoners carry the luggage up the gangway of USS Wakefield. An army officer inspects tags on the luggage on the dock. Several prisoners with luggage coming up the gangway.
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