A German submarine underway off the Canadian coast near the Saint Lawrence River in North America, during World War 2. A map shows the area of interest. The German submarine underway on the surface in calm waters. Crew members play cards below decks of the U-boat. A sailor cooks food. Others eat the food. The submarine submerges and the Canadian coast is scanned through a periscope. Torpedoes are fired and an oil tanker is hit. The oil tanker burns. Black smoke arises as the tanker burns.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Coast guardsmen patrol a beach. Men seated in a car drive past on the beach. A U.S. Coast Guard man seated on a horse patrols along the beach. A Coast Guard patrol walks on the beach. Newspaper showing headline and article about disruption of Operation Pastorius by Coast Guard in World War 2, leading to capture of Nazi German would-be saboteurs. View of two of the captured saboteurs being escorted by guards. Smoke in the foreground from the burning of a ship. Men on the deck of a ship. They take an oath. Men aboard a motor boat. Men aboard a yacht and other ships underway at sea. Men aboard a life boat arrive at a beach. They carry the men rescued by them on stretchers.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. Newly launched German, Italian and Japanese ships underway at sea. Ships including the German liner Bremen and the Italian Ocean liner Rex are seen underway. People gather at a dock. American ship underway in heavy seas with waves crashing over. Point of view shot at heavy seas from deck of a ship. A man works in a ship radio room. A man watches through binoculars and uses a sextant. Sailors row a small boat with oars in heavy seas. A sailor decorated by officials of the Merchant Marines. Dock workers and ship construction workers at a shipbuilding yard in the United States working on building new ships. American liners are seen undereway including: SS Washington off shore of New York City skyline and skyscrapers, SS Manhattan also off shore of Manhattan, the SS Lurline, the SS Mariposa, and the SS President Hoover (named for Herbert Hoover) underway at sea. The U.S. flag fluttering from a flag pole. The text of the declaration of policy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is shown.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7th December 1941. Dramatized view of Japanese airplanes in flight over Pearl Harbor. They drop bombs over the target area. Actual footage of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with heavy columns of smoke rising as ships explode. U.S. sailors on the deck of a ship. The activities at a U.S. shipyard. Launching in July 1942 of the SS Ocean Viceroy, built by Permanente Metals Corp in Richmond California for the British Ministry of War Transport. People gather at the shipyard as the SS Ocean Viceroy is launched. A ship convoy underway at sea of various cargo ships and Liberty Ships in World War 2. The U.S. flag flying from a flag pole on a ship. The sailors march on the deck.
Hollywood activities as part of the war effort in World War 2: Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War II. A sign board reads: 'Make Up Section'. Make up experts work in a make up room. They apply make up on the faces of actors to prepare them for crash scenes. An actor acting in a film. The actor seated in the cockpit of an airplane. His face shows scars and injury.
Activities of soldiers in the First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU) of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War 2. A sign board reads: 'Animation Department'. Cartoon animation artists apply their skills to the war effort, working inside the building. They make sketches on drawing sheets. Artists seen include Joe Smith and Gus Arriola, and possibly the back of Rudy Larriva and Jules Engel. Minute mechanical details of aircraft, armament, and equipment are illustrated with the help of drawings and animation sequences in films. Narrator describes how complicated technical subjects can be illustrated. The explanation of the theory of flight with the help of an animation. Animation shows factors responsible for the flight of an airplane. Animation describe how thrust, drag, lift, and gravity all affect flight and aerial physics.
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