A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter using light signals as she makes way in heavy seas, to starboard, astern of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Campbell, in a convoy during World War 2. Both ships pitch and roll in heavy seas.
Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Campbell, take a lunch break after completing temporary repairs on her hull, which was gashed in a collision with the German submarine U-606 in the Atlantic, during World War 2. View of ice floating in water and a tugboat at the side of the Campbell as she is towed into St.Johns, Nova Scotia, by the British Royal Navy Rescue Tug, Tenacity.
A World War II U.S. army war training film on Identification of a Japanese Scout 95 seaplane and United States Curtis SOC seaplane in Japan. Japanese Navy scouting 95 seaplanes in flight. Other planes flew nearby. High altitude view of the city. Animation shows the structure and the working of the plane. The prominent features of the plane are shown. Silhouette of plane from all angles. The wings and tail of the plane are described through the animation. Information about the pontoon of the plane. The plane consists of two cockpits. The comparison between United States Curtis SOC and the Japanese Navy Scout 95 is made. The wings compared which are almost the same. The difference lies in the open cockpit of the Japanese plane and the covered cockpit of the United States plane. The difference in the tail pattern is shown. The Japanese plane consists of a smaller tail.
Allied planes drop bombs on the Pantelleria Island in Mediterranean Sea. A map shows the Italian island. Airplane in flight. Other airplanes in flight nearby. They drop bombs on the island. High altitude view of the Island and the bombarding. (World War II period).
General De Gaulle and General Giraud meet at Algeria airport in North Africa. They review the French troops. The troops are equipped with modern weapons. Car parked in the background. General Giraud decorates General Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander. Soldiers march. Trees in the background. (World War II period).
Hindus gather for the Chithirai Thiruvizah festival religious ceremony in Tamil Nadu, India. Exterior of the Meenakshi Temple. Hindu pilgrims arrive at the temple for the ceremony. Carts parked on the ground. A huge wooden cart carries the statues of the goddess drawn by people moving on the street (This is the day after Meenakshi Tirukalyanam, known as Ther Thiruvizha, or Car Festival. In this event, the King and Queen of Pandya Kingdom, Lord Sunderaswarar and Meenakshi come to see their citizens in an ornate chariot).
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