Drivers climb aboard Two German Panzer VI Tiger tanks to demonstrate them at a proving ground in Germany. during World War 2. Views of the tanks moving rapidly across a field. One rolls over a fairly large tree. View of one descending a steep hill rolling over small trees. Closeup of the tread mechanism. Turret rotating on one as it moves forward. A tank backing up, setting into position, and firing its 88mm gun. Round bursting in the distance. Firing at a line of target vehicles. Round strikes a target tank. German Army officers observing through binoculars. Closeup of the target tank burning. Change of scene to an area of combat in Europe during World War 2. A machine gun is firing out the window of an abandoned house. German tank approaches with its gun pointed rearward. It runs over a tree and drives through the wall of the house. It then proceeds through the entire building which collapses around it as it moves. It emerges and drives away.
Map Shows location of Port Darwin in Australia. A Japanese naval convoy is under attack by U.S. Planes. Heavy splashes and explosions in water. A Japanese sailor aboard a ship looks through his binoculars. Japanese infantry advances through the New Guinea jungle. A bombed hangar. Wrecked planes inside the hangar. Japanese plane takes off from an airport recently captured from the Americans. Japanese troops inside bombers flying at a high altitude above Darwin. Japanese bombers drop bombs on Darwin. Heavy smoke rises from the explosions. (World War II period).
A German Submarine moves through heavy seas in the Caribbean. Water breaks on the submarine's bow. View of the crew cabins inside the submarine. Sailor rests inside his cabin. A sailor decorates a miniature Christmas tree. Food prepared inside kitchen. Calendar date reads 'December 24'. Sailors celebrate on Christmas Eve. Sailors are shown a miniature ship model and a cactus plant. All burst in laughter. View of the horizon as seen from the submarine's deck.
Map of the Caribbean is shown. A German sailor aboard a German submarine looks through his binoculars. The submarine moves through heavy seas. German officer looks through submarine's periscope. The coastline of Curacao is seen through the periscope. An allied freighter is spotted. German sailors prepare to attack. Shows several instrument panels, radar and gauges inside the submarine. Torpedo is fired from the submarine. German sailors cerebrate at the deck. Allied freighter gets destroyed and sunk. (World War II period).
Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677) during shakedown cruise in the Atlantic Ocean.It undertakes refueling from a U.S. Navy tanker ship while they are both underway. Sailors aboard the Frament and the tanker, set up fuel lines between the two, and the refueling operation commences.
USS Frament Destroyer Escort (DE-677) in shakedown cruise, during World War 2. Crewmen aboard the DE perform duties like cleaning deck and preparing food. A sailor operates a signal lamp aboard the DE.
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