The Canol Project (Canadian oil) in Canada during World War II. A seaplane on water surface next to a barge. Troops and workers cross a water stream through a wooden platform. Men load baggage on the seaplane. The seaplane taxis and takes off from the water surface. Seagulls in the water. A ferry docks next to a barge in the harbor.
A Patrol Torpedo Boat crew is ready for a battle against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War II. An officer hands out certificates to trainees on the graduation day. The trained crew arrives at an island to fight the enemy. The crew disembarks from a ship and gets on a Patrol Torpedo Boat. 'Waldorf Astoria' written on the door as a sailor shuts it. A gunner named Richard comes next to the man on the wheel. Richard removes a kitten from under his shirt. An officer looks through binoculars and spots an enemy tanker. The crew comes on the deck and prepares to battle. The gunner fires at the enemy ship. The crew fires a torpedo at the enemy ship.
U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat training crew at sea in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The crew spots an enemy submarine and heads towards it. The crew speeds the Patrol Torpedo Boat towards the enemy submarine. The enemy submarine goes into water for a crash dive. Point of view shot from camera on submarine as it dives underwater. Above surface, a gunner fires at the enemy. The crew could not fire a torpedo hence they throw a depth charger in the direction of the submarine. Three depth chargers are dropped on the enemy submarine.
U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat crew in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Patrol Torpedo Boats underway at sea. Japanese aircraft strafing overhead. A torpedo boat gunner fires at the Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airman in the cockpit. A bullet chain placed on a stand as the gunner fires. The hit Japanese aircraft falls into water. A fleet of United States bombers in flight. They drop bombs over Japanese ships. Fire and explosions on the ships. A torpedo boat crew fires a torpedo at a Japanese ship. Another torpedo is fired which hits the enemy ship.
Prisoners of war (POW) held in custody by U.S. Army in North Africa, during World War 2. German troops of the Hermann Goering Division, some of which are wearing SS camouflage smocks, and Italian prisoners of war enter a U.S. Army processing station in North Africa. They stand with hands on their heads. U.S. soldiers inspect their identification tags. Several U.S. soldiers stand and converse.
Operation Torch (invasion of North Africa) during World War 2. View from stern of a British warship underway with setting sun behind. Several British sailors help a shipmate untangle himself from lines on the deck of ship. British, Free French, and American sailors line up for inspection on shore. A British launch, flying a white ensign, approaches and docks at Casablanca. The Allied Commanders of Operation Torch disembark. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (wearing 4 stars) is followed by British Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Allied Naval Commander of the Expeditionary Force (carrying a cane on his arm), and his deputy, Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, who planned the ground effort. Eisenhower pauses to greet American Naval officers (and he stumbles on pier planking). Eisenhower, Cunningham, and Ramsay, then enter a staff car and drive away.
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