The whaler 'Herman' returns home. A glimpse of the midnight sun. Man handles the steering wheel of the ship during stormy weather. Waves splash over the deck. Men work to control the ship, adjust sails. Pressure from ice packs against the shore piles the ice up in large ridges. The large ridges in the water. The crew on the ship. The ship touches San Francisco. A pier on the coast.
Aerial view of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, underway on the surface and then submerging. View of helmsman below in the Nautilus. Aerial view of frozen arctic ocean with deep crevasses, as narrator mentions the Nautilus traveling submerged, beneath the North Pole on August 3, 1958. The boat's Captain, Commander William R. Anderson, is seen in uniform. More views of the Nautilus moving on the surface, including one with crew members standing on deck. Next, a newspaper headline is shown, announcing Alaska's statehood. Small boy and girl sitting in the grass holding a flag displaying map of Alaska and reading: "Alaska 49th State." Automobile traffic driving into Anchorage, Alaska. Banner stretched across the road reads: "Anchorage. All-America City." Pedestrians jam the sidewalks as the city celebrates its new statehood. A float displaying a huge moose has sign on its side reading: "49th. Hey Texas. Now I'm the biggest Bull..." Young Alaskans ride in a convertible automobile. A huge 48-star American flag covers the front of a building. It has a large extra star appended to it. Closeup of the flag.
A film on U.S. shuttle bombing operations over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. Animated diagram shows the advantages of using Russian airfields during the operation. United States Army Air Force Lieutenant General Carl Andrew Spaatz seated at a desk in his office. Deputy Commanding General for Operations Major General F. L. Anderson discusses the plans with other officers in his office. They plan 'Operation Titanic' at a USAAF headquarters. Ships at a British port are loaded with supplies including food, gasoline, bombs, ammunitions, trucks, jeeps and other equipment. A man watching through binoculars from the deck of a ship. A convoy passes through the Arctic Ocean. Supplies are unloaded in Russia. These are transported by train to a headquarters in Russia.
German occupation of Spitsbergen, Norway during World War 2. German fleet underway in the Arctic Ocean off Spitsbergen. German soldiers aboard a ship. Naval guns aboard a ship bombards the coast. German soldiers loaded in a landing craft as it is being lowered into the sea along the side the ship. A German destroyer lays a smoke screen. The soldiers transfer from the ship into the landing craft. Troops land at the coast of Spitsbergen. Engineers plant demolition charges on a tree.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun and her family aboard a cruise ship underway in arctic waters off Iceland . Eva Braun and other women seated in chairs on the deck of ship. Women chat and relax. Eva Braun talks to her family members. A boat underway at sea. A view of the snow covered mountains. A seagull in flight.
'Q' Boat 'Suffolk Coast' in the Atlantic Ocean. British crew at hidden deck gun. They adjust it. A sailor looks through binocular. Sailors load gun. They hide gun under false panels. Crew goes and lowers life boat. British Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Auten, VC (Victoria Cross), DSC (Distinguished Service Cross) poses with other crew members. Crew of boat poses. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)