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British PM Winston Churchill with sailors during the Atlantic Conference aboard HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic Ocean.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a few sailors during the Atlantic Conference aboard HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic Ocean. Several men on the deck of the ship. A few sailors arrive in a boat and they climb up steps and come up to the deck from the side of the ship. The sailors carry small cardboard boxes. They stack the cardboard boxes in an area on the deck of the ship. Prime Minister Winston Churchill with a few sailors. A couple of sailors climb up the steps with the boxes. Churchill along with a few sailors stands on the top of a flight of stairs and watches. The sailors stand in a line and the boxes are passed. The sailors stand in a group near the stack of boxes. Two sailors open the boxes and take out eatables.

Date: 1941, August
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054693
Winston Churchill delivers a speech during the Atlantic Conference aboard HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic Ocean.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses ship's crew during the Atlantic Conference aboard HMS Prince of Wales in the Atlantic Ocean. The crew of the ship on the deck. Winston Churchill addresses the gathering. Other dignitaries and senior personnel present on the occasion.

Date: 1941, August
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054695
Allied ships bombed and destroyed by German U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean at the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII.

The Battle of the Atlantic in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. An Allied ship at sea crashing through high waves that cover its bow. Point of view shot of ship advancing in heavy waves. A Nazi flag on a German U-boat. The Nazi submarine submerges in sea. View of torpedo being fired from submarine toward Allied ship. Multiple views of allied ships and merchant ships being attacked, torpedoed, and sinking after attacks by German submarines. A ship sinks. Sailors and merchant seamen cling to debris from a ship following attack as they ready for rescue. Surviving sailors row a small rescue boat toward a rescuing ship. Sailors aid injured and tired sailors and merchant seamen personnel as they board rescue ships.

Date: 1942
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067753
Scenes aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan: Ambassador William Dodd interviewed in 1938 and passengers fleeing war in Europe in 1939.

A large number of passengers aboard the ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield) in the United States. Scene from January 10,1938 as the USS Manhattan returns from her Europe trip. A large number of passengers aboard the ship. U.S. Ambassador to Nazi Germany, William E. Dodd, is interviewed by media persons about his Europe trip. He declares that living in Europe at the time is discouraging and there is crisis in Europe as German Nazism and Fascism are gaining ground everywhere. In next shot, from 1939, the ship is underway and arriving at New York Harbor on September 30, 1939, carrying 1837 persons, its largest passenger count ever. The passengers include many Americans from overseas fleeing war-torn Europe early in World War 2. A sign on the ship: 'Manhattan United States Lines'. The passengers in mass numbers at a harbor. The Statue of Liberty in the background.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070726
Churchill addresses the crew of HMS Prince of Wales at the end of the Atlantic Conference in the Atlantic Ocean in World War 2.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaks to the crew of HMS Prince of Wales crew at the end of a voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. The crew of the ship on the deck. Winston Churchill addresses the crew. He says that the voyage will be memorable and fruitful. It was a pleasure for him to travel on the ship. He says that he is happy to have been able to share, for a short time, some of the hazards that are the daily routine of the Royal Navy. He says that HMS Prince of Wales is one of the strongest ships and that they had good weather too. He thanks everybody who made the voyage comfortable. Other dignitaries and senior personnel are present on the occasion.

Date: 1941, August
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054696
Operations of U.S. Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda.

A field grade U.S. Air Force officer at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, is seated in an office. Behind him on the wall is a large map of the Atlantic ocean with concentric rings on it, centered at Bermuda. He receives a paper report and makes a phone call. An airman at a communications center receives teletype messages and leaves to deliver them. Scene shifts to a flight engineer sitting at his panel aboard a WB-29A aircraft of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters). The WB-29 is experiencing significant turbulence. An officer briefing a group of Air Force officers and airmen. View of 53rd Squadron area on ramp at Kindley Air Force Base. An officer briefing aircrews. A synoptic chart is mounted on front of his podium. A map of the entire Atlantic ocean and environs covers a wall behind him. To his left is a map of the South Atlantic with Bermuda highlighted at the top. a triangular air route is depicted on it. It is labeled: "Gull Hotel."

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076418