Dignitaries meet for the Atlantic Conference, Atlantic Ocean. Meeting of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill. United States officials and sailors aboard USS Augusta underway in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. salute the British officials arriving aboard the ship for the conference. U.S. Officials greet the British officials and shakes hands with them. Prime Minister Churchill arrives aboard USS Augusta and being greeted by the officials. President Roosevelt awaits the arrival of Prime Minister Churchill.
Seal of Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Image of rotating world globe. A map shows the location of the Atlantic on world map. View from bridge of a large warship underway in rough Atlantic waters. Heavy naval guns in view. Water breaks completely over the bow of the ship. A destroyer cruises by at high speed. Flotilla of warships including aircraft carrier and destroyers. Viewed from above, aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) cruising at high speed in the Atlantic. A British, English Electric F.1 fighter is raised, from below, to a carrier deck. Point of view shot from cockpit of an aircraft as it is catapulted and takes off from aircraft carrier. View from beneath of U.S. Navy Douglas F4D fighter aircraft. F4D Skyray maneuvering in flight and releasing ordnance at top of climb. Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion in an ocean or sea.
U.S. Navy torpedo boats patrol the Atlantic coast during World War II. PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats in line astern look for enemy submarines with depth charges.
View from the USS New York (BB-34) of a seaplane taking off. Large group of sailors watching from the deck. American flag displayed on mast. view of antiaircraft gun crew in steel helmets, and of the ship's superstructure. The ship displays the maritime signal flag M, "MIKE",an orange cross of St Andrew on a white field, which is used to indicate "My vessel is stopped; making no way." Sailors standing on the aft deck with transport ship of Atlantic convoy visible behind them. A dirigible is seen aloft. 14-inch guns of the USS New York are visible behind a gun crew at a 3-inch antiaircraft gun. Complete shift in scene to a cold weather port (Scotland, or Iceland?) with ice visible on the ship's deck. A sailor makes half-hearted attempt to remove ice from the ship's OS2U Kingfisher float plane.The ships emergency life rafts are covered in ice.
View from a U.S. ship in an Atlantic convoy during World War 2. A large transport ship in camouflage is seen to port, astern. Weather is warm and sunny. Sailors aboard the ship as they work with tools. A sailor splices a line. One paints painstakingly. Sailors wash and clean parts in a bucket of solvent. A Brooklyn-class light cruiser, in camouflage, is seen on port side. Two aircraft fly overhead. The sea is calm. Complete change of scene to harbor at U.S. Naval Station, Argentia, Newfoundland. A Destroyer passes the USS New York (BB-34) anchored in the harbor. Crewmen on deck in warm clothing. Snow-covered hills in background. Naval Ensign displayed on stern flag mast. Anchor chain of the ship laid out on deck. A plane flies overhead.
U.S. efforts to inhibit German U-boat activity near its waters early in World War 2. American patrol boats dropping depth charges off the U.S. Atlantic coast. A U.S. Navy blimp on the lookout for submarines. View inside gondola of the blimp. Bomb being loaded on a U.S. Navy patrol bomber. Catalina flying boat enters water, takes off, and flies low over an Allied ship at sea. View inside Catalina Flying Boat aircraft. Navigator aboard the Catalina measures on chart with pair of dividers. An American flag hangs over his work station. Pilot in the cockpit. Aerial view of Catalina Flyling Boat in flight. Pilot and copilot look out cockpit window. A U-boat on the surface of the water. The Catalina dives down towards the enemy sub. Inserted sequence shows bow of German submarine plowing ahead, followed by scenes below deck where German crewman hurry to their stations and the U-boat submerges. U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat flies low over water and drops two depth charges, that explode. Inserted view of a large depth charge explosion. Pilot and copilot looking out cockpit window act as if they had just sunk a submarine. View of Catalina flying boat on return flight.
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