Northeastern coast of United States as main source of seafood, United States. Fishermen row boat around Northeastern coast. Fishermen on boats. Men fishing pull in a fish. Many cod or haddock fish heaped high on a fishing boat before heading back to shore. A lobster fishing boat off the Atlantic coast. Fisherman pulls in a lobster trap and removes a lobster from it that he holds for the camera. An oyster boat operating off of the Atlantic Coast. Oyster fisherman pull in a net filled with oysters and dump it on the boat. In a canning facility, fresh oysters are placed into one gallon cans labeled "Chesapeake Bay Salt Water Oysters."
U.S. Coast Guard activities at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and at sea. Three senior officers, two of them in uniform outside the United States Coast Guard Academy. Coast guard officers seated behind. Cadets march. The academy building in the background. A vessel in rough waters. A breeches buoy equipment on a coast guard cutter.
July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.
A rescue operation by U.S. Coast Guard men using lifeboats and breeches buoys in the Atlantic Ocean. A boat approaches a Coast Guard cutter with men. A cargo ship in distress. A shot line to be fired to the doomed vessel. Coast guard men row lifeboats. Men from the freighter are brought in the life boats to a shore. Few men from the freighter are rescued with breeches buoys from the steamer. They are brought to the shore by the Coast Guard men.
A film on rescue work by the U.S. Coast Guard. A ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The bow of the ship. A man and a woman aboard the ship. A man at the controls of the ship. Other boats and ships underway. The woman gets injured. The man at the controls establishes a contact with a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft for help. The aircraft in flight overhead. A man gives a red flare signal to the aircraft. The aircraft in flight over the ship. A man presses a button of a rescue alarm and alerts Coast Guard crew. Coast Guard crew board a helicopter. They inspect the helicopter. The helicopter takes off and is in flight. The helicopter hovers over the ship. A line is dropped from the helicopter to the ship. A stretcher is dropped with the help of the line. A man places the injured woman on the stretcher and she is taken aboard the helicopter. The helicopter in flight. It lands. The woman is taken out from the helicopter and is placed in an ambulance. The ambulance leaves the area. The helicopter in flight overhead.
A film titled: 'Battle Stations' on the Coast Guardsmen and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). The Coast Guardsmen fighting on the battlefront in the European Theater during the World War II. Various citations and medals of honor for the Coast Guards who died while fighting for their country. The Coast Guards marching in formation. Two Coast Guards holding U.S. flag and the flag of USCG lead the parade. Other Coast Guards hold rifles. Coast guard cutters underway at sea. A man aboard the ship watching the enemy actions through binoculars. Other man talking on radio. Smoke from explosions in the area. Dead bodies of the Coast Guards who died in the war in caskets wrapped with U.S. flags. Other Coast Guards standing nearby and salute. Recruitment of women for the job of Coast Guards in the United States. Women taking oaths. The new recruits walking towards a building with their personal belongings for their training. Women in barracks. They ride bicycles and stand at attention on the ground. Women perform drill on the ground. An aircraft parked on air base. A woman walking nearby. The woman standing in front of the building.
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