Empennage of a B-25 Mitchell bomber is seen bearing tail number: 40-2268. Camera pans across flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8) filled with B-25 Mitchell bombers preparing to depart on a bombing raid over Tokyo Japan, during World War 2. Two pilots stand in front of a bomber, conversing. Crew members pull props through on some aircraft. Many aircrew are seen amongst the aircraft. Scene shifts to view, from upper deck, of engines being started on the B-25s. Copilot seen in one of the cockpits. Camera pans from bow to stern showing flight deck filled with B-25s. The first aircraft (flown by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle) performs a short-run takeoff, with nose high, easily clearing the deck before reaching it's end. Several others follow, making the same steep takeoffs.
Ribs of submarine being put into place. Plates being welded onto ribs. Conning tower being attached to hull. Conning towers on production line. Diesel engine on production line. Lathe making cut. Diesel engine being assembled. German submarine being slid down ways for launching ceremony. German submarine on trial run in North Atlantic. Skipper of German submarine. German submarine steps in sea.
German submarine in North Atlantic heavy seas. Crew members of German submarine manning battle stations. German sailor operating valve of submarine. German sailors getting below deck for a crash dive. (World War II period).
Periscope shot of an allied ship in North Atlantic Sea. Skipper of German submarine giving signal to fire on an allied ship, while he is looking through periscope, taking bearing. Ship listing heavily after large explosion. Conning tower of submarine. German sailors manning deck gun in preparation for attack. German submarine attacking allied shipping. Deck gun of German submarine being fired. Crew of submarine securing gun and getting below in preparation for crash dive. Depth gauges on German submarine. (World War II period).
Huge railway guns are made in a gun factory in Germany. A large rod of iron is heated by the workers. Another solid iron bar inserted into it and bore hole made. Scenes of the Krupp K5 heavy railway gun in action, firing during World War 2.
German Navy sailors in training learn submarine nomenclature in Germany during World War 2. German submarines cruise in sea. Interior of a Kriegsmarine Submarine. It submerges. Periscope scene aboard U-boat. German submarine surfacing. German Navy sailors on conning tower of the submarine.
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