People gather at Singapore Naval Base in Singapore. Three airplanes fly in formation. British Naval boats and sailors in Singapore. People aboard a ship. They discuss amongst themselves. Soldiers march on the dock. The airplanes fly over the ship. A man talks to two women.
A formation of French motor gunboats underway at sea. Several Bretagne-class dreadnought battleships. Some minelayers and formation of aircraft overhead. A a group of triple stacker destroyers. Bretagne class battleship underway at hight speed.The dreadnaught battleship Richelieu in rough seas and later firing her 8 forward guns.
A German Königsberg-class light cruiser prepares to depart from a dock in Germany. Many civilians are on hand to wave goodbye to the crew who line the ship's railing. View from aircraft overhead, at the cruiser underway slowly, in calm waters. Scene shifts to the German submarine, U-45, speeding on the surface and creating a notable bow wave. Crew members are seen on the boat's conning tower. Final view of the U-45 is from a low flying bi-wing aircraft (possibly an Arado 95 float plane).
Three U.S. warships of the Atlantic Squadron's Cruiser Division 7, Commanded by Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, are seen making way through extremely rough seas off the Patagonian coast approaching Cape Horn. The Cruisers are sister ships: USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), USS Quincy (CA-39) and Admiral Kimmel's Flagship, the USS San Francisco (CA-38). The Cruisers have slowed to 16 knots (from their usual 31K) due to the heavy seas. Waves are seen breaking over them as their bows plunge deep into the sea. The Tuscaloosa signals to the Flagship via blinker, that she is sustaining damage, including some loose plates. (Admiral Kimmel reportedly ordered all ships to further reduce speed to 10 knots.) Note: The footage was shot by cameraman lashed to bridge of the USS San Francisco.
Germans at the Siegfried Line World War 2 defenses in Germany. German laborers take rest next to dragon's teeth (tank traps). Adolf Hitler in his car gives a Nazi salute. He rides on a road arriving at a Westwall standardized bunker. He speaks with other officials including Commander in Chief of Army Group 2, General Erwin von Witzleben, and enters a bunker. Views of German soldiers at Westwall bunker -- appears to be Regelbau 35 -- loading large artillery gun. Hitler and officials look at a map. Newspaper headlines announcing von Witzleben's declaration to Hitler about readiness of the Westwall fortifications.
The Siegfried Line in Germany. Dragon's teeth (tank traps) along the Siegfried Line. German farmers work in fields. River Rhine with barbed wire fencing in the foreground. Barbed wire fencing tied along trees. An observation tower in a forest area. View of a bunker. A diagram shows the interlocking field of fire from points of the Siegfried Line.
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