Antisubmarine activities of the United States Coast Guard ( USCG ) in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Cutters and airships of the USCG and U.S. Navy patrol around a convoy underway. U.S. Navy airship in the air. The U.S. Navy, the USCG and the U.S. Merchant Marine work together. An officer watches enemy action through binoculars. The U.S. flag flying from a flag mast. A man watches through binoculars and other men prepare for a counter attack. Man operates signal light to relay information. Depth charges readied and guns are fired from the ships. They sink a German submarine after it torpedoes a merchant ship. Merchant seamen come aboard a cutter from a life raft.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7th December 1941. Dramatized view of Japanese airplanes in flight over Pearl Harbor. They drop bombs over the target area. Actual footage of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with heavy columns of smoke rising as ships explode. U.S. sailors on the deck of a ship. The activities at a U.S. shipyard. Launching in July 1942 of the SS Ocean Viceroy, built by Permanente Metals Corp in Richmond California for the British Ministry of War Transport. People gather at the shipyard as the SS Ocean Viceroy is launched. A ship convoy underway at sea of various cargo ships and Liberty Ships in World War 2. The U.S. flag flying from a flag pole on a ship. The sailors march on the deck.
Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. A Japanese aircraft carrier underway at sea. Japanese officials aboard the aircraft carrier discuss amongst themselves. An airplane takes off from the ship. Japanese sailors watch the airplane. Airplanes fly in formation overhead.
South Korean President Syngman Rhee in the United States. He addresses a Joint Session of the Congress in Washington DC. Officials gather in a large number in a hall. They give a standing ovation to the South Korean President. The officials seated in the hall. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon seated with the officials. Rhee stands at a podium and addresses the officials. He urges for U.S. air and naval support for an attack on Red China.
Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie arrives in Yugoslavia. An airplane parked at an air base. Emperor Selassie comes out of the airplane. Officials gather at the airport to greet him. An official shakes hands with him. Selassie reviews troops. He sits in a Rolls Royce car. His motorcade passes on the streets and he stands in the moving car and waves to people gathered along the sides of the street. Buildings along the sides of the street.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress in flight over a target area. The bomb bay of the airplane. The doors of the bomb bay open. 500 pound general purpose bombs being dropped from the airplane. The doors close.
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