Huge numbers of American World War I soldiers and sailors stand in a formation that spells out 'America's Answer'. Soldiers comprise the background and sailors, in white uniforms, spell out the message. The troops disassemble and then march over the field, en masse, A Military band plays in the midst of the marching soldiers. In a separate scene, the soldiers, now shouldering rifles, march with an American flag and a unit flag.
A U.S. Navy Ensign, enlists sailors to increase their allotments for Victory bonds. Sailors are assembled at a Navy Supply Depot, in New York City. Ensign A D Leveridge calls for volunteers to double their subscriptions during a Victory Bond Drive. They volunteer, en masse. Next, they are seen at the Altar of Liberty, on Fifth Avenue and Madison Square, where Lieutenant Commander WD Loveridge and other U.S. Naval officers and women volunteers process their requests. LCDR Loveridge and Ensign Leveridge, converse in front of the group of sailors. Scene shifts back to the Supply Depot, where sailors stand in formation. a woman Yeoman (F) delivers a report about the bond subscriptions to Ensign Leveridge, who salutes and presents it to LCDR Loveridge. He and the Yeoman (F) present it to a Navy Commander, who reads and returns it. The ensign and Yeoman depart as LCDR Loveridge stands before the formation.
Several German warships, from Norway, moving through protected waters near shoreline, en route to interdict Allied shipping destined for Murmansk, Russia, during World War 2. A destroyer in camouflage paint passes by the camera ship. Flight crew in Arado 196 float plane and view of it airborne after catapulting from warship. Bow wave view of destroyers at high speed. Port silhouette view of the Bismarck-class battleship, Tirpitz, in camouflage paint. A German Cruiser in camouflage. A land-based Junkers Ju-88 bomber flying low over the water.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) at dock in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. A naval officer with a dog on the deck. Sailors with their belongings and supplies at the docks wait to embark. Sailors embark the USS Tennessee. USS Tennessee and a submarine chaser sail under the Brooklyn Bridge en route for maneuvers in the Atlantic.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post pose for pictures taken just before boarding Post's self-modified float plane that crashed en route to Point Barrow, Alaska, killing both Rogers and Post. The floatplane takes off from water. Map shows route: Juneau to Dawson, Fairbanks, Alaska; to Anchorage, Alaska and then back to Fairbanks. The words, "Point Barrow" animate on map - line running to Point Barrow, where the plane crashed after an engine failure, while taking off from a lagoon just outside of Point Barrow. Aerial views of the Arctic areas.
The Greek ferry, 'Heraklion', en-route from Crete to Athen's Port, Piraeus, is sunk in the Aegean Sea during a fierce storm in which a truck reportedly broke loose and battered open her midship loading door, causing her to sink within 15 minutes. Search and rescue operations carried out from air and in water, the day after her sinking. . Rescue boats underway at the scene. Man wearing radio headset, looks from the window of a scout plane and throws out a flare to mark the location. Scattered debris on water. Sailors carry causalities on stretcher. Causalities put into ambulance. 235 passengers are reported dead or missing and only 49 managed to survive the tragedy. (Note : The USS Belknap (DLG-26) and the USS Columbus (CG-12) participated in the search for survivors but found none. The Belknap retrieved some remains that were transferred to Greek authorities, the next day.) (Additional note: Some music at start of this newsreel, but no other sound or narrative.)
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