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Destroyer Escort, USS Currier (DE-700) is launched at Bay City in Michigan, USA during World War 2

The eve of launching Destroyer Escort, USS Currier (DE-700), at Bay City in Michigan, USA. View of the Defoe Shipbuilding shipyard. A ship upside down showing rolls. Men knock out support beams of USS Currier. Men work on ship. Men work on propellers of ship. Rope is cut. USS Currier slides down ways. Mrs Betty Baker Currier christens ship. Views of another ship hull upside down, under construction. Spectators watch the ship as it is moved upright by a giant crane and hook assembly. Spectators watch ship righted. Men work on this next ship in queue.

Date: 1943, October 14
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030327
USS Frament (DE-677) is refueled from a U.S. Navy tanker ship during shakedown cruise

Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677) during shakedown cruise in the Atlantic Ocean.It undertakes refueling from a U.S. Navy tanker ship while they are both underway. Sailors aboard the Frament and the tanker, set up fuel lines between the two, and the refueling operation commences.

Date: 1943
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030347
Sailors clean deck and prepare food aboard the USS Frament (DE-677) during shakedown cruise in World War II

USS Frament Destroyer Escort (DE-677) in shakedown cruise, during World War 2. Crewmen aboard the DE perform duties like cleaning deck and preparing food. A sailor operates a signal lamp aboard the DE.

Date: 1943
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030348
USS Frament, DE-677,and other U.S. Destroyer Escorts in shakedown maneuvers during World War II

Scenes aboard U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677) during shakedown cruise, with other new Destroyer Escorts, in World War 2. Sailors occupy off-duty time reading and writing letters. Captain looks through binoculars. Sailors stand beside him. Another Destroyer Escort comes abeam the Frament. View of radar antenna of the ship. Radar operator operates radar instrument. Operation of sonar device aboard the ship. Radio Shack device to maintain contact with other ships. Aerial views of several destroyer escorts underway. Crewmen signal through signal lamp. The Frament practices zigzaging through the water. Destroyer escorts practice coordinated actions, one pursuing would-be subs while the other lays a smoke screen.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030349
American Destroyer Escorts complete shakedown training in Bermuda, during World War II.Montage of naval engagements.

American Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677) arriving, with other Destroyer Escorts, off the coast of Bermuda, during World War 2. (The Destroyer Escort USS Dionne, DE-261, appears in one scene.) Crewmen at bow of the Frament drop anchor into the water. Sailors jump in water for a swim. Sailors in uniforms being reviewed by officers aboard the deck, before taking boats to shore, on liberty. View of a busy street in Bermuda. Two sailors are asked for their IDs by a U.S. Shore Patrolman. Pedestrians on the street. Bermudian Policeman directing traffic. Sailors in uniforms travel on bicycles and in horse- drawn carriage. The Commander of the Shakedown Operation inspects crews of the Destroyer Escorts before they head out to sea from Bermuda. At this point, a montage of naval engagements is seen including sailors firing at attacking airplanes, aircraft attacking ships, depth charge being launched from a destroyer escort and exploding.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030350
British King George VI 's visit to Tunisia and General De Gaulle along with French Committee members in Algeria, Africa.

British King George VI in Tunisia, Africa during World War II. King George VI wearing a navy uniform gets out from a car. He speaks with United States Navy officers. He enters a Royal Navy canteen. They walk out of the canteen with United States Admiral Cunningham. U.S. sailors stand guard at the canteen door. King George speaks with the officers and shakes hands with them. The naval officers salute. A French committee in Algeria, Africa. The French committee along with French General George Catroux, General Charles De Gaulle stand on the stairs of a building. The committee members standing in the background. General De Gaulle speaks with French General Henri Giraud. General George Catroux and General Henri Giraud enter a car and drive off. General Charles De Gaulle descends stairs and gets into a car. The French flag flutters on a pole.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063428