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British supply convoy from Alexandria to Malta is forced to turn around by relentless Axis air attacks in World War II
Film was made during the Battle of the Mediterranean in World War 2, when Britain was trying to defend supply convoys from Alexandria to Malta. The convoy shown was attacked by Axis planes and forced to return to Alexandria. Opening scene is animated map showing path of the convoy from Alexandria westward through so-called "Bomb Alley" between Crete and Bengazi, North Africa. View of several warships in the convoy as seen from the stern of one. A British Illustrious class aircraft carrier is seen in the distance, and a Revenge class battleship to port astern the camera ship. Cluster of balloons Three biwing scout planes fly close by a destroyer underway and then over the aircraft carrier. Formation of airplanes flies over a three-stacker British battleship in camouflage paint. An aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier. Closeup of a sailor manning a signal lamp. A British amphibious aircraft in flight. A British spitfire aircraft landing on the carrier. British sailor lookout with binoculars calls attention to enemy aircraft approaching overhead in trail formation. Film switches to animated representation showing the convoy underway in the Mediterranean and axis aircraft attacking it from the South and the North. Sailors in battle gear load an anti aircraft gun and other anti aircraft guns aboard the armored aircraft carrier begin actively firing at the attacking planes. Puffs of black flak clouds begin to fill the sky. A flight of Italian Fiat BR.20 light bombers overhead. Skies full of black flak clouds and bombs bursting in the water raising black smoke. Views from inside an attacking Italian aircraft flying through heavy flak. Glimpse of the Italian camera plane wing. An Italian Breda B.a.65 aircraft in flight. An Italian three-engine Savola-Martchetti SM.79 bomber in flight. Glimpse from the air of Allied ship maneuvering to avoid bombs, that explode around it. Another view of SM.79 and then view through its cockpit floor of bombs being dropped on ships below. More ships making defensive maneuvers to avoid bombs. Water level view of bomb burst raising large column of water, and bombs bursting close to the aircraft carrier. Formation of Italian Fiat BR.20 light bombers heading away from the convoy. Sailor firing anti aircraft machine gun. Formation of Fiat BR.20s splits apart for safety. Sailor firing water-cooled machine gun. Animated map shows convoy turning to port as it heads back toward Alexandria without completing its mission. Enemy aircraft from North Africa continue to attack the convoy as it proceeds. Sailors relax momentarily on a ship's deck and watch smoke from a burning ship on the horizon. A burning ship is nearby. Animated map shows convoy heading straight back eastward. View from bridge of one ship and of other ships heading back with land in sight. They include a camouflaged transport ship. View of a ship loudspeaker calling crew of warship to battle stations. Sailors begin loading their respective ship's guns. Glimpse of pom pom guns. Turret guns begin firing. Soon the air is filled with flak clouds as all the ship's guns fire at a relatively few enemy aircraft. Two enemy aircraft are downed and splash into the water.View of a streamlined battleship with two over three gun turrets forward. View from bridge of battleship with multiple gun barrels pointing the same way. Camouflaged transport ships. Tunis harbor.
Egyptian army sets up defenses in Cairo during the Suez crisis of 1956
Egyptian soldiers take up positions to protect Cairo, during the Suez crisis of 1956. In opening scene, a soldier, is seen standing next to a jeep. Camera pans up to cinema marquee advertising an American movie: "Crime in the Streets." Soldiers positioned, at steel barriers in the street, monitor passing traffic which includes civilian cars and military jeeps. Camera in moving vehicle focuses on a jeep passing a heavy armored car parked at a street corner. Camera vehicle drives up close past the armored car, as it follows jeep carrying soldiers. View from side of street, as two jeeps drive past carrying soldiers. Camera focuses on one as it passes a gasoline station, with no activity at its pumps. The jeep continues past a tank at an intersection, with soldiers standing guard. The jeep continues into a more residential section, passing road barriers and a man and woman with some children, crossing the street, near troops at a fortified position on the corner. large portions of the street are obstructed by steel barriers, which the jeep must maneuver past. It passes several parked civilian cars. The next scene shows fortified position of civilian militia. Several militia members pose for the camera, pointing rifles from behind heavily sandbagged positions. Camera view from immediately behind one shows the road completely closed by steel barriers. View from behind another militia man who is looking through binoculars. Scene changes altogether to soldiers escorting civilian prisoners into a building for interrogation. Inside, a man shows pieces of a torn photograph to two men and asks them about the person shown in them. Unhappy with their responses, he slaps one of them during the questioning.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents training (WW2)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent training in the Middle East during World War II. Students practice close combat methods outdoors, with a karate chop dispatching the opponent. An instructor holds a knife while teaching knife attack. A diagram behind shows figures attacking German soldiers with knife. Another instructor teaches trainees how to use a .45 caliber handgun. Brief shot showing application of disguise. OSS agent trainees attend a class on sabotage and demolitions of enemy installations.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) radio operator recruits watch film, attend class (WW2)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) radio operator training in the Middle East during World War II. OSS radio operator trainees attend a lecture. Trainees watch an OSS training film on “Strategic Services Transmitter Receiver Number 1”. An instructor teaches a class on secret codes. Radio trainees in telegraph class. Several Keyer TG-10-F morse code practice machines built by Gray Manufacturing play black messages while radio operators wearing headphones interpret coded results.
President Roosevelt converses with Ibn Saud (King Abdulaziz), King of Saudi Arabia on USS Quincy CA-71 in Great Bitter Lake.
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia meets President Franklin Roosevelt aboard USS Quincy CA-71 at Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal during World War II. Ibn Saud converses with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) on board the USS Quincy after the Yalta Conference. U.S. Colonel Bill Eddy is kneeling on the left and speaking with the King.
King Saud and Royal Party on Destroyer, USS Murphy(DD-603), preparing to board Cruiser,USS Quincy (CA-71), in Great Bitter Lake
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (also called King Abdulaziz) with party members on a U.S. Destroyer, USS Murphy (DD603) in the Great Bitter Lake of the Suez Canal. Views of the the Great Bitter Lake from shipboard. Views of the USS Quincy, from the USS Murphy, as it pulls alongside to tie up with the Quincy. Sailors send lines between the two ships to secure them. A gangplank is set between the two vessels. Officers on board the USS Quincy coordinate the activities. A marine honor guard on deck make their rifles ready for gun salute. Views of Royal Party on deck of the USS Murphy. U.S. sailors man a 40mm "pom pom" antiaircraft gun. They fire the gun in salute. (World War II period).
