Bomb damaged Berlin after World War II. Aerial view of the bomb damage caused to the city. Damaged buildings and streets. The Wilhelmstrasse leading the Brandenburg Gate. The damage around River Spree. The damaged Berlin Cathedral.
Building a Liberty Ship in California shipyards (Sausalito or Richmond) during World War II. Raising an 8-ton steel mast from which a ship's boom will extend for loading operations. The gantry crane operator seen in control cabin. A house of steel is built to sit on the deck of an attack transport ship. It is lifted with the help of crane and put into the ship. Several cranes are used to move a 100 ton, 4000 horsepower diesel engine into place in the ship's hold.
A shipyard in the United States during World War II. A newly christened ship slides down an inclined slipway on its launch.
Manufacture of Steel at the time of war in United States. A man operates a rolling mill to shape steel beams out of steel ingots. The beams are then cut into sizes by a large circular saw.
Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.
Gerrnan Navy personnel look over a large number of marine mines piled up on the seashore in World War 2.. Several navy men walk into the surf where they retrieve a large mine floating ashore. A Navy explosives ordnance disposal technician removes parts from the mine. He and another Navy man examine them. Next, they deliberately detonate the mine creating a large blast, on the shore. A Navy Lieutenant is seen removing parts from another mine. Narrator states that he and his enlisted assistant have together destroyed 5,600 mines. His assistant wires up the mine for destruction. View of the mine exploding.
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