View from conning tower of surfaced German submarine (U-boat) underway in the North Atlantic, during World War 2. Crew scans horizon and see Allied ships. They alert their captain, who comes on deck to confirm their finding of targets off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Animated sequence shows how U-Boat maneuvers. The U-boat teletypes information to its headquarters where German Admiral Karl Doenitz, Commander of the U-boat fleet, is seen with his staff as they review maps and positions. His charts show area of encounter, between Labrador and Greenland. Doenitz staff wires instructions to the U-boat. View of German radio operators with headphones sending morse code communications. Views of crew at duty stations inside the submarine. Two U-boats proceeding at high speed on the surface. They are shown in animated sequence. Smoke from burning Allied ship on the horizon. The U-boats come under fire. Shells burst nearby in water. View inside U-boat as it crash dives. Dishes and other items slide and fall inside the U-boat. Animated sequence shows several U-boats moving relative to the convoy. Views of crew poised silently inside submerged sub. Sound of Allied destroyer propellers overhead and explosion of depth charges. Water sprays into U-boat as depth charge causes damage. View on deck of surfaced submarine. U-boat pack circling the convoy. View inside submerged U-boat torpedoing a ship. Inside engine room of boat. Animation shows most ships in convoy being sunk and faster warships trying to escape. Torpedoes being loaded and fired. Explosions from ships hit by torpedoes. Surfaced U-boat firing its deck gun at night. Oil burning on water surface.
A convoy of Allied troop transport ships en route to a beachhead in France, during World War 2. The leading ship displays the number 321 on its bow. Allied troops play with a pet monkey on the deck of a ship. Colonel Kirke B Lawton smokes a cigar as he sits on the bridge of a British transport ship with British Naval officers. The waterfront is crowded with Allied vessels. Many barrage balloons fly overhead. Landing ships at the beachhead. Two U.S. landing craft are seen, numbered 512 and 72. Large Landing ships discharge their cargoes of trucks, tanks, and military vehicles of all sorts. An L-4 airplane being carried on a 2 and a half ton truck. U.S. and British tanks and troops moving inland.
United States soldiers undergo stevedores training on the dummy ship,USS Dixie, at Fort Dix, New Jersey, during World War 2. Quartermasters practice cargo handling on the dummy ship. An officer briefs the crew before they begin the training. Soldiers raise long rods and secure chains. Trainers unload equipment from the dummy ship. Cargo transfered on platforms using a rope. A soldier gives hand signals while directing the cargo handling. Cargo lowered on the dock.
Young British Women in the W.V.S (Womens Voluntary Service) during World War Two. They proceed from a building and up outdoor stone steps, where they assemble in formation. A supervisor, wearing an armband with image of King's Crown, gives certificates to several of the women and congratulates them. Views of several women in the group, showing their respective armbands with King's Crown and other insignia adjacent thereto.
General Omar N. Bradley visits Hawaii. The General at a press conference. He answers reporters' questions during the conference. He talks about the occupation of Berlin and dealings with Russians during World War II. Mrs Bradley is seated next to him. He speaks of fact that while U.S. forces were capable of taking Berlin, they did not because it had been pre-arranged for the Soviets to take Berlin and for the allied forces to occupy a divided city. Bradley notes that he was not going to take on 100,000 casualties by taking Berlin, only to give it back to the Soviets. With regard to the Soviets, he says, "they're not easy people to deal with."
General Omar N. Bradley visits Hawaii. He and his wife at a press conference. He answers the reporters' questions. He talks about the occupation of Berlin during World War II.
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