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Map of oceans showing "rings of fire" where tectonic plates are active. Arctic operations on Glomar Challenger

Animated map of worlds oceans, showing "rings of fire" where tectonic plates are in various states of relative motion. Scene shifts to drilling rig on the research vessel, Glomar Challenger. Scene of arctic conditions, with heavy coatings of ice seen on the vessel. Drilling crew continues work on the Glomar Challenger, in spite of the weather. Crew member's feet sliding across the deck. Crew continues "roughneck" work of drilling and use Acetylene Torch and hammer to keep equipment free and moving. Crew with core sections, retrieved from deep ocean floor. they cut them with hacksaw and bind them. Views of deck in harsh weather. Radar antenna in motion.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043173
German U-Boat sinks Greek ship "India" in 1917 during World War I. U-Boat crew captures and examines sea turtles, in 1915.

Opening scene shows a tramp steamer listing to starboard.during World War 1. She displays "India, Greece" in large letters on her side. Slate indicates that an explosives technician from a U-Boat had climbed aboard and set charges on the Greek Steamer, "India" as she is stopped in the Atlantic during World War 1. The India is carrying a cargo of coal from Cardiff Wales, to Oran. The ship is seen listing. Smoke still rises from her stack. Slate states that the cross on the hull of the sinking "India" is the Greek national emblem. The ship sinks lower and finally slides out of sight, with smoke rising above the water from her exploding boilers. (Note: This German U-boat is the SM U-35, which was operating in the western approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar after leaving the Mediterranean on 11-12 April. It carried a professional cinematographer on board. Two years earlier, on June 12, 1915 , the U-35 also sank the British ship, "Crown of India." ) The next sequence shows an image of the German Daily Express newspaper for Monday May 10, 1915. Dead! it reports in bold print: The world has a duty to conduct a Hunt for turtles. Scene shifts to deck of surfaced German U-boat, showing a dinghy arriving alongside, from which several giant sea turtles are unloaded. Crew members examine the turtles on the deck of the submarine. At least one appears to be dead. Next scene shows lookouts on conning tower of the U-Boat, as they see smoke on the horizon. (The Imperial German Naval war flag is displayed on the conning tower.) The Captain calls for full speed ahead on both engines, and the controls show that being selected. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1917, April 12
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675042361
Whalers haul a Polar Bear aboard their ship in the Arctic Ocean.

Whaler "Herman" underway in the Arctic Ocean. Crew haul a polar bear aboard. View of snow covered mountains.

Date: 1914
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065850
Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian islands during WWII

Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 4 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079036
A man poses in winter jacket, arctic sea boots and woolen sweater aboard USS Mt. Olympus in the Atlantic Ocean.

Activities of men aboard USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation High Jump. Navy clothing is issued -- A man poses in navy blues, pants, winter jacket, arctic sea boots, waterproof trousers, rain jacket, wool mittens, winter parka, boots, face mask and goggles, winter helmet and woolen sweater aboard USS Mt. Olympus.

Date: 1946, December 17
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070785
Soviet ice-breaker rescues marooned Russian scientists from Greenland Sea in the Arctic Ocean.

Four Russian scientists rescued from ice at Greenland Sea in the Arctic ocean. The deck of a Soviet ice-breaker. The North Pole camp on an iceberg. A man looks through binoculars from an Soviet ice-breaker. The marooned men.

Date: 1938, March 28
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033791