A tractor tug eases a U.S. Navy PBM-3 Mariner flying boat down a ramp into water at the U.S. Navy Operating Base, Bermuda. View as the PBM heads toward the camera on a rocket assisted takeoff (RATO). As the rockets ignite, the PBM accelerates and takes off at a high angle of attack leaving a trail of white smoke behind. The rockets burn out and the aircraft levels at about two thousand feet, continuing on its way.
A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force on the Bermuda Islands. A submarine at sea off the coast of the Bermuda Islands. Printing by a printing machine in a flight control tower. A motor car moves on an air base. The submarine underway at sea. A rescue launch in the foreground. The rescue launch surfaces and picks up an injured man.
Ships of the United States underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) underway. USS Sennet (SS-408) underway; particles and pieces of ice floating about on water. The bow of USS Merrick (AKA-97). USS Merrick and USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) seen.
United States Coast Guard Cutter ( USCGC ) Northwind II underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. The bow of USCGC Northwind II (WAGB-282) as she breaks through ice. Men stand aboard near railings on the deck. The ice breaks up.
USS Sennet underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. USS Sennet (SS-408) underway at a slow speed. Men milling about on the deck.
United States Coast Guard Cutter ( USCGC ) Northwind II (WAGB-282) underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. The bow of USCGC Northwind II (WAGB-282). Ice as it breaks in two. Seagulls fly about. Icebergs show snowy white above the water and green color below. Men aboard the ship near railings. They work with lines on snow.