USS nuclear powered submarine 'Skate' returns back after visit to Arctic. Families and friends gather to receive the crew in Connecticut. They carry banners reading 'Welcome home, North Pole sitters'. Skate's Captain Commander Joames F Calvert and other members of the crew disembark. Cameramen take pictures.
Views of Paris in the late 1930s, prior to World War II. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Arch of Triumph). The Tuileries gardens (Jardins des Tuileries) with bed of tulips in full bloom in foreground. The Eiffel Tower (la tour Eiffel). The fountain of River Commerce and Navigation at the Place de la Concord, Paris, with the Madeleine church (L'église de la Madeleine) directly behind, the Hotel de Crillon,barely seen at left, and its twin building, the French Naval Ministry, opposite, on the Rue Royale. People strolling and shopping on the Boulevard Haussmann. Awning of Les Deux Magots café and patrons seated at tables outside, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris. People relaxing in the Tuileries gardens, with Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and Musée du Louvre in background. An artist at work, seated at a bench in the foreground. The west facade of Notre Dame Cathedral. Parisians looking at posters, reading in parks, visiting bookstores. Sign directing visitors to the Congres des Ecrivains (Congress of Writers) held at Maison de la Mutualité conference center at 24 Rue Saint-Victor, 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.in June, 1935. Several writers seated at a table with others standing around. Closeup of three. Closeup of British writer, Aldous Huxley, wearing eyeglasses. Two writers conversing. Scene shifts to Paris at night. Car traffic on streets of Paris at night. Illuminated sign at Moulin Rouge cinema theatre, topped with illuminated arms of a windmill. Lighted sign of nightclub, Le Rat Mort, in Place Pigalle. Interior of a Paris nightclub with sophisticated clientele. French entertainer musician playing a guitar. An official posting an announcement called "Counseil de Revision," calling for conscription (military draft recruitment) of citizens for military service. Parisians preparing defenses in the city, in front of the Eiffel Tower. Man deep in a trench preparing a shelter. Men carrying sandbags up a ladder to protect a national monument. Copy of the New York Times newspaper annnouncing the German attack on Poland. Copy of New York Daily News announcing fall of Holland. The New York World-Telegram paper announcing capitulation of France. German Panzer II tanks and motorcycle troops entering Paris. German infantry marching through the Arch of Triumph, on the Champs-Élysées. A Frenchman wiping his eyes as he watches the occupying troops. Hermann Goering with other officers riding in an open car along a Paris street. Closeup of Arch of Triumph. Adolf Hitler, accopanied by staff, looking at the Eiffel Tower. Nazi flag flying from the tower. Closeup of Hitler looking around. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Academic garb, at the University of Virginia commencement ceremony, in Memorial Gymnasium, on June 10, 1940. (FDR's son Franklin Jr. was among the graduates assembled, from the UVA Law School). Roosevelt expresses American sympathy and support for nations invaded by the Nazis. American street scene. Women preparing gifts intended for France. A poster showing a French soldier, entitled: "Le Paquet Au Front." American draftees in training at an army post in the U.S. Smoke billowing from American industrial facilities. Workers at an American shipyard. View of warships under construction at the yard. A Huge gun barrel being moved on special rail dollies, in a U.S. arms factory. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair Production Line during World War II. M3 Lee medium tanks being manufactured in U.S. factory. Closeup of finished one being transported via transverse crane. M4 Sherman tanks moving on flat rail cars. A speeding steam locomotive pulling freight cars. Martin PBM-5 Mariner in flight over an Atlantic convoy carrying war materiel to the United Kingdom. Sailor wearing headset, standing near depth charges at stern of a ship. British Naval Ensign flying from mast of a ship.
Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. USS Lake Champlain (CVS -39) underway. U.S. Navy aircraft S2F on flight deck. HSS-1 helicopter in flight. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) underway. USS Lake Champlain with a destroyer ship. Radar antenna in motion aboard the USS Hazelwood. U.S. Navy Destroyers underway. USS Abbott (DD-629) leads the column of Destroyer ships.
Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. U.S. Navy S2F Anti-submarine warfare aircraft in flight. USS Norfolk (DL-1) underway. HSS-1 helicopter hovers over the water. MAD (magnetic anomaly detector) gear is extended. Sonar system used. USS Rooks (DD-804) drops depth charges. Explosions in water on the back of the ship. Destroyer ships underway. Weapon Alpha fired. Splashes in the water near USS Norfolk (DL-1). Drone Anti-submarine (DASH) helicopter in flight. Aircraft AD-5W and P2V-7 in flight. USS Decatur underway.
USS Bennington (CVS-20) underway at sea near San Clemente Island, California, in the United States. Smaller ships in the background. Destroyer ships move away from USS Bennington. Wake of USS Bennington. Two destroyer ships maneuver. Destroyer ship makes a sharp starboard turn. USS Bennington in the background. Bow of a destroyer ship. USS Bennington and a destroyer in flank formation. Destroyer ship at high speed. Four SH-3A helicopters in formation. Destroyer ship underway. A-4C aircraft launched from starboard catapult of USS Constellation. Two A-4C aircraft in flight. F-4B aircraft catapulted from USS Constellation. Aircraft launched from USS Constellation.
A United States Navy aircraft carrier underway in Pacific ocean during World War 2. Numerous carrier landings are shown, involviing F6Fs, TBMs, and SB2C aircraft . There are no mishaps, and only one aircraft is seen getting a wave-off and going around. The various aircraft approach and land in a mixed sequence of the different types.
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