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Dutch submarine is shelled and torpedoed by USS Cod in actions to scuttle her, after rescuing her crew during World War II

Smoke rises from the Dutch submarine, O-19, as she is struck by gunfire from deck gun of the USS Cod (SS-224), during actions to scuttle her following rescue of her crew from Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, where she ran aground during final days of World War 2. A huge explosion occurs as a torpedo from the USS Cod strikes the reef and the O-19. Smoke rising from the O-19.

Location: Spratly Islands
Date: 1945, July 8
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076089
USS Cod (SS-224) fires at the Dutch submarine, O-19, during action to scuttle her, after rescuing her crew during World War II

View from the USS Cod, of the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Smoke rises as shells from the deck gun of the USS Cod (SS-224) explode in actions to scuttle the O-19, after her crew was rescued, in final days of World War 2. White smoke drifts across the camera, each time the deck gun fires.

Location: Spratly Islands
Date: 1945, July 8
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076091
American Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombs in flight and bombs dropping over Arakabesan, Palau (WW2)

Bombs dropping during a bombing mission over Japanese held Arakabesan, Palau in World War II. Aerial view showing the coast, roads, airfield of Arakabesan and surrounding islands. A formation of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force seen from a distance in flight.

Location: Palau Islands
Date: 1945, May 1
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080427
Wrecked ship in a North African harbor.

U.S. soldier stands before an anti-aircraft gun and signals with semaphore flags at the Tunis Port in North Africa. An island off shore. Lighthouse seen from a ship. Sailor on small moving boat or ship surveys shoreline with binoculars. Wrecked ship in the harbor. (World War II period).

Location: Tunis Tunisia Tunis Port
Date: 1943, May
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020447
Operations of the air defense team in United States, during World War II.

The operations of the air defense team in United States. A B-26 aircraft flies over a snow-covered area. Views of American domestic sites that need antiaircraft protection. View of Southern Manhattan Island, showing skyscrapers. Views of factories, mills, canals, bridges, steel mills, refineries, industrial sites, and a major Dam. Warships passing through a canal. Soldiers man antiaircraft gun in New York City, with view of skyscraper buildings in background. Barrage balloons fly in the sky. Soldiers stand near barricades and 37mm antiaircraft artillery . Short range radar in the field to detect and locate the position of enemy aircraft. Soldier sits and watches the radar. Men and women in Air Defense Area Operations Center. They coordinate fighters, antiaircraft artillery, barrage balloons, radar, and searchlights. They discuss and detect the positions of the enemy. An area controller talks on the telephone. Men and women locate enemy aircraft on a map. Soldiers stand near antiaircraft artillery.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027607
German Wasserfall C-2 rocket being prepared for test launch during World War II

Preparations for test launch of German Wasserfall antiaircraft missile, during World War 2. A German officer operating the rocket's remote control device. Wasserfal C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the mobile launch dolly (trailer) brought out from the shelter. Technicians work on the erect rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on the stand in launching position. (Note: The location appears to be the island "Greifswalder Oie" - the west coast is clearly visible - along with the northern observation tower and a Wuerzburg Riese Radar.)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030728
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