View from deck of submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) on her last patrol near the end of World War 2, as she approaches to assist the Dutch submarine O-19, grounded on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea. The O-19 signals with aldis lamp. Small waves can be seen breaking around her on the reef. Crew of the Cod prepare to rescue crew of the O-19. They inflate yellow life rafts. View of the Dutch submarine The USS Cod approaches close in dark blue water. Crew of the Dutch boat seen on her deck in life vests. View of the Dutch boat from starboard, abeam, her bow lifted up on the shoal. Sailors setting explosive charges aboard the O-19, signal to the USS Cod, as she moves away. O-19 crew members seen along with U.S. sailors aboard the USS Cod. Scuttling charges explode on the O-19. Crew member aboard the Cod photographs the event with a small motion picture camera. Crew members perched on the conning tower of the Cod to watch the event. Crew on starboard deck of the Cod. The hulk of O-19 remains on the reef. A U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol aircraft flies overhead.
A U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft flies low over the submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) as 3 of her crew members paddle a yellow inflated rubber raft to the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, in the Spratly islands, South China Sea, during last month of World War 2. Crew members of the O-19 are seen on her deck. Rescued Dutch sailors seen aboard the USS Cod. Light signals being sent from the O-19, but no crew visible on her deck.
Two U.S. submarines arriving and tying up at pier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. Crews of both boats are standing on their respective decks. One displays a Navy ensign with some sort of image superimposed on it. A band of sailors stands in formation on the pier, with their musical instruments. Several Naval officers board the closest boat via gangplank.Officers cross to outer boat by gangplank, as a third submarine approaches, flying numerous flags on a line from its conning tower. Then, a 4th submarine arrives and ties up with the others. The band on the pier begins to play as a 5th submarine joins the group.
Soldiers of the U.S. 87th Regiment marching along a dusty trail in Italy during World War 2. First, only their legs and feet are seen. Then in a longer view they march single-file down a slope of Mount Moscosa, past parked armored vehicles. Later, they spread out and begin to deploy on another part of the Mountain slopes. Some appear to occupy foxholes already prepared. (Note: reportedly, slate refers to T/4 Jack Rubin, 196th Signal Photo Company, who was involved in making this film.)
Navigator speaking on intercom aboard a U.S. Air Force WB-29A aircraft of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ( Hurricane Hunters) airplane in flight. Pilot and copilot seen in cockpit as the plane encounters turbulence. Crew member looking at shielded radar screen. Momentary glimpse of a PB4Y2 aircraft flying amongst storm clouds. WB-29A crew members at duty stations monitoring meteorological conditions. View of cockpit again. Men and women at the Joint hurricane warning service, in Miami, Florida, copy reports being received from the WB-29A.
View of clouds and of numbers 3 and 4 engines, running, from cockpit of airborne WB-50D aircraft. Stratiform clouds seen below. Pilot at the controls. Another crew member seen at window in right side of the aircraft. View of WB-50D right wing from the rear. Two dropsondes are released and fall away from the aircraft. A lieutenant (copilot) demonstrating turbulence at the controls, and then eating lunch in the cockpit. The WB-50D of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) landing at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Storm clouds seen in background.
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