View of Pacific island, bay, and rocky shoreline. A U.S. submarine maneuvering slowly in the bay. Surf rolling against shore. A small encampment seen on shore across inlet. Explosion occurs on nearby bluff. Three U.S. commandos emerge from foliage at shoreline. One of them cuts wires lying on shore. They move stealthily along the shore.
Glimpse of pilot and crewmember with binoculars, inside a U.S. Navy K-5 anti-submarine blimp in flight over Long Island Sound. Aerial view of the blimp, over water. View from the blimp, of a submarine moving at hight speed, partially submerged, in the water below. Later views of the submarine fully surfaced moving at low speed.
USS Nautilus (SS-168) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Marine Raiders of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion “Carlson’s Raiders” aboard the submarine. They stand near a deck gun. The marines do calisthenics physical fitness drills aboard the submarine. Marines stretching and raising their arms during exercise. The sub is en route to Makin island for the famous Makin Raid of August 17th and 18th, 1942.
The U.S. naval torpedo testing range in Montauk, Long Island. A man aboard a barge underway at sea looking through an instrument. A torpedo being launched from the barge. An airplane in flight overhead. A boat underway. Explosion in the water.
Seaplanes being launched and retrieved from water at the beach in Montauk, Long Island during World War II. Crewmen standing at the beach. A Curtiss SO3C Seamew is launched from a ramp into the water. A bi-plane is eased down the ramp into the water. A U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher is towed back up the ramp after returning from flight.
The trajectory of a torpedo traveling through the water is monitored at test waters off Montauk, Long Island. The torpedo passes by observation boats stationed in the water.
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