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USS Cod fires machine guns, deck gun, and torpedoes, to scuttle Dutch submarine, O-19, after rescuing her crew in World War II

Crew members of the USS Cod (SS-224) fire 50 caliber machine guns at the derelict Dutch submarine, O-19, during actions to scuttle her after the crew was rescued by the USS Cod, during last month of World War 2. (The O-19 went aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands and could not be freed.) Gunners man the Cod's deck gun and fire rounds at the O-19. Officer silhouetted by sunset on deck of the Cod as he uses sextant to make navigational observations. View from Cod's deck gun of the Dutch submarine in the distance. A huge explosion seen as torpedo from the USS Cod strikes the reef and the O-19. Another large explosion raising much smoke, from a second torpedo. Smoke rising from a scuttling charge explosion aboard the O-19, as the USS Cod moves away. Several more explosions aboard the O-19. Turning wake of the USS Cod as she gets underway. Views from side and bow as the USS Cod is underway.

Date: 1945, July 8
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076088
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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027607