View of Italian MTSM torpedo motor boat from WW2. Retractable propellers shown. MTSM underway as torpedo is launched from the stern. German Wendel torpedo boat. Torpedos seen in stern of Wendel boat. Closeup of rocket launchers in action. Italan explosive boat. Retractable propeller of explosive boat demonstrated. Explosive boat driven over submarine netting, also known as harbor netting. Driver of Italian explosive boat falls backward into water as boat is guided to target.
Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. One method used as sneak craft is a craft launched by a trailer. Trailer on road. Dramatization depicts the launching of the sneak craft in water. Men push the craft in water. Shoreline in the background. Men seated on the craft underway. The crew member jump at the last moment. The charge of 800 pounds blasts as it comes in contact with Allied ships causing explosion. (World War II period).
Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. One method used as sneak craft is radio console. Dramatization depicts the use of German sneak craft. Three men work as a team. Three men stand on a pier. A pilot boat and two explosive boats used together. Boats underway. Crew members seated in the craft. A man from the team uses a loudspeaker. The radio console man with radio controls. (World War II period).
Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. One method used as sneak craft is the use of human torpedoes. German one man super human torpedo in view. It is lowered in water. Crew member seated in it. Italian human torpedoes SSB in view. It has two enormous warheads. It is lowered in water. Men in submerged torpedo. Dramatization depicts the operation of craft. Men loosen the warhead. Animated diagram illustrates Allied Harbor Defenses. Sneak craft detection by hydrophones, Radio direction finding stations, super sensitive radars, magnetic sensing, Anti-submarine nets and indicator loops. Men work at controls. (World War II period).
United States Naval intelligence obtains information that submarines are heading towards a projected convoy route. The port Commander advances the departure time. Army Service Depot in view. Supplies and goods in the depot to supply U.S. soldiers with necessary supplies during World War 2. People work in the depot. Supplies loaded, tested, cataloged and stored. Women operate radio. The port Commanding Officer asks depot workers to work overtime. The workers load supplies. The code given to them for the operation is code '0000'. The supplies arranged efficiently. Ambulances parked. Equipment, bulldozers, weapons, food material, dresses, medical supplies, tea, coffee, salt, sugar, gasoline, parachutes, medical supplies and telephone equipment loaded. 'Field ration D' written on several boxes. The consignment loaded in railroad cars.
The United States General Dwight Eisenhower gives a message in United States during World War II. He sits on a chair. Several documents and articles lay in front of him on the table. The British and United States flags in background. He urges for the purchase of war bonds.
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