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).
The United States Coast Guard demonstrates a new technique for sea rescue. U.S. Helicopters over Lake Michigan. Aviator rescued from the sea by a helicopter. The helicopter does not land. The aviator hung from the helicopter. Three helicopters in flight. The aviator is taken to Chicago. He is lowered on the ground.
The United States Coast guard Ice breaker Mackinaw clears path on frozen Lake Michigan. A view of the frozen lake. Mackinaw grinds solid ice. Ships underway on the clear path to Chicago. Buildings in the background. U.S. infantry landing craft underway from Normandy and Sicily amidst high waves. U.S. aircraft carrier underway. Men tie down aircraft on flight deck during typhoon. (World War II period)
May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia during World War II. Posters of Soviet leaders. British, French and United States officials are guest of honor. A huge crowd gathered for the May Day celebrations. Buildings in the background. Troops march with guns. Band plays trumpets. President Mikhail Kalinin, Joseph Stalin and Marshall Voroshilov salute the officers. Motorized rocket launchers move along the road. Tanks pass in formation.
The Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp in Germany right after liberation by the British 11th Armored Division, near the end of World War Two. British medical officers treat the liberated prisoners. The sick prisoners lie on hospital beds. The prisoners are treated with insecticides. Children receive medical attention and care. Camp Commandant, Josef Kramer, seen under guard by armed British soldier, Jeremiah Mehigan. The Belsen camp is destroyed by British troops using a Wasp Carrier flamethrower, as former prisoners and British troops watch.
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