Crew members on foredeck of the submarine,USS Cod (SS-224) as she approaches the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, a month before the end of World War 2. Crew of the O-19 walk along her partially submerged deck toward the Cod. O-19 crew members along with U.S. Sailors on deck of the Cod. The O-19 empty of crew. Yellow inflated life rafts on deck of the Cod. All hands pulling on a line, aboard the Cod. View from Cod's deck with O-19 crew on board and the Dutch submarine far away in the distance.
United States Marines Corps leave Australia to invade Solomon islands during World War II. Marines get off a railroad train. Marines carrying combat gear march to a port. Ships in the background. Marines walk up a gangway. Marines embark onto a ship.
United States Marines Corps on their way to invade Solomon islands during World War II. A convoy of ships underway at sea. A signalman sends blinker signal. Marines aboard a ship. Marines at rails aboard a ship. A convoy of ships underway at sea.
A German battleship sails in strong waves in the Norwegian Sea at start of Operation Zitronella during World War 2. German Kriegsmarine Navy lookouts survey the surroundings with binoculars, camera pans to show the waves. A destroyer sailing. Men in life-jackets on deck. A Kriegsmarine smokes his pipe on deck. Navy sailor in sunglasses smokes cigarette. View of the Norwegian sea with German destroyers and Spitsbergen. Kriegsmarine on deck. A dinghy boat hanging above the waters. Captain on the battleship Tirpitz, Vice-Admiral Friedrich Karl Topp, surveys Spitsbergen through binoculars. Battleship Tirpitz and other destroyers sail near Spitsbergen. Kriegsmarine on the gun turret of the Tirpitz are ready to fire (38 cm SK C/34 naval guns). Rounds fired towards Spitsbergen. Kriegsmarine men deploys a dinghy to the waters. Guns again fired on Spitsbergen. A dinghy with Kriegsmarine men deploys to the sea. Another round of fire towards the island again. A picket boat from a battleship prepares to sail. Another dinghy is deployed from a battleship. A German soldier gets into the dinghy. German soldiers climb down a steel ladder to get on a picket boat. A dinghy full of soldiers sails towards the island. More boats filled with soldiers deploy from the battleships towards the island. A dinghy sails away from a battleship. Spitsbergen island covered in smoke. Smoke coming from the sailing battleship firing more ammunition. German soldier in a life-jacket smiling and sticking his tongue out as his group sails towards the island. Boats approach Spitsbergen island. Soldiers get off their boats after landing on the island. the island. Soldiers tie three explosives on a post. German soldiers patrolling nearby as an explosion occurs. Boats filled with soldiers sail back to the battleships after they successfully seized the installations on the island. Soldiers in life-vests climb back to the battleships. Two German soldiers helped a comrade climb up to the battleship. A victorious German soldier smiles. German soldiers congratulates each other for the successful takeover of Spitsbergen. Battleships successfully sail with Spitsbergen in the background.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island. Natives on dog sledges arrive at the ship. Dogs and sledges near the ship. Natives wrestle on the ice, bare skinned and at 20 degrees below 0 temperature. The whaler in the background.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The crew visits the village of Gambell. Tents in the village. Dogs with sledges. Native women with children on their shoulders. Native families. Dogs lie on the ground.
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