The U.S. Naval torpedo testing range in Montauk, Long Island. Torpedoes on the wings of U.S. Navy PBY Catalina. PBY in flight over the sea. The torpedoes being dropped. Men enter a boat. They hoist a torpedo to the PBY wing.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Northern task force is composed of several groups. These include the northern landing force which comprises of the 4th Marine Division. This in turn is made up of combat teams 23, 24 and 25. Each landing team is composed of three landing teams, one support group and attached units. The remaining group consists of Transport Divisions 24, 26 and 28. They also include a raider unit and a transport screen. The northern support group, the northern carrier group, the initial tractor group, the reserve tractor group and the mine sweeper and the salvage group are also included. Information about the shipping of the northern attack force is given. Aerial view of ships underway at sea. Interior of a ship. Joint operations room, combat information center room, intelligence office, communication room, photographic and reproductions rooms on the ship. Signal and communication equipment. The ship convoy underway, advancing towards the target area. Men aboard ships. An aircraft in flight overhead. An officer studies a map and instructs personnel.
Views of facilities aboard the icebreaker, UsS Burton Island (AGB-1) devoted to health and welfare of her crew. extra roomy bunks for the crew; Sailors making use of the ample sink and shower facilities. A sailor shaving. Crew members lining up to eat in the ship's dining facility. The ship's dentist taking a bite wing X-ray of a sailor's teeth; a sailor having blood pressure checked; and a pharmicist preparing a prescription, in the ship's well equipped medical facility. Corpsman placing instruments into an autoclave for sterilization. Physician using portable X-ray machine to examine sailor's injury. Sailors at work in the ship's laundry, equipped with automatic washer and semiautomatic pressing machine. Sailors making personal purchases in the ship's store.
German Wasserfall V-2 ballistic missile test fired from Greifswalder Oie Island, Germany during World War II. A truck loaded with Wasserfall missile under a cover pulls up at a dock. A ship at the dock. Truck backs up and loads aboard the ship. Men push the truck aboard the ship. Ship pulls away from the coast. A boat in the foreground. A barge pulls up near the ship. Wasserfall V-2 missile being fired from Greifswalder Oie. Missile in flight as it emits a thick smoke trail.
New York Harbor in New York City, United States. Steamers and boats underway in New York Harbor and the skyline of Manhattan in the background. Tall skyscrapers along the coast. A sailing ship with 2 masts underway by sail in the harbor. The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
Scenes of New and New Jersey from New York harbor in vicinity of Ellis Island. At lower Manhattan, derricks and cranes can be seen and construction activity associated with the building of the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel. Among skyscrapers seen are the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, both further uptown, in the background. Docks and piers are seen along the waterfront. B&O Railroad barge tied to a pier.
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