Mine sweep exercises aboard United States Navy ship USS Phoebe (MSC-199) in Pacific Ocean. Float in tow behind the Phoebe with shoreline in the background. A large drum turns as a large cable is strung out over the stern roller and into the water. Men on the fantail of the mine sweeper. Large cable strung out over the water to be used for magnetic mines. Float pulled through the water. Floating cable on the surface of the water. Cable reeled. Float comes in towards the side of Phoebe. MK4 acoustic device lifted from the water. Crew men lean over the rail and take hold of the MK4. Acoustic device brought aboard.
Mine sweep exercises aboard United States Navy USS Phoebe (MSC-199) in Pacific Ocean. Quartermaster works on charts up on the bridge. He plots on a map. Commanding Officer of Phoebe, Lieutenant Raymond Johnson on the bridge of the ship. Lee Helsman turns the helm. Lee Helsman works on throttles. Magnetic repeater or repeating Pelorus.
Atlantic Conference during World War II. Royal Navy sailors on board the British battleship Prince of Wales host visiting U.S. Navy personnel from the USS Augusta during the Atlantic Conference. U.S. and British Officers and Sailors confer with each other. Sailors on deck wave as a group of Anerican sailors return to the USS Augusta in American boat. United States cruiser Augusta maneuvers in the harbor.
Atlantic Conference during World War II. United States ships underway at sea. British Royal Navy battleship Prince of Wales comes in at the harbor at a naval station, Argentia. Prime Minister Winston Churchill disembarks from the ship and greeted by officials. He reviews an honor guard.
'Eve of Battle' depicts the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Slave labor from Nazi Germany-invaded countries construct Atlantic Wall. German artillery and fortifications in the Atlantic Wall. Nazi German soldiers marching in groups. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler shake hands with Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin sit together during the Tehran Conference in December 1943. Exiled Allied leaders such as General Charles de Gaulle of France, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Dr. Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia inspect Allied troops. Various Allied troops from Poland, Norway, England, United States, and Czechoslovakia prepare to launch an invasion in France. Eisenhower along with other officers plans the European invasion. Allied ships and aircraft on their way to Europe. Allied bombers drop bombs over Nazi German U-boats. Naval battle begins and explosions occur, smoky docks. In England war supplies unloaded. Supplies include weapons, military equipment, and food. A tank and locomotive trains being loaded into a ship bound for Europe. Allied aircraft take off at night. A man directs an aircraft taking off. Allied bombers bombard German targets resulting into fiery flare in Europe. British children playing jump rope as a supply train pass by in the background. Tanks and fighter planes transported by train. Supply boxes unloaded and stacked for transport to the battle front.
Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Allied aircraft take off to invade German targets during World War II. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters in flight. Allied aircraft including the British Royal Air Force Aircraft (RAF) bombard the German highways, oil refineries and production centers. Allied infantry also advances towards the German territory. Paratroopers land as their parachutes descend. Allied aircraft take off. P-51 Mustangs flown by Poles and Mitchell by men of British Commonwealth. Aircraft strafe German installations and drop bombs causing a pillar of smoke to rise.
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