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Sneak craft used in maritime sabotage operations against Allied ships.

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).

Date: 1945
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053515
Fliers are briefed in Ready Room of the USS Princeton (CV-37) during the Korean War

View inside pilot's Ready Room aboard the USS Princeton (CVA-37) during the Korean War. Intelligence officer discusses a map with a pilot from Fighter Squadron FS-191, who wears the "Satan's Kittens" patch on shoulder of his leather jacket. The pilot and intelligence officer also speak with two other fliers seated, who consult their own maps. Upon conclusion of briefing, the three fliers pick up their helmets and oxygen masks, and leave the ready room. A loudspeaker is shown, presumably in use. (Note: Squadron FS-191 is made up of former members of the Navy's "Blue Angels" demonstration team, which was dissolved when the Korean War broke out.)

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054066
Improving living conditions on U.S. Navy ships. The USS Meredith (DD-890)

The USS Meredith (DD-890) chosen as a "laboratory" for improving living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. Poor living conditions on the ship. Crewmen face difficulties in adjusting to the living conditions. Animation shows the plans regarding the improvement of the living conditions. Improved conditions on the ship. Tidy and well managed beds in the compartment. Proper illumination in the compartment.Crewmen sleep on the beds. Proper spaces and places provided to keep personal items. Well furnished compartment. Sailors sit on chairs and play chess. Another man reads newspaper.

Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027612
Efforts to improve living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. The destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890)

Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027613
Atomic burst of 15 Kiloton weapon in Test "Grable" at Nevada Test Site on May 25, 1953

Rapid flash and rapidly rising mushroom cloud seen in this test of 15 kiloton weapon on May 25, 1953,called "Grable", at the Nevada Test Site. It was shot from a M65 atomic cannon mobile artillery piece, sometimes called Atomic Annie.

Date: 1953, May 25
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027692
U.S.Marine Artillery battery loads up in amphibious DUKWs and drives them from beach into water and on to Landing Ships

U.S. Marine artillery battery loads up and boards amphibian DUKW vehicles. They drive the DUKWs over land and beach into the water. Some board a Landing Ship (LSM) in the surf. Others board an LSM Landing ship in deep water, off the coast.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027735