The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington DC. Exteriors of the BIR building and sign outside. World War II Secretary of War, Henry L Stimson exits the building. A guard opens the car door and Stimson gets into the car.
The Navy Department in Washington DC. Employees enter the Department. Police officers inspect the employees. Men and women with their photo identity pinned on their coats. They walk through the doors.
The Navy Department in Washington DC. Policemen stand guard at the building entrance. Employees enter the Department. Police officers inspect the employees as they walk through the doors. Secretary of Navy William Franklin 'Frank' Knox arrives. A guard opens the door for the Secretary. 'Navy Department' inscribed on the building. Employees leave the building. A bus parked outside. Guards direct the men and women as they cross the road. A sign reads 'Rooms 2623 - 2627, Navy Department, Communication Office'.
The Navy Department in Washington DC. 'Navy Department' inscribed on the building. Employees cross the road and enter the Department. Buses drop employees at the entrance. Cars on the street. Buses driven past the building.
The War Department in Washington DC during World War II. Soldiers on guard at the entrance. Officials enter the building. 'War Department' inscribed on the building. A guard salutes as an officer walks in. Marines and soldiers on guard at a truck entrance between the Army and Navy Departments. Cars pass through the gates. Officers and employees exit the Munitions Department. Soldiers stand guard at the entrance. A soldier with his rifle.
U.S. Navy transfers submarines to British and Free Polish Governments in New London, Connecticut during World War 2.. Film begins showing an American Navy Lieutenant reading from a document as a Navy Commander stands nearby. They are addressing officers and crew on a U.S. submarine being transferred to the British Navy. A large audience of sailors stand on a pier across the water in the background. A British sailor is silhouetted as he salutes from the deck of the boat. The submarine's officers and crew step up onto the dock, and then sailors return to the submarine and stand in formation along with their captain and other officers, on the deck near the boat's deck gun. A sailor atop the submarine raises the British Navy White Ensign on its mast, as the officers and crew salute. The sailor then fastens the Royal Navy Commissioning Pennant containing the Cross of St. George, above and behind the Ensign atop the submarine. The officers salute again. Scene changes to a submarine transferred to the Polish, where Polish sailors raise a Naval Ensign containing the seal of the Polish Government in Exile. Closeup of Polish Navy Commander standing on the pier with Polish officers and crew behind him on the deck of the newly transferred submarine. Next, the Polish officers and crew are seen in formation on the pier. The Polish officers and crew on their submarine. Glimpse of the British Officers and crew on their submarine. A final scene with Polish captain and his crew on their submarine.
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