A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. A submarine at sea. A rescue launch in the foreground. Crew on the submarine. The crew of a USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in a rubber raft. The rubber raft beside the submarine.
British conducts hydrogen bomb test over the Christmas Islands during atomic bomb testing. Explosion and smoke rises. Views of mushroom cloud. This test marks Britain's first hydrogen bomb test, cementing its nuclear weapons power in the world.
U.S. African American troops in Caribbean Islands during a practice mission in World War II. Troops rush to practice alert. The troops man artillery batteries. Troops man a radar station and use aircraft detector and range finder. An artillery gun fired.
views of Midway Island from periscope of a submerged U.S. submarine close to shore. Numerous installations are seen.
Views from an American submarine of Midway Island during World War 2. American installations such as antenna masts are seen and waves beating against the shore.
View from deck of submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) on her last patrol near the end of World War 2, as she approaches to assist the Dutch submarine O-19, grounded on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea. The O-19 signals with aldis lamp. Small waves can be seen breaking around her on the reef. Crew of the Cod prepare to rescue crew of the O-19. They inflate yellow life rafts. View of the Dutch submarine The USS Cod approaches close in dark blue water. Crew of the Dutch boat seen on her deck in life vests. View of the Dutch boat from starboard, abeam, her bow lifted up on the shoal. Sailors setting explosive charges aboard the O-19, signal to the USS Cod, as she moves away. O-19 crew members seen along with U.S. sailors aboard the USS Cod. Scuttling charges explode on the O-19. Crew member aboard the Cod photographs the event with a small motion picture camera. Crew members perched on the conning tower of the Cod to watch the event. Crew on starboard deck of the Cod. The hulk of O-19 remains on the reef. A U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol aircraft flies overhead.
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