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German POWs learn how to splice rope aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean.

German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. A Coast Guard enlisted man in foul-weather gear and a white hat shows two POWs ( Prisoners of War ) how to make an eye splice at the end of a rope. Young German prisoner of war works on his eye splice technique as the Coast Guard sailor teaches him. Several POWs , some older and some younger, look as a Coast Guard man shows them how to splice rope. Several prisoners leaning against the railing of the ship. German officers including army, navy, and Luftwaffe officers walk on the deck.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070720
USS Wakefield is painted, cleaned, mail is loaded aboard it and troops embark upon it before it leaves a port of the U.S (WW2)

A U.S. Coast Guard report shows the 'story of a transport' depicting activities of Coast Guard troops and officers aboard USS Wakefield in the United States during World War II. Ships at a sea near port of the United States. Truck, supplies, aircraft and other equipment are lowered on to a ship by a crane. A sign board outside the office of a captain reads "US Coast Guard, Captain of Port". The captain and another officer work on a map at a table in his office. USS Wakefield anchored at the port. The U.S. flag on the ship. The ship is painted and cleaned. Bags of mail are loaded aboard the ship. Army officers in an office discuss at a table. Troops carrying luggage board the ship. The ship is unanchored. It departs from New York harbor. Shadow of an airship on water. The ship underway at sea. A CG ( Coast Guard ) officer looks through binoculars. A crewman turns a wheel. Coast Guard troops and officers work in the ship's engine room and radio room.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070721
Troop quarters and wash rooms and a "GQ" is sounded and guns fired aboard USS Wakefield in the United States.

Activities of troops and officers aboard USS Wakefield in the United States. The troops lying in their quarters. Troops quarters with no empty space (fully utilized space). Soldiers play cards. A soldier takes a bath and shaves in a wash room. Officers stand near railings on the deck. The ship underway at sea. The General Quarter is sounded. The soldiers leave their quarters and rush towards the deck . Guns mounted on the ship are fired. Views of soldiers lying, resting , writing letters and seated on the deck aboard USS Wakefield. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070722
Troops attend a get together and eat food at a mess table aboard USS Wakefield in the United States.

Activities of Coast Guard troops aboard USS Wakefield in the United States. A get together of the Coast Guard troops aboard the ship. A band plays musical instruments. The troops in mass numbers aboard the ship. Some of them dance. Two boxers fight. Food is cooked in a kitchen. Bread , butter and potatoes are used for food. An announcement is made. The troops move forward towards a mess. Men standing in line at a mess table and eat food. Interiors of the ship shows luxurious and well equipped rooms and the dining hall on the ship. The ship at sea. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070723
Troops disembark from USS Wakefield and German POWs aboard the ship in the United States.

U.S. Army troops disembark from USS Wakefield in the United States during World War II. The troops disembark with their luggage. Officers plan for the designs of the ship. The troops board the ship. German prisoners of war (POWs) stand near the railings on the deck. The German prisoners stand near a mess table and eat food. German prisoners wearing uniforms with iron cross and Luftwaffe insignia. The prisoners standing on the deck look towards an airship while it is in flight. The ship underway at sea. USS Wakefield arrives at a port in the United States. The troops disembark from the ship.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070732
A large convoy of U.S. Army tanks drive past and infantry men advance across an open field in Germany.

U.S. Army tanks leaving a town in Germany during the last days of World War II in Europe. A large convoy of U.S. Army tanks drive past. U.S. soldiers throw bricks in the foreground on a muddy incline to provide traction for other military vehicles. A tank drives up and stops. Personnel carriers and trucks and jeeps follow through the mud on the road. Soldiers spread hay or straw on a muddy incline for traction. Tanks move on a rural road past a burning building. Infantry men advance across an open field.

Date: 1945, May 2
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070986