German U-Boat in South Atlantic Sea. Water splashes on bow of U-Boat. Crew watches from binocular and spots two steamships and a tanker in sea. A crew member releases neutral vessel. View of dolphins surfacing beside the vessel. Crew members celebrate crossing of the equator with a King Neptune ceremony that initiates first-time sailors crossing the equator. They pour water on each other, wear costumes, and clown around on the ship during the crossing ceremony. Views of German sailors relaxing on deck in sunshine.
German U-Boat in South Atlantic Sea. Water splashes on bow of U-Boat. Crew watches from binocular and spots two steamships and a tanker in sea. Sailor on boat in sea. A crew member releases neutral vessel. U-boat German Navy sailors fire deck gun. The British freighter gets hit and sinks. Some survivors from destroyed freighter being taken aboard submarine. A German sailor ascends to deck from below, smiling. Smoke rises from burning freighter. (World War II period).
Allied fleet during the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A man works to wire brush rust spots. Four Coast Guardsmen scrub the deck of a ship as water is being sprayed from a pipe. Men use wipers to scrub the deck. The deck house in the background. A U.S. Coast Guard man reads comics aboard the ship. Another Coast Guard relaxes. A Coast Guard reads a magazine.
Operation Torch. Allied convoy on the way for invasion of North Africa during World War II. The Rock of Gibraltar. Transport ship underway. Sea gulls flying overhead. Sailor sends a blinker signal.
Four masted sailing ship, the Laura Annie Barnes, grounded in Nantucket Sound on Tuckernuck shoal off the coast of Massachusetts. She is partially submerged so tjat some of her cargo is float on her deck. Crew members work to save her cargo and keep her stable.
View from the USS New York (BB-34) of a seaplane taking off. Large group of sailors watching from the deck. American flag displayed on mast. view of antiaircraft gun crew in steel helmets, and of the ship's superstructure. The ship displays the maritime signal flag M, "MIKE",an orange cross of St Andrew on a white field, which is used to indicate "My vessel is stopped; making no way." Sailors standing on the aft deck with transport ship of Atlantic convoy visible behind them. A dirigible is seen aloft. 14-inch guns of the USS New York are visible behind a gun crew at a 3-inch antiaircraft gun. Complete shift in scene to a cold weather port (Scotland, or Iceland?) with ice visible on the ship's deck. A sailor makes half-hearted attempt to remove ice from the ship's OS2U Kingfisher float plane.The ships emergency life rafts are covered in ice.
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