American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain John W. Davis and his wife on a ship deck. John W. Davis looks through binoculars. Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, Mrs. David H. Miller and Arthur Bullitt converse with each other standing on the deck. French Ambassador to the U.S. Jules Jusserand with his wife, G. F. Close and R. C. Sween, confidential secretaries to President Wilson aboard USS George Washington.
A fishing boat, of a French fleet, leaves port during World War 2. Views from aboard German torpedo boat/ destroyers, escorting the fishing fleet. An officer on a German ship looks through binoculars. Numerous French fishing boats with sails, are seen along the horizon. A German officer with binoculars points to an enemy airplane. A sailor on the ship signals with semaphore flags, and a gun crew mans twin 12.8 cm FlaK 40 antiaircraft guns and other guns on board the ship. A multi-engine aircraft is seen overhead. Black flak clouds appear as the antiaircraft guns are fired. The next scene shows French fishermen emptying buckets full of herring back at their port.
Views from a boat circling around the American troop transport ship, USS Mount Vernon (AP-22) while she is underway carrying troops of the American 9th Armored Division back home from Germany following World War 2. The opening scene shows the Mount Vernon from her forward port side as she passes. Series of portside closeups as the ship passes. Next she is viewed from starboard. The Mount Vernon is filled with troops returning home who can be seen along her top decks.
Aerial views, from a biplane, of the British Battleship, King George V underway at sea.
View of the British aircraft carrier, Courageous, from Fairey Swordfish aircraft that has just taken off. Captain Schuhart, commander of the German submarine U-29 enters harbor with crew on deck after successfully sinking the British Aircraft Carrier, Courageous, off the coast of England, on September 17, 1939. Captain Schuhart steps from the U-29 to the shore and is immediately awarded the Iron Cross, first class. His crew members are seen wearing awards of Iron Cross, second class. German Destroyers underway in the North Sea. They maneuver guns and torpedo launchers. A boarding party from a German destroyer accosts a merchant vessel, which they board and signal as OK. The boarding party returns to the destroyer, which then steams away at high speed.
Engineering personnel at work below decks in the engine compartments of the SS Leviathan troop transport ship while underway, carrying 12 thousand soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force to France during World War 1. Men in control room adjust engine settings. Firemen, stripped to the waist, stoke ship's boilers. View forward from the bridge, as rough seas break over the bow of the ship.
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