U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D helicopter rapidly approaches stern of the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) for landing, while underway in Atlantic supporting NASA Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Landing Signal Officer uses paddles to guide pilot during landing.
Three U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D helicopters from the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) are viewed from a fourth one while engaged in practice maneuvers while underway to support the Mercury-Atlas 7 NASA orbital mission. Views of helicopters in formation and the USS Spiegel Grove underway in calm seas.
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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