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German Patrol boats are attacked by Allied aircraft as they operate in Atlantic waters during World War II
At beginning, several German armed patrol boats (Vorpostenboot) are seen underway in a river or canal headed toward Atlantic waters. A light signal flashes from one. A sailor seated in front of two double 3.7 cm Flak 18 antiaircraft guns, speaks into a radio. Navy gun crew at battle station. They fire at several low-flying Allied war planes passing by. The Flak 18 guns fire at the passing aircraft. Tracer bullets are seen against cloudy background. German sailor looks through binoculars, from a gun position. barrels of two large guns are seen next to him. Camera shows flak clouds in the sky overhead and tracer bullets fired across the water at a lower level. Glimpse of swirling water. Sailor wearing flotation vest stands near depth charge launcher. Six patrol boats viewed underway behind the camera vessel. Paintings of Allied aircraft and boats, for quick identification, are seen on the side of a German Patrol boat. View of bow as patrol boat plunges through rough water. Side view of it from another boat. Waves inundating a patrol boat in stormy waters. A barrage balloon being launched and seen above. Two German twin engine Heinkel He 115 torpedo bombers take off from a bay. View of pilot in cockpit of one. View from cockpit window of right wing and engine on one, as it flies over a convoy of ships below. Crew member in nose canopy of a Heinkel 115. Views of the other He 115 off right wing of camera plane. Another glimpse of crew member in aircraft nose. Views from cockpit of a Heinkel 115 seaplane flying only several feet above the water and rushing past boats underway. Crew member in the airplane using a signal lamp to communicate with a German Patrol boat. An Officer on a patrol boat, observing the signals from the airplane, calls crew to battle stations. Various antiaircraft gun crews, on the boat, prepare and commence firing. More views inside a Heinkel seaplane. View of engine room in a Patrol boat as it is hit by an Allied bomb. Crew responds to the emergency wearing their life preservers. A mascot dog runs up stairs along with the crew members. Below, crew members work to stem floods of water entering the engine room as a result of the bomb strike. Brief view of bomb damage in the hull of the boat. Sailor on deck using a direction finder. More views of shipboard antiaircraft guns firing, at Allied aircraft all around the boat. An Allied airplane crashes into the water. Large pieces of floating wreckage is recovered and placed on the boat deck. Film ends showing formation of Patrol boats plunging through the water at high speed.
German Molch and Biber miniature submarines used in maritime sabotage operations against Allied ships.
Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. One method in sneak craft is the use of midget submarines. Footage shows transport and use of a German Molch midget submarine. Trucks on road carry it. The submarine is launched in water and recovered from it. Gas engine is added to a larger, faster version of submarines called the Biber. Biber submarines in view. A crew member seated in the submarine. Submarine underway during World War 2.
King George V of Britain and Prince of Wales visit battleship New York in North Sea and talk to officers at end of World War I
British monarchs visit naval ships during World War 1. King George V of Britain and Prince of Wales board U.S. Navy battleship USS New York (BB-34) in North Sea prior to the ship sailing to accept the surrender of the High Seas Fleet following the armistice. U.S. Navy sailors present honor guard on the deck of the ship. British monarchs, Navy commanders and admirals stand and talk to each other at the deck of ship. Left to right are British Admiral Sir David Beatty, U.S. Navy Admiral Hugh Rodman, King George V, U.S. Navy Admiral William S. Sims, and the Prince of Wales. The British monarchs greet a line of U.S. Navy officers.
The crew of the whaler Herman rigs out the ice breaker enroute to Herschel Island.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler enroute to Herschel Island. Captain Pedersen on the bridge. He looks through a telescope for an opening in the ice. Ice sheets. The crew rigs out the ice breaker. The ice breaker cuts through the ice sheet as the ship advances.
U.S. Army Signal Corps communication material and equipment is produced and distributed in World War II.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war, especially during World War 2. Workers organize and prepare signal communication material and equipment for transportation. Men transfer the items including wooden cartons, cables, signaling units in trolleys. Workers load the material into trucks. Shuttle ships in docks. Signal communication supplies for U.S. and Allied troops in the European Theater loaded onto the ships. The shuttle ships make their way under security in heavy seas. A Nazi U-boat wolf pack in the water during the early stages of World War II. torpedoes launched and U.S. ships are attacked bu the German submarines, smoke due to the explosions. U.S. sailors on board and jumping from burning ships into water.German wolfpack submarine fleet in a harbor. German Kriegsmarine sailors lower German Neger torpedo-carrying craft (sometimes called Human Torpedo) into the water. A U.S. B-25 bomber aircraft in flight locates a German submarine. The radio operator gives the exact location and the submarine is attacked. View from within cockpit as bomb sight is fixed on German submarine target. View of bomb doors open and bombs away from B-25 aircraft. Explosion in water is seen and the submarine is hit. Dramatized scene from inside of submarine as it is rocked by explosion and fills with water.
Routine activities on Japanese submarine during World War II.
Japanese Kaidai submarine cruising on surface in a bay near Dutch East Indies, during World War 2. Crew on deck taking a smoke break. A seaport with loading docks seen from stern of boat. View of Japanese warships from under deck gun of the submarine. Sailor on submarine signals with semaphore flags to Japanese Cruiser and crew members on deck, and clustered around conning tower, wave their hats at the warship. Officer on deck issues commands over boat's intercom. Small sign boards with Japanese writing are hung near work stations. Crew members enter the sub through hatch in the deck. View from conning tower of the sub bow encountering moderate waves as they proceed on surface. The submarine sets course due West. Officers watch through binoculars. View of engine room with crew members at their stations there. Crew members preparing a meal of vegetables, fish and rice. Crew eating meal in mess hall. Officers eating in their mess.
