View from conning tower of surfaced German submarine (U-boat) underway in the North Atlantic, during World War 2. Crew scans horizon and see Allied ships. They alert their captain, who comes on deck to confirm their finding of targets off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Animated sequence shows how U-Boat maneuvers. The U-boat teletypes information to its headquarters where German Admiral Karl Doenitz, Commander of the U-boat fleet, is seen with his staff. His charts show area of encounter, between Labrador and Greenland. Doenitz staff wires instructions to the U-boat. View of radio operators and morse code messaging. Views of crew at duty stations inside the submarine. Two U-boats proceeding at high speed on the surface. They are shown in animated sequence. Smoke from burning Allied ship on the horizon. The U-boats come under fire. Shells burst nearby in water. View inside U-boat as it crash dives. Dishes and other items slide and fall inside the U-boat. Animated sequence shows several U-boats moving relative to the convoy. Views of crew poised silently inside submerged sub. Sound of Allied destroyer propellers overhead and explosion of depth charges. Water sprays into U-boat as depth charge causes damage. View on deck of surfaced submarine. U-boat pack circling the convoy. View inside submerged U-boat torpedoing a ship. Inside engine room of boat. Animation shows most ships in convoy being sunk and faster warships trying to escape. Torpedoes being loaded and fired. Explosions from ships hit by torpedoes. Surfaced U-boat firing its deck gun at night. Oil burning on water surface.
Hurricane Doria, Beulah and Chloe in North Atlantic. Hurricane Doria lashes the eastern Seaboard. Water filled streets. People evacuate the city and drive off in cars. Hurricane Beulah plows through the Carribean and Hurricane Chloe batters North Atlantic shipping. Vehicles drive on water filled roads. Man sits outside a bar and seafood restaurant.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Polar bear hunting on Herschel Island. A Polar bear eating a seal on an ice floe. He jumps into the water and swims towards the shore. The bear comes ashore and runs inward. The crew in boats follow him ashore. They shoot the bear. Men hold the bear's mouth open. The dead bear. The dead seal on the floe.
British and United States Sailors on leave in North Atlantic during World War II. Soldiers play a friendly match of 'tug of war'. Both teams tug the ropes from opposite sides. Soldiers indulge themselves in various recreational activities.
Allied convoy underway through heavy seas in the North Atlantic during World War 2. Later, with seas calmer, the convoy speeds up. A seaman outlook spots a German submarine and depth charges are launched and explode in the water. Soon, the damaged German submarine surfaces and her crew abandons her as she sinks.
Ribs of submarine being put into place. Plates being welded onto ribs. Conning tower being attached to hull. Conning towers on production line. Diesel engine on production line. Lathe making cut. Diesel engine being assembled. German submarine being slid down ways for launching ceremony. German submarine on trial run in North Atlantic. Skipper of German submarine. German submarine steps in sea.
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