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Winston Churchill reviews troops in Newfoundland.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reviews American and British troops stationed in Iceland, on his way home from the Atlantic Conference.

Date: 1941, August 29
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049362
Lend Lease materials transported across the world by convoys of American and British ships in World War II

Opening scene shows Lend Lease military equipment covered with canvas, at a port in the United States, during World War 2. A B-26 bomber with wings removed outboard of its engines, is being maneuvered for shipment at a port in the United States. A Lockheed P-38 airplane is moved on a crane and then rolled along a pier toward the stern of the U.S. Light Cruiser, USS Phoenix (CL-46) which is docked there. Wings of a Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull scout plane can be seen on the Phoenix. Two more P-38 aircraft are rolled along the pier, past another Brooklyn class Light Cruiser at the end of the pier. (Her triple 6-inch gun turrets are noticeable.) Crated supplies are seen being lowered into ship cargo holds. An American M2 light tank being lowered from a crane. An American M3 Lee tank being secured in a ship. Numerous tanks in a ship’s cargo hold. Next, a convoy of ships carrying war materiel overseas is seen at sea. A U.S. Cruiser plunging through heavy seas. View from her bridge overlooking her triple gun turrets, as her bow is awash in waves. A formation of U.S. battleships, led by a Nevada class Battle Ship armed with twin over triple forward gun turrets. She is followed by what appears to be a modernized Pennsylvania class Battleship and other battleships. A British Battle Cruiser followed by another British warship. Various Allied battleships firing their heavy guns. Animated map tracing the “Lend-Lease” routes across the North Atlantic to Iceland, the British Isles, and Murmansk. Map also shows routes by sea and air to the West Indies, Brazil, and South Africa and West Africa, and then by air across Africa, to egypt and the Middle East. Other routes are shown to Suez, Iran, India, and China, as well as trans-Pacific routes to various places. American soldiers crowd the upper deck of a troop transport ship. A military chaplain conducts religious services aboard ship at sea. More views of ships in convoys. A U.S. Navy Kingfisher float plane in flight over the water. A barrage balloon aloft. A U.S. Navy Catalina PBY flying boat in the air above a fleet of supply ships in a vast convoy.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051755
Men from various countries being trained for rescue work during an avalanche in Austria.

Rescue workers for an avalanche being trained in snow covered areas of Austria. Views of snow covered mountains in Austria. Men from Iceland, Great Britain and United States being trained in rescue work in snow covered regions for an avalanche like disaster. Men ski down the slopes. Litters being skied down the snow covered hills. Men work on ski boards. Men train during the night for rescue operations in the dark. Snow covered roads of a town as a horse drawn sledge moves on it. Qualified rescue workers relax and enjoy in a club as men play musical instruments.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042933
U-boat activity on shipping in World War 2; NATO Naval operations protecting oceans during the Cold War

Responsibilities and assets of NATO's SACLANT. View from cockpit of aircraft landing on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20). Scenes of Atlantic ocean during World War 2. Periscope of German submarine breaks surface. Point of view inside a submarine as seen through periscope looking at a target ship. American convoy underway during World War 2 in the Atlantic Ocean. Underwater shot as a submarine launches torpedo at Allied ship. Allied freighter ships being struck by torpedoes. Underwater view of submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking, with only its bow sticking up in the air and then sinking under the ocean. Views of empty German submarine pens in Brest or Lorient after end of World War 2. Next scene shows a Douglas DC-4 passenger airplane as it passes by the Empire State building, while in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Steamships in terminals on the Hudson River. Tug boats and barges in New York harbor. Ocean-going cargo ships pass by the Statue of Liberty. Vehicular traffic in the streets of Norfolk, Virginia. A sign reads 'US Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia'. View of ships and harbor at Norfolk Naval Station. Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT). NATO officers in the "great map room of SACLANT" at the Headquarters. World map placed on a wall. Scene from 1952: U.S. Navy Captain briefs Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and also SACLANT. Map shows areas of SACLANT responsibility extending around the Atlantic from Southern Europe around past Iceland to the maritime provinces of Canada and down to the U.S. coast.. Surfaced submarine launches Regulus missile. Scene from 1960: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) underway. Aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier. View of Naval Air Base at Oceana, Virginia. Douglas F4D flies above runway as another lands. Navy F8 aircraft parked on ramp. Canadian Naval Base at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with views of derricks, cranes, piers, and warships.

Date: 1960
Duration: 5 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054543
Various ship launchings on firth of Clyde in Scotland.

Close-up views of several different ships launching on firth of Clyde in Scotland. Closeup view of dirt or coal smeared faces of boys wearing hats and watching expectantly and with excitement as a ship readies for launch. British flag decorated on the deck of a ship. Dignitaries on grandstand including a woman (the sponsor) who smashes a bottle of champagne against the ship, christening it as it launches. Close views of the ship sliding down skids stern-first into the water. Change to view of a ship named "Rinovia" being launched from dry dock to water by tipping it to the side off dry dock. It slides off skids into the water and quickly rights itself. View of a medical ship named "Herdubreid " being launched. White cross symbol seen on the bow and the flag of Iceland waving on the bow, with sailors gathered around it. Clip includes several close up views of ship hulls and skids, anchors, propellers and areas of the lower stern of ships being launched.

Date: 1950, December 27
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023185
USS New York (BB-34) in Atlantic convoy operations during World War Ii

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.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059320