German Navy torpedo boats, also known as Schnellboot, S-Boot, or S-Boat, in live fire exercise off the coast in Atlantic waters. Views, from aboard one of the boats, of officer in cold weather gear, looking through binoculars. View of torpedo door opening on the boat and the torpedo being launched. (World War II period).
General Douglas MacArthur and his entourage, at Leyte, Philippines during the Battle of Leyte in World War II. He leads them from land, out into the water to stage the famous "return to Philippines" photographs.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at reception for visiting dignitary in garden of White House, Washington, DC. The President talks to an official. Trees in the background. The President sits and laughs while talking to an unseen visitor at the reception. Sailors form honor guard with rifles held in salute. White House in background.
Officials of Women's Army Corps debark from the ship. They march along the dock area and walk down gangway. A banner reads 'Welcome WACs'. Photographer on truck takes pictures of WAC officers. A group of WAC officers singing. WACs on parade, as they march away from dock area. One WAC faints and is helped to come back to her feet by soldiers and sailors. Views of WAC s on train and bus. (World War II period).
Officials of United States Womens Army Corps on streets in Australia during World War 2. Lady Officers then go to a zoo; they play with small animals and feed them.
From a film named 'Ship Safety -- A Story of Seven Sailors' starts. Door of projection room in a theater. Movie starts, views of British heavy Cruiser, HMS Andromeda, crippled and burning as a result of enemy strikes at sea. British Naval officers and men seated in the projection room, viewing movie and an instructor standing. In dramatized, periodic-authentic scenes, crew members board the HMS Andromeda and settle into living and working routines. Ship in sea. Men at work in engine room, man reads book entitled "No Orchids for Miss Handish" with an attractive woman in a tight dress pictured on the cover. Crews operate 4 inch guns and antiaircraft "pom pom" guns. Ship under attack by German bomber aircraft. Crewmen fight back with ship's guns. But the 7 mistakes of crew members have fateful consequences. Ship seen taking on water after a hatch is incorrectly left open, followed by scenes flooding of interior compartments. Also scenes of fire and smoke in compartments and fire fighters at work. Contains multiple scenes of British Navy sailors and officers, and interior ship views. (World War II period).
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