A man in Home Guard uniform at work in a factory in England. Fuselage of plane being attached to wing center section. Scenes inside fuselage of Night fighter. Women working at fuselage. Planes being finished off. Man working on engine.
Bristol Beaufighter taking off for trial flight in a factory in England. Three Beaufighters in air. Bristol Beaufighter plane flying in air.
American Tomahawk planes being assembled in a hangar in England. Mechanics doing work. Lines of Tomahawks being assembled. Ferry pilot discussing plane with mechanics.
Men exit hatch of diving bell taken from ship of Atlantic convoy alongside in Iceland. Officer at pelorus. Surfaced submarine. Man signals semaphore. Chain pays out over rail. Officer at small range finder. Motor whale boat tows heavy line from side of ship. Men work with winches and other deck gear. Motor whale boat underway, very rough sea. Diver placed on platform and lowered over the side into water. Diver raised from water on platform and lowered to deck. Men enter large diving bell handing from cable alongside ship. Large diving bell sinking in the water.
Views of the Submarine tender USS Antaeus (AS-21) of Atlantic convoy, at anchor in Iceland, during World War 2, with about nine submarines tied up alongside. Scene shifts to a convoy underway in the Atlantic ocean. Various kinds of transport ships seen from time to time in the convoy. The U.S. New Mexico class battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) passes to starboard of the camera ship. Scout planes are visible on her aft section. Scene shifts to camera ship, looking aft. A gun; a lifeboat on a davit; and a Curtiss SOC-1 scout-observation airplane are visible. A sailor watches as the USS Idaho passes to starboard. More transport ships are seen, low in the water. Camera pans aft, again, showing more of the camera ship, including covered guns in barbettes; two SOC-1 scout planes; the American flag; and behind that an anti-aircraft height finder. Scene shifts forward where officers are seen on upper deck with a gun barrel above their heads.Sailors on main deck prepare to deploy a float to recover a scout plane. Sailor stands on platform using semaphore flags to transmit a message. Barrel of a large gun in the foreground.View aft of a U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway. Feet and legs of the semaphore signalman as he stands above the platform, on rungs of the circular railing at the signal station.
U.S. military troops and vehicles of Atlantic convoy on dock in Iceland. Army soldiers on docks. Scenes of dock area. Many AP and AK ships anchored in harbor. Man chops marker buoy loose from side of ship underway. (World War 2 period.)
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