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.
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.
Japanese Navy sailors work inside and on the deck of submarine during World War 2. Crew members getting down from the ladder through hatch. They take off their raincoats and get on bunk beds. Soldiers eat bananas and relax. Fan rotates while sailors sleep.
Lockout emergency sounds on Japanese submarine. Japanese sailor checks instruments and turns wheels as seen interior of submarine. Bow of submarine as it dives under water. Crew members work on their respective stations. Meter boards are checked. Japanese sailor looks through the periscope.
Japanese Navy sailors get instructions from Captain on deck of Japanese submarine, as seen in a World War 2 Japanese propaganda film. The Skipper gives directions on a map. Group of officers drinking Sake on the deck of submarine. Sailor blows a bugle before departure. Cables released from the bits. Japanese Sailors salute and wave as the submarine departs for a mission in World War II. Resupply crews on shore wave. Celebratory Japanese music plays as soundtrack.
Film opens showing recently launched British Navy de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom aircraft in the air headed away from the Aircraft Carrier, USS Antietam (CVA-36). Another British Sea Venom aircraft takes off from the Antietam. Next, a slate is seen with date 23 June, 1953 and titled "Royal Navy Air Ops." The tail of a British Naval aircraft is seen with "Royal Navy WF 172" stenciled upon it. In the next scene, a Hawker Seahawk (early vesion with extended straight wings) is catapulted from the deck. A British Pilot is seen in a single seat Supermarine Attacker F1 aircraft on deck. A straight wing version of a Hawker Hunter GA11 aircraft is catapulted from the deck. View of a A U.S. Navy Piasecki HUP-1 helicopter from the USS Antietam.
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