United States Naval intelligence obtains information that submarines are heading towards a projected convoy route. The port Commander advances the departure time. Army Service Depot in view. Supplies and goods in the depot to supply U.S. soldiers with necessary supplies during World War 2. People work in the depot. Supplies loaded, tested, cataloged and stored. Women operate radio. The port Commanding Officer asks depot workers to work overtime. The workers load supplies. The code given to them for the operation is code '0000'. The supplies arranged efficiently. Ambulances parked. Equipment, bulldozers, weapons, food material, dresses, medical supplies, tea, coffee, salt, sugar, gasoline, parachutes, medical supplies and telephone equipment loaded. 'Field ration D' written on several boxes. The consignment loaded in railroad cars.
Workers pack and load supplies of war materiel in United States during World War 2. A sign reads "Army Transport Service" on a large warehouse beside port. U.S. Army soldiers board troop transport ships from dock. Transports depart for the rendezvous area. Equipment, vehicles like trucks and artillery, and supplies loaded aboard. A P-38 aircraft frame is loaded. Navy officer briefs ship captains in a briefing room. The convoy departs with U.S. Navy ships protecting the convoy from German wolfpack enemy submarines. Ships underway including what appears to be the Destoyer USS Edison (DD-439). Animated map shows the movement of enemy submarines and convoy. Men on U.S. Navy ship deck observe through binoculars. Land based air support requested when officers and sailors below decks detect enemy submarines using sonar system. Sailors on deck. A dog aboard sitting beside Navy sailors on deck. Ships discharge depth charges and smoke screen for protection from German U-boats. United States B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in flight low over water. View inside cockpit of B-25 aircraft. Close-up of open bomb bay as B-25 bombers drop Mark 13 torpedoes on a diving enemy submarine that was sighted. Aircraft destroy the submarines and the convoy continues. Supplies being received at European ports and troops in action after receiving weapons and supplies.
City of Novorossiysk is recaptured by Russians from Germany. Russian heavy artillery fired. Buildings in view. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Russian soldiers observe the area through binoculars. Russian soldiers aboard the ships. Naval and aerial bombardment on the city. Intense street fights. Wrecked and damaged buildings in view. Rubble on street. Russian soldiers cheer as Russians recapture Novorossiysk. (World War II period).
A stationary plane on an air field in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers fly the plane. One of the Wright brothers seated at the controls. The plane takes off. Forty years later General Henry Arnold awards Orville Wright at a ceremony in Washington DC. Huge crowd attends the ceremony. The United States Air Force planes in flight. Aerial view of land.
The United States President Franklin Roosevelt and his family in Hyde Park. He celebrates Christmas with his family at his home. President Roosevelt seated on a chair surrounded by his wife, children and grand children. A decorated Christmas tree in the background. Two grandchildren of President Roosevelt sit on his lap.
Australian boys learn seamanship in Brisbane. The attend classes in an Australian Merchant Marine Academy. The cadets stand in lines. 'Sea cadets' written on their caps. They learn elementary navigation. A cadet masters the art of climbing on a hammock. Cadet at steering wheel of ship. Cadets aboard a craft learn seamanship.
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