A fire breaks out at a U.S. Port, during World War 2. Fire boats respond and spray water on the blaze. Coast Guard officers are seen at the site. Scene shifts to a ship listing in a harbor as fire boats spray torrents of water on it during a fire. Fire boats sending out huge sprays of water as a greeting and salute at a harbor. A jet-propelled spraying device demonstrated in the water. Coastguardsmen maneuvering the spray and its line in the water, from a small boat. Closeup of the device in the water. The boat crew demonstrate a fogging spray device for use against oil fire on water. View of oil on water covered by the fog. Men ride a jeep pulling a small fire-fighting water pump on a pier at a port. They stop and demonstrate how the pump draws water from the harbor to produce a powerful spray for fire-fighting
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) SI (Secret Intelligence) operations against Axis Powers in the European Theater during World War II. Nazi flags and pictures of Nazi officers including Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler and Herman Goring along a wall. An SI agent uses an eyepiece to examine Nazi documents. The agent works on a document. A soldier lights his pipe near the bust of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
U.S. 34th Division Artillery soldiers at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States. U.S. Army Major General Willard Pearson converses with two officers. Major General Pearson at the entrance of a tent. He walks up to a USAF (United States Air Force) C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Battery guideon is passed to a soldier on a ramp and put aboard the aircraft. 34th Division Artillery troops climb the ramp and board the C-141 aircraft. Names are checked from a roster. Major General Pearson talks to soldiers as they approach the ramp. (Vietnam War period).
A balloon carries U.S. Navy men during a training in California, United States. U.S. Navy personnel get into a wicker basket of a balloon at Moffett field in California. Balloon takes off and in flight. Men being trained in coastal patrol. Balloon's rip cord being pulled to land. Balloon lands and gas being let out. The fabric of the balloon deflates.
U.S. Navy attack transport USS Cecil underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy destroyer USS Irwin comes along side the attack transport USS Cecil. A small pack being transferred from the destroyer to USS Cecil. The pack moves along a line connecting the two ships. Men on the deck of the destroyer. Ships in the background. A turret at the bow of the destroyer.
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, Commander of Submarine Force Pacific Fleet, aboard a U.S. Navy submarine USS Catfish underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The Admiral on the conning tower of the submarine. A man coming to anchor position. Marines play with dog mascot, a bulldog aboard the submarine. Vice Admiral Lockwood shakes hands with an officer.
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