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Two German U boats surrender to Americans off the coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Nazi German U boats surrender in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States near the end of World War 2. A German U boat U-858 underway in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, as it prepares to surrender to U.S. forces. A barrage balloon in flight. U.S. Navy escort vessels pull along side the submarine. Aircraft in flight. U.S. officers man the U boat and search for weapons aboard the submarine. German crew of the U boat lined up. Off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire another German U boat being taken over by the American crew. A U.S. sailor aboard a ship signals a blinker light. The U boat crew surrenders and disembarks. The crew being taken as prisoners to be taken to a Prisoner of War camp.
Aircraft of 19th Fighter Squadron and 6th Night Fighter Squadron land at Saipan, after its capture during World War ii
U.S. Army Air Forces begin operations on Saipan after its capture from the Japanese during World War 2. Japanese Zero fighter planes parked in a jumble on Saipan, after its capture by American forces in 1944. American soldiers are seen walking about and U.S. Army engineers are repairing the field for use. The first American P-47 to arrive, after Saipan is secured, lands on the airfield. Its pilot, Major Henry E. McAfee, Commander of the 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, poses by his P-47 named "Jeanie." At another area of Saipan, U.S. Marines administer medical aid, including blood plasma, to a wounded comrade. A P-61 of the 6th Night Fighter Squadron lands on the field. Aerial views of Saipan, showing destroyed structures and buildings.
United States Navy sailors watch a movie about naval warfare in the United States; some scenes from World War 2 Pacific battles
A dramatized film about the training of U.S. Navy recruits at various naval training centers in the United States. The training and life of United States Navy recruits at U.S. Navy training center in Bainbridge, Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois and Naval Base San Diego in California. The sailors watch a movie which depicts historic navy sailors on old masted sailing ships as they fire naval guns at another ship. The reenactment is of a 18th century or 19th century naval battle. The ship being hit by the enemy begins to sink. Sailors from the two ships in combat aboard a ship. Men jump into the sea and try their best not to give up the ship. A tall masted ship sinking. The naval gun canons aboard a ship being fired on another ship. Scene shifts to a mix of both authentic footage and several dramatized World War 2 combat footage scenes in the Pacific, circa 1943, 1944, or 1945, with U.S. Navy sailors on board ships firing at incoming Japanese aircraft. The enemy aircraft being shot down and they fall into the sea. A sailor clicks a picture of Japanese girls against a statue of Buddha. Narrator speaks about Navy recruitment. Sailors lined up on an open field during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy.
An inattentive sailor results in a ship being struck by a Japanese submarine torpedo (WW2)
A training film about the importance of standing watch duty for U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship during World War II. Mix of dramatized and period footage. Enactment shows a lookout standing watch aboard a ship as he sights the periscope of an enemy submarine underway at sea. The lookout reports about the submarine to an officer. The officer looks through binoculars and gives out orders. U.S. Navy sailors called to battle stations are seen running under decks to assume positions. Torpedo from submarine detected coming toward ship. Captain gives evasive maneuver order. The Captain looks over the bridge of the ship as the torpedo misses ship. Depth charges being fired from the deck of the ship, and also rolled off the deck into the ocean, directed at the submarine. Explosions occur at sea from the depth charges. The submarine is destroyed. A sailor shows a Japanese and a Nazi German flag painted aboard the ship recording enemy vessels sunk. Next scene is a dramatized scene inside a Japanese submarine showing what would have happened if the crew member on watch was day dreaming and not paying attention. A member of the Japanese submarine crew looks at a ship through the periscope. Point of view shot through Japanese periscope of U.S. Navy ship coming into torpedo firing range. Submarine captain orders torpedoes fired. View of torpedo running in water toward U.S. Navy ship. American sailor aboard the ship executes an order a bit late and the ship gets struck by the Japanese torpedo. Dramatized scenes of Navy crew members abandoning ship and struggling in ocean waters. The sailors in water cry out for help. Dramatization of a dead sailor rising from the sea and speaking about the need to be alert while on standing watch. An inattentive and lazy sailor standing watch in contrast to an alert sailor. A ship underway at sea and sailors sleep in their bunk beds. Dead sailor calls standing watch a sacred duty.
Establishment of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its first launch of a ballistic missile.
Restrospective of the 1954 search for a suitable site for U.S. Air Force testing of ballistic missiles. Coastal area with ocean in the background. Officials look over charts, maps, photographs as they select the site for Vandenberg Air Force Base. In January, 1958, view of building with a sign that reads ' Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base' Entrance of the headquarters as Major General David Wade walks out. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen attend missile training classes. Airmen work on assembly of Thor missiles . U.S. Air Force officers and airmen operate missile launch consoles in a launch control center. November, 1958, Thor intermediate range missile on a trailer being delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Trailer backs up to the launch pad. December, 16, 1958, the Thor missile on launch pad venting gases. U.S. Air Forces officers at a launch console. The Thor missile is launched. RAF airmen watch missile in flight.
Landing craft, tanks, munitions, and gasoline supplies assembled in England for D-day invasion in World War II
Preparations in year 1943 for the June 1944 invasion of Western Europe by Allied Force during World War 2. Conference at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in London. U.S. Generals George Marshall, Henry H. Arnold and British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery meet at SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). Montage of war scenes: British Lancaster bombers taking off. British men and women monitors working in a British Command and Intelligence Center, tracking aircraft positions on maps. U.S. B-17 bombers in daylight missions over Germany. Allied pilots and crew members in aircraft. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 aircraft at high altitudes leaving contrails behind. Bombs bursting on German industrial targets. Allied agents being airdropped over France. Allied one-man submarines or solo submarines, torpedo boats and Commandos sampling French beaches and soil conditions in the Normandy region for ability to support 30-ton tanks for the invasion of France. British airman loading reconnaissance camera into a British Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft for photographing the planned invasion region. Woman operating microscope analyzing film. Aerial reconnaissance film images being laid out and attached together to create a large overhead viewing map. Arms and equipment being air dropped to indigenous resistance forces in Nazi-occupied Europe. Mulberry floating harbor segments being designed and built to create invasion ports. Allied landing craft training in Devon, England. Allied aircraft strafing a German ship. Meteorological equipment assessing weather along the invasion coast. Wire netting to pave the beaches. Underwater pipelines to carry gasoline or petrol to France. Allied armored vehicles bearing the White Star. Troops being inoculated or vaccinated. Newly built ship going down the ways at an Allied ship yard that builds Navy warships. View of British intelligence officers with headsets at radio equipment, and personnel monitoring German radio broadcasts. Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where the Big Three are seen meeting at Tehran Conference to finalize invasion plans. Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill sitting on the porch of the Embassy building, in 1943. General Eisenhower and Allied Military leaders planning the D-Day invasion. General Omar Bradley, sitting with a British admiral. General Bernard Law Montgomery Aerial view of formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 aircraft, flying through Flak bursts. Pilots in B-17 cockpit .Bombs striking German targets. Polish, Scenes including gun camera footage of Czech, and British in Spitfire aircraft striking German railroads and marshaling yards. B-26 bombers and gunner attacking German Luftwaffe Me-109 aircraft.
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