A chart shows the losses of American merchant ships to German submarines diminishing over the course of World War 2. Women walking into the Merchant Marine Council headquarters in Washington DC. Council member officers meeting in their board room. Glimpse of merchant vessels and tugboats. Sign identifies office of the Captain of the Port. Inside, two men discuss movement and anchorage of ships. View of anchor being dropped from a large ship. A small Coast Guard patrol boat moves among anchored ships, checking for possible threats. Closeup of officers aboard the patrol boat with American flag behind them. Sign at office of Port Security Officer. Inside, men update a chart showing ships in port and locations. Coastguardsman patrols cargo area for safety and threats. Cargoes being moved on rail at the port. Explosive cargo and artillery shells are seen in containers. Officer oversees loading of munitions on a ship. Coast Guardsman walking across stacks of military gas cans (Jerrycans) on a barge. Officer and guardsman examine one that appears to be leaking, and remove it.
Railroad transportation for military divisions in the United States. Soldiers of the 201st Armored Division exercise in a field as a railroad train stops nearby. They run and take an outdoor shower below an elevated water spout that covers the group. The locomotive train approaches and moves along tracks as seen from low camera position with train approaching. The soldiers play mouth organs. The train moves across a bridge. A man lowers a middle berth. The soldiers prepare to sleep. A soldier gives an order of no smoking. (World War II period).
United States soldiers aboard a Liberty ship underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the end of World War II. A soldier relaxes while others are seated around him aboard the ship. A soldier writes a letter. Soldiers seated in bunk beds. A soldier seated on the edge of the ship as he smokes a cigarette. A ship in the background. The soldiers play a card game and relax on the deck of the ship.
United States soldiers aboard a ship underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the end of World War II. The soldiers talk to each other as they sit on the top of a military truck aboard the ship. A soldier on the deck as he walks amidst military vehicles. The soldiers seated on the truck tops chat and relax. They look over the edge of the ship down at the sea. Two soldiers drink from mugs. A man at a blinker light.
United States soldiers aboard a ship underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the end of World War II. A convoy of ships underway at sea. The soldiers eat food on the deck of a ship. Some of the soldiers line up to get food on the deck. A soldier offers cigarettes to others. A soldier smokes a cigarette. The soldiers seated on the top of a military truck chat. A soldier seated on the top of a truck. Another soldier carries a wooden crate.
United States Navy Atlantic convoy activities during World War 2. A sailor aboard USS New York (BB-34) waves an orange caution flag at a Navy OS2U Kingfisher float plane waiting to be hoisted aboard the ship. The pilot receives a green flag signal and hoisting operations begin. After being hoisted aboard and secured, the pilot steps from the aircraft and disconnects the hoist sling. Sailors wash down the deck of the ship.
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