Mine laying operations by Nazis in North Sea. Guns at the bow of a German ship. Men drop mines in the water. Enemy aircraft in flight charge in for an attack. German troops on board the ship fire antiaircraft guns to counter the Allied air attack. Mine laying operations continue. (World War II period).
United States LVT-N-2 Loon 777 and 785 missiles prepared and launched in United States. A Loon missile hoisted in a sling is taken on board. Men attach beacon antenna check line to the wing of the missile. Men check out rig and rockets. They attach air pressure lines. Man uses link meter on check. Final securing of covers and wing support by men. A man makes final checks on radio.
United States LVT-N-2 Loon 777 and 785 missiles prepared and launched in United States. Hangar door opens aboard a vessel. Rails between hangar and launching ramp lay. Men remove missile wings and Loon 785 taken out of the hangar. Men install wing spars and make other preparations before launching the missile. Air spark, control circuit and rocket squib tested. Loon ready to be launched aboard United States Navy submarine Cusk. Missile takes off. While in flight a part of missile detaches and falls into the ocean. Cusk crash dives in water after the launching of the Loon missile.
The British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales underway at sea, headed to the Atlantic Conference in Newfoundland. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stands on deck with U.S. Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins, along with British Army Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, and British Air Force Chief,
Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Allied weapons and equipment piled up in England to be transported to the battle front in Europe. Freight cars and flat railroad cars carry equipment to the war front. Tanks, military trucks and artillery lined up. Pile of shell and other military equipment stacked up in Britain. Men of Home Guard and women of Auxiliary Territorial Services guard the equipment against German air attacks. Allies engaged in a Naval battle. Minesweepers clear mines, seaplanes in flight and ships underway at sea.
Wreckage and rubble after the Japanese air raid on Canton (Guangzhou), China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Chinese women soldiers move up a pile of rubble and march to the war front. They climb up a hill and fire at Japanese positions. Girls assembled as an officer instructs them.
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