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Allied pre-invasion base and activities in Scotland,1941. Allies in Algeria preparing for invasion of Sicily,1943

Activities of the Seabees in Scotland in 1941 and in Algeria in 1943, during World War II. News headlines in 1943 read : ' Italy is out of war' and '17 more Italian towns taken'. An animated map. The Clyde valley in Scotland showing a base built by the U.S. Navy Seabees, in 1941. Numerous quonset huts and vehicles are seen. View of the River Clyde, where 2400 feet of oceangoing dock are being assembled. A ship anchored at a harbor displaying U.S. flag. Allied troops board a landing ship with their belongings. An animated map tracing travel of Allied invasion forces from Scotland to Oran, Algeria, where Seabees are seen testing a floating causway that would be used for invasion of Sicily. Scuttled axis ships and other obstacles and damage that Seabees must repair in occupied ports. Allied ships and troops proceeding for invasion of Sicily. Allied warships bombarding Sicilian coast.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044972
Entrance to 'Headquarters of continental Base Section', bathhouse and natural fountains in Bad Nauheim in Germany.

Life of military dependents in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Entrance to 'Headquarters of continental Base Section'. People enter into the building. Two officers talk beside a street. Bathhouse and natural fountains. Bathhouse yard through an arch.

Date: 1946, August 29
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045200
U.S. Destroyers being readied for transfer to Britain under the Destroyers for Bases arrangement in World War II.

Numerous U.S. Navy Destroyers docked. Seen is the USS Leary (DD-158). Others, including the USS Twiggs (DD-127) and USS Philip (DD-76) are among Destroyers being repaired and serviced for transfer to Britain under the Destroyers for Bases arrangement between the U.S. and the UK. Men refit the ships by welding and repairing. Men setting up a naval gun on one of the ships. The USS Hale (DD-133) seen underway in the water. Aerial views of many destroyers underway for transfer to Britain.

Date: 1940, September
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046147
Navy Secretary Frank Knox visits the Mare Island base in San Francisco, California.

Navy Secretary Frank Knox in San Francisco, California. He visits the Mare Island base. Admiral Cooke and other officers accompany him. Car parked outside a building. Knox gets information on the defense situation.

Date: 1940, September 9
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046150
U.S. Destroyers, including some being readied for transfer to Britain, under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement of 1940.

A line of U. S. Destroyers tied up in a port. In the line of ships are seen DD-121 ( USS Montgomery), and DD-122 (USS Breese), both Wickes Class Destroyers that saw action with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Workers, including welders and such, are seen repairing and otherwise preparing 4-stacker destroyers for transfer to Britain in the so-called "Destroyers for Bases Agreement" of September 2, 1940.The USS Hale (DD-133) a 4-stacker Town Class Destroyer, later commissioned as HMS Caldwell (I-20), is seen underway in a channel. Lines of ships underway are seen in an aerial view.

Date: 1940
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046170
Pilot of a B-17 in flight, and aerial images of B-17 base area in England, viewed through B-17 windows

Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight. Close side view of pilot in cockpit of a B-17. He wears ear phones and an oxygen mask. B-17 aircraft fly in formation. Cameraman shoots through a side window. An aerial view of the B-17 base in England. (World War 2 period.)

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046296