Crew attend passengers relaxing on deck chairs aboard an ocean liner of the Hamburg-American line during a cruise in the Caribbean. Stewards serve refreshments to guests on the deck. Later, passengers are seen purchasing tickets to wager on a "Horse race" in which dice are tossed from a cage to determine what "horses" will advance, how far. Crew member moves the "horses" on the deck.
The upper deck of the SS Leviathan, carrying American Expeditionary Forces to France during World War 1. Formerly the German ocean liner, Vaterland, she is the largest ship afloat, and carries 12 thousand troops. This footage shows the U.S. Navy commissary Officer inspecting various functional activities related to care and feeding of the crew and troops aboard. He checks sides of beef in cold storage of the meat locker. He samples a pie in the bakery; and inspects the galley. Next sequence shows Army troops forming two chow lines as they come down into the mess area, carrying their individual mess kits. Mess personnel serve the troops, who then proceed to long tables where they eat.
Life aboard the SS Leviathan troopship, carrying 12 thousand American soldiers to France during World War 1.The largest ship afloat, she was formerly the German ocean liner, Vaterland. Soldiers in regular sleeping compartments lie on vertical bunks, some stacked 3 or 4 high. View of the Sick Bay on the ship where patients have less crowded conditions. A Navy medical officer makes rounds, checking each patient. A medical technician is seen sterilizing instruments in a steam autoclave.
German U-boat underway on the surface in stormy weather on the North Atlantic ocean during World War 2. The crew all wear foul weather gear. They search for British ships. Upon seeing one, they quickly descend and the boat rapidly submerges. View inside the submarine as sailors close all hatches and manipulate valves. Underwater view of periscope rising from a submerged U-boat. The boat's Captain looking through his periscope. He and the second officer look through the periscope and check book of known British ships to identify it. They fire a torpedo from tube number 4, start a stop watch, lower the periscope, and wait. Next, they hear an explosion and then the sounds from screws of a destroyer passing nearby. A depth charge from the destroyer explodes, knocking items in the boat to the floor. Lights go out in the U-boat and water leaks in places. Crew members inspect by flashlight and confirm minimal damage. With lights on again, the U-boat Captain looks through the periscope and then surfaces,to see a sinking ship
View forward of Destroyer USS Nelson, DD-623, as her bow plunges into swells with water coming over the entire deck.Glimpse of mattress in sailors berth. A convoy of ships including troop ships and warships underway in the Atlantic, during World War 2. Officers and sailor, in foul weather gear, on deck of the destroyer, USS Nelson. Sunlight breaking through the clouds over the Atlantic ocean. Some specific images include: Time 01:34 to 02:05 fleet oiler USS Chemung fueling a destroyer; and Time 03:07 to 03:20 attack transport USS James O'Hara, APA-90.
U.S. warships maneuver in the Atlantic Ocean. A C-1 class, 110 foot wooden submarine chaser seen running at high speed, in calm waters. SC 205 painted on her bow. View onboard a Submarine chaser as crew mans a 3 inch Poole deck gun. Officers watche as crew loads, aims, and fires the gun. They later raise barrel to high elevation. View of sub chaser running alongside, clothes seen drying on line stretched from mast to stern. A three-stack destroyer moving in calm waters. A 4-stack destroyer in camouflage paint, and a transport ship. Closer view of the transport ship.
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