NEWSREEL CLIP – The Battle of the Atlantic, Russia’s Heroic Stand & Brazil Declares War on the Axis Powers
Convoys are attacked by U-Boats, Russian troops turn the tide and Brazilians take to the streets over losses at sea to the U-Boats.
Submarines Videos
The Eve of Battle – The Campaign in Preparation of D-Day
Film made by the Allied Expeditionary Forces Photographic Units shows the logistical planning done to pull off D-Day in June 1944.
OSS Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Report
Color film. US Navy and Royal Navy in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Naval officers on deck of patrol boat, sub-marine crew load supplies on Ceylonese, patrol boat crew chats with Royal Navy officers on deck of US PT boat.
OSS Weapons Film – Submersible Raft – Also Known as Davey’s Locker
Training film demonstrates use of “Davey’s Locker,” submersible raft designed to be an underwater storage locker and radio station for secret agents operating in enemy territory. Shows how to bring raft to surface of a lake, open storage areas, assemble radio equipment, and submerge the raft. Gives dimensions, weight, storage capacity, methods by which craft can be moved into position, equipment, time and number of crew members needed to assemble.
OSS briefing Film Puissance De Feu – The Power of Fire
Portrays US workers who make arms for allies. Workers making and inspecting guns, bombs, torpedoes, bullets, and tanks. Logging and mining operations. Troops march into populated areas. Bombing of buildings; battleships docking; wounded civilians.
