During World War II, the survivors of a shipwreck find themselves on a lifeboat. As they struggle to stay alive, they must confront their own prejudices and fears. The group consists of a journalist, a steward, a radio operator, and others. Tensions arise as they debate their course of action and face the threat of a nearby U-boat. As dehydration, hunger, and desperation set in, they must find a way to survive.
In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend-lease agreement.
On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
This Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two, of the USA supply line to Victory against the Axis powers, the United States Merchant Marine service.
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
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