An island race needs a navy more than any other and, for the six long years of the Second World War, Britain's lifeline was our senior service. Here British Pathe News brings to life the memories of the ordinary sailors who conquered both the sea and the enemy in the name of freedom, illustrated with some of the most amazing film ever taken from the deck of a ship. They relive life on the ocean wave as it was experienced in all its sweat, boredom, blood and tears.