The end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Russian ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean as they withdraw after the Cuban Missile Crisis. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight overhead. The ships with rockets aboard them withdraw.
U.S. Navy warships, of the 2nd Fleet, underway during a Fleet Review for President John F. Kennedy, in the Atlantic Ocean. A cruiser underway in one of two columns during the fleet review. USS Long Beach (CGN-9) underway in a review fleet. A cruiser underway. USS Forrestal (CVA-59) leads one of the columns. A U.S. Navy S2F Tracker aircraft flies low. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway. Three United States Navy Sikorsky HSS-1 helicopters in a V formation fly low over water ahead of the column of ships. Sonar balls hang slightly below the fuselages of the helicopters as they prepare to dip. The helicopters hover over water. Ships in review fleet underway. USS Bearss (DD-654) underway with review fleet. USS Remey (DD-688) underway in a column.
U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D helicopter taking off from deck of USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean supporting the NASA Mercury-Atlas 7 space mission. Blades of UH 34D rotate. Deck crew removes auxiliary power unit. As helicopter starts to rise, Signal Officer uses paddles to direct pilot to starboard upon departure. The helicopter takes off and complies.
Closeup of a freighter steaming past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Sailors riding on a commercial bus near the entrance to the U.S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Traffic at the road intersection. Entrance sign identifying the U.S. Navy base. Views of ships docked at the base. Flags flying outside the Headquarters of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT). View of the great map room inside the headquarters. Officers from various NATO countries seated for a briefing conducted by A U.S. Navy Captain circa 1954. The most senior officers, including the first SACLANT, Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, step close to the map, where he speaks to the briefing officer. Closeup of the briefing officer moving images of aircraft over the map in the vicinity of the Portuguese Azore Islands. Closeup of straits of Gibraltar and then of Brest and Cherbourg on the coast of France; the Western approaches to the British Isles; the Norwegian coast; Iceland; Northern Labrador; the whole seaboard of Canada and the United States. View of waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Glimpse back to Admiral McCormick at the briefing map and then to a partially submerged submarine moving in water of the Atlantic. Narrator mentions subs of the 1960s. U.S. nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine launches a polaris missile. Final view of briefing map.
The Aurora space capsule, retrieved from the sea after the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission, is seen on deck of the USS John R Pierce (DD-753) in transit to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. "United States" painted on space capsule. Captain of the USS John R. Pierce, U.S. Navy Commander Adrian Lorensten, and Executive Officer, Lieutenant-Commander John Osborne, pose with wooden sign reading "John R Pierce," above and behind them.
Nighttime views from deck of Destroyer, USS John R. Pierce (DD-753) as it recovers the space capsule, Aurora 7, which carried Scott Carpenter on the second U.S. orbital mission. View of capsule being supported by floatation collar in water where it splashed down, 200 km from Puerto Rico, . Flood lights shine on the capsule. Crew of sailors hoist the Aurora 7 capsule on board the USS John R Pierce, and secure it to the deck.. The ship's Captain, Commander Adrian Lorentson, and Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Dwight Osborn, are seen on deck.