Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at the United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA ) at Kings Point in New York, United States, during World War 2. The candidates practice drills during training. The book of United States Navy Regulations. The cadets learn naval science in their advance training. They learn tactics and maneuvers by operating artillery and antiaircraft guns. They learn to recognize ships and aircraft. The candidates learn to operate anti aircraft guns and machine guns.
Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at the United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA ) at Kings Point in New York, United States. The candidates practice calisthenics during their advance training. They go through various obstacle courses to develop coordination and stamina. They climb ropes. The candidates play baseball and participate in boxing. They dance. They pray in churches. A candidate talks to an officer.
Merchant Marine Officer candidates complete their graduation at the United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA ) at Kings Point in New York, United States. The candidates march during a weekly review. An officer delivers a speech during the graduation ceremony. Graduation certificates are given to the candidates. Two officer candidates show their badges to their wives. The candidates passing in a review. 'The Last Full Measure' inscribed on a stone. A candidate pays tribute at the grave of a dead Marine officer. The candidates march.
A World War 2 amphibious beachhead is seen with numerous ships offshore, and a barrage balloon aloft overhead. USS Landing Ship Medium number 553 is pulled up close to a transport ship from which an army truck is being offloaded. Numerous U.S. troops are seen on the transport deck. Another Landing Ship Medium (number 541) is c.lose to a transport ship. A Benham class destroyer is seen. A Coast Guard Captain smokes a cigarette as he looks out a porthole on his ship. A U.S. wartime supply convoy at sea. An officer sounds an alarm aboard a U.S. Combat Coast Guard Cutter. Crew responds and fires depth charges against a German submarine. The submarine surfaces and the Cutter fires at it using a deck gun. View of oil on the water.
A chart shows the losses of American merchant ships to German submarines diminishing over the course of World War 2. Women walking into the Merchant Marine Council headquarters in Washington DC. Council member officers meeting in their board room. Glimpse of merchant vessels and tugboats. Sign identifies office of the Captain of the Port. Inside, two men discuss movement and anchorage of ships. View of anchor being dropped from a large ship. A small Coast Guard patrol boat moves among anchored ships, checking for possible threats. Closeup of officers aboard the patrol boat with American flag behind them. Sign at office of Port Security Officer. Inside, men update a chart showing ships in port and locations. Coastguardsman patrols cargo area for safety and threats. Cargoes being moved on rail at the port. Explosive cargo and artillery shells are seen in containers. Officer oversees loading of munitions on a ship. Coast Guardsman walking across stacks of military gas cans (Jerrycans) on a barge. Officer and guardsman examine one that appears to be leaking, and remove it.
A fire breaks out at a U.S. Port, during World War 2. Fire boats respond and spray water on the blaze. Coast Guard officers are seen at the site. Scene shifts to a ship listing in a harbor as fire boats spray torrents of water on it during a fire. Fire boats sending out huge sprays of water as a greeting and salute at a harbor. A jet-propelled spraying device demonstrated in the water. Coastguardsmen maneuvering the spray and its line in the water, from a small boat. Closeup of the device in the water. The boat crew demonstrate a fogging spray device for use against oil fire on water. View of oil on water covered by the fog. Men ride a jeep pulling a small fire-fighting water pump on a pier at a port. They stop and demonstrate how the pump draws water from the harbor to produce a powerful spray for fire-fighting
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