A training film about the role of U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship in the United States. A sailor on guard walks down the deck of a U.S. Navy ship. The sailors lower a line from the deck of the ship. Various watches aboard the ship like the engine room watch, signal man watch in which the sailors use blinkers and flags, and radar watch. Men work on communication devices during communication watch. The sky, surface and lookout watch in which sailors use binoculars to keep a vigil. A ship underway at sea. A standing watch looks through binoculars as he wears a headset at night.
A training film about the role of U.S. Navy sailors aboard in the United States. An enactment shows the importance and role of a sailor during a standing watch. Sailors seated in a room as an officer gives instructions about standing watch. A list containing name of officers on duty for standing watch. A sailor named Elmer comes to relieve another sailor from standing watch. The sailor thinks of going off to sleep during the watch but he also thinks of the punishment in case he gets caught sleeping while on standing watch. Elmer leans against a wall and goes off to sleep. The Petty Officer comes in for inspection and Elmer gets up well in time and reports to the officer. Elmer thinks of smoking a cigarette. The Petty officer comes in again to check and Elmer gets caught while smoking a cigarette. Elmer talks about the tough nature of standing watch to another sailor. An officer comes in and instructs the sailors about the do's and don'ts of standing watch. The officer speaks about the things to be done and how to stay awake during standing watch. Elmer reads a superman comic during another standing watch. Smoke rises from a barrack. Another sailor sleeps while on standing watch. A sailor detects the smoke and shouts. Men sleeping in the barrack get off their beds and rush down stairs. Men fight fire. The sailors lined up and an officer questions the men on standing watch. (World War II period).
A training film about the importance of standing watch duty for U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship during World War II. Mix of dramatized and period footage. Enactment shows a lookout standing watch aboard a ship as he sights the periscope of an enemy submarine underway at sea. The lookout reports about the submarine to an officer. The officer looks through binoculars and gives out orders. U.S. Navy sailors called to battle stations are seen running under decks to assume positions. Torpedo from submarine detected coming toward ship. Captain gives evasive maneuver order. The Captain looks over the bridge of the ship as the torpedo misses ship. Depth charges being fired from the deck of the ship, and also rolled off the deck into the ocean, directed at the submarine. Explosions occur at sea from the depth charges. The submarine is destroyed. A sailor shows a Japanese and a Nazi German flag painted aboard the ship recording enemy vessels sunk. Next scene is a dramatized scene inside a Japanese submarine showing what would have happened if the crew member on watch was day dreaming and not paying attention. A member of the Japanese submarine crew looks at a ship through the periscope. Point of view shot through Japanese periscope of U.S. Navy ship coming into torpedo firing range. Submarine captain orders torpedoes fired. View of torpedo running in water toward U.S. Navy ship. American sailor aboard the ship executes an order a bit late and the ship gets struck by the Japanese torpedo. Dramatized scenes of Navy crew members abandoning ship and struggling in ocean waters. The sailors in water cry out for help. Dramatization of a dead sailor rising from the sea and speaking about the need to be alert while on standing watch. An inattentive and lazy sailor standing watch in contrast to an alert sailor. A ship underway at sea and sailors sleep in their bunk beds. Dead sailor calls standing watch a sacred duty.
Japanese-American citizens at a war relocation center (internment camp) in the United States during World War II. Japanese-American man worships in a Buddhist temple. Japanese-Americans at the entrance of a church. Various churches at the war relocation center.
Life of Japanese-American citizens at war relocation centers (internment camps) in U.S. during World War II. A Japanese-American woman at a grocery store. Relocated Japanese-American family at a home. Family prepares to have lunch at a dining table.
Life of Japanese-American citizens at war relocation centers (internment camps) during World War II, United States. Japanese-American man at a machine in a war factory. Japanese-American women paint clay sculptures. Japanese-American workers in a plant. Farmers sort hay on farm. Women operate a machine.
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