Opening scene shows a Navy anti-submarine warfare SH-3A helicopter, of ASM Squadron HS-11, from Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52) on the Carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18). It is filmed from another nearby helicopter as it executes a "dippiing sonar" procedure during fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea. .It is seen lowering an ASW tranducer, into the water by means of a cable. The helicopter remains in a hover throughout the sequence, with the sonor buoy deployed.
A film titled 'Fire at sea averted by crew heroism' shows American liner Viking Princess emitting smoke due to a fire that occurred in its engine room in Windward Passage in the Caribbean. Except for two, all the other 496 passengers were safely evacuated by the crew. Cruise ship passengers arrive at Miami airport from a United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Passengers meet their family and friends.
U.S. African American troops in Caribbean Islands during a practice mission in World War II. Troops rush to practice alert. The troops man artillery batteries. Troops man a radar station and use aircraft detector and range finder. An artillery gun fired.
The Caribbean Cruiser Ship SS Atlantic, off Port Everglades, Florida. Ship stuck aground. Passengers on ship wave. People dance as music plays. Instrumentalists play music. People wear cane hats and enjoy their cruise ship vacation on the stuck ship, even as crews work to free the ship.
Many people die as storm sweeps Caribbean. The wind lashes the trees on the Jamaican island. The storm sweeps in. Uprooted trees and damaged buildings are seen. Ships are also damaged. The walls of a hospital collapsed and killed several patients. Many killed in the storm. Wreckage seen.
The research vessel,"Knorr," at harbor in Woods Hole, Massachussets. Oceanographer Robert Duane Ballard and crews of "Knorr", and "Lulu" prepare for Caribbean expedition, by test diving the deep sea submersible, "Alvin" in local waters. Mr.Ballard discusses his techniques to study the evolution of the Earth's surface. Ballard leaves the Knorr, aboard a skiff, and proceeds to the mother ship,"Lulu", where the deep diving submersible, "Alvin" is kept. Crewmen make adjustments to the "Alvin" and lower it by winches and cables, through an opening in the "Lulu" deck. Ballard and his pilot enter the Alvin for an 8 hour operation check run. Rear view of Alvin bobbing in the open space within the Lulu. several smimming divers release lines from the Alvin. An operator aboard the Lulu clears the Alvin for a dive. The research vessel moves underwater. Underwater views of the Alvin. Interior views of the Alvin, showing instruments and meters. At 3000 meters depth, they are in complete darkness, and the pilot turns on lights. Ballard notes underwater features. A surge of sand and mud rises from the Alvin's propeller. He takes photographs of creatures and sea bottom. The Alvin surfaces after the dive and is met by swimmers who dive from the Lulu, and climb aboard to assist in the return and securing of the deepsea submersible in its berth aboard the mother vessel, "Lulu."
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