Operation Strikeback exercise of NATO SACLANT. Mixture of naval and merchant marine scenes. U.S. navy submarine seen on surface of sea, with Regulus cruise missile on its deck. The missile is fired and the submarine submerges, out of sight. Convoy of merchant ships running in heavy seas. Loading of cargoes on a ship. Barrels, sacks and boxes in cargo nets. Men supervising the loading. Smoke rises up from the smokestack. Conning tower of a submarine emerges from water. Underwater view of submerged submarine. Captain seen at periscope inside submarine. Bubbles rise from launch of torpedo. Aerial view as torpedo strikes ship creating huge explosion and water geyser. Torpedo trail visible in water. Destroyer cruising at high speed emitting large amounts of black smoke. Depth charge detonates behind it, raising large geyser of water.
Various U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations. Long range ASW, P-2V Neptune aircraft in flight. Submarine surfacing. ASW aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVS-36) launching and landing aircraft on its angled flight deck. Navy dirigible in flight. Two S-2 tracker ASW aircraft are catapulted from the USS Tarawa (CVS-40). They join up in formation. ASW helicopter hovers low over water. Sonar device, on parachute, dropped into water from aircraft.
NATO, SACLANT Operation Strikeback. Demonstration of the British Limbo Mortar in operation from ship underway at sea. View of mortar firing bombs. The mortar employs three barrels. Crewman seen operating position control lever which has positions: "Stow; Load; Tram;Standby; Off." When crewman places lever in "load" position, the barrels move to horizontal position, aligned with loading tubes, and 400 lb depth charge bombs are loaded by a semiautomatic chain ramming system. The crew then fires the bombs and large explosions are seen in the water. (Note: This system is also used by the Royal Canadian Navy.)
NATO Exercise Strikeback. SACLANT. U.S. guided missile destroyer, DDG type, seen cruising at high speed. View of DDG firing missiles to starboard. Missiles striking near target and then striking target with explosion. Formation of small boats, equipped with large reels of cable, towing targets during the naval exercises. Hull numbers 12,and 13, are visible.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise, Operation Strikeback, in the Atlantic Ocean. A submarine underway at high speed on surface, creating heavy wake. Regulus missile in flight over water. British aircraft in flight. Aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal (CVA -59) underway. Aerial view of aircraft on the flight deck of the carrier. Douglas A-3 Skywarrior aircraft landing on the flight deck. Atomic bomb explosion.
Variety of events in World War I years. German merchant submarine Deutschland (a British blockade buster) in 1916 in the United States (then neutral), departing New London, Connecticut on November 21, 1916 headed back to Germany carrying silver bullion. The submarine had just completed repairs following a collision with the tugboat T.A. Scott Jr. when first attempting to leave New London on November 16, 1916. The North German Lloyd Shipping Company submarine Deutschland is seen leaving the dock at New London, Connecticut. The officers on the submarine Deutschland wave. Periscope of submerged submarine is seen slicing through calm water. Sailor on an Italian destroyer blows general quarters call on bugle. Another sailor brings a telescope on deck. Next, crew members fire their deck gun at periscope in the water. Change of scene the shows the destroyer making way, leaving visible wake, astern, as crew members load and fire depth charges from the ship's stern. View of a submarine underwater. Exploding depth charges raise huge columns of water. Underwater view of submarine shows columns of bubbles nearby. View of Austro-Hungarian Battleship SMS Szent Istvan (Saint Stephen), capsizing and rolling after it is torpedoed off the Dalmation Coast of the Adriatic Sea by Italian torpedo boats on June 10, 1918. Survivors being rescued in small boats. View of a merchant vessel at dock and in a harbor. View of survivors of the May 1915 Lusitania disaster, with belongings, arriving in a harbor. Men and women with children posing. Two small girls pose among the group of Lusitania survivors.