Work life of crew members of U.S. Navy FBM (Fleet Ballistic Missile) Nuclear submarine while at sea during the Cold War. Sailors reviewing figures on paper. A man speaking on radio. Scene of printed data on paper. Lights alight on a control board. Crew members talk on a radio. Scenes of machines and controls inside submarine. Crew members talk among themselves. Crew members wearing head sets. A man notes on a pad.
Periscope running through water. USS Stingray surfacing. Men running out of conning tower and manning 5'' gun aft. Action around conning tower 5'' gun firing. Men storing gun for diving. Men running to conning tower and going below as a preparation for a dive. Periscope cuts through the water. (World War II period).
In opening scene, the USS Sturgeon (SS-187) is seen underway for readiness training exercise cruise. It is followed by the USS Skipjack (SS-184) and the USS Seal (SS-183). Two more submarines follow. Glimpse of sailors on deck as a sub travels on the surface, and of the Captain with binoculars in conning tower. Crew member using a pelorus. Crew members below, in engine room. View through bulkhead opening of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) underway to port. (This is probably during the Pacific Fleet Problem XXI, 2 April to 21 June 1940.) Next, the Saratoga is seen at some distance steaming and billowing black smoke. Several views of subs moving on the surface. Captain in conning tower orders crew to submerge, and horn sounds alarm. Crew members descending ladders to their respective stations below deck. View from below as the Captain descends securing the water-tight hatch behind him. Sailors shut down the diesel engines, open ballast valves, and begin descent. Views inside and from outside as the boat submerges. Captain looks through the periscope. Glimpse of view through the periscope. Target (for this Fleet Problem exercise) is an Iowa-class battleship. Sailor stands near two torpedo tubes loaded and ready. Captain at periscope. Torpedoes are fired and registered as two direct hits. Crew prepares to surface. View of the submarine bow during surfacing reveals it is the USS Stingray (SS-186) which was under command of Lieutenant Leon Nelson Blair, at that time. The crew is seen climbing up on deck to man their 3-inch,50 caliber deck gun. The gun being fired as the submarine makes way on the surface. Crew sitting down in their mess and them preparing their bunks. (World War II period).
Aerial view of ship fleet in water during the battle of Iwo Jima in Japan. A ship and other ships and boats in water. A plane launched. Large clouds of smoke behind plane. Aerial views of boats. A fleet of boats in advances in sea. Aerial views of boats. Boats reach island. U.S. soldiers of 5th Marine Division in a LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Aerial view of boats and ships advancing. U.S. soldiers pushing a tank in shore area of island. Scene of a crane. A U.S. soldier runs and comes to another soldier. A U.S. soldier doing bandage on leg of a soldier and others helping him. Japanese men captured by U.S. soldiers. A Japanese soldier tries to climb a boat and the U.S. soldier takes him up. Scene of a U.S. soldier climbing LVT. U.S. soldiers advance towards island. Military vehicles advance. Scene of military vehicles through a tank's window. Scene of a bomb explosion. U.S. soldiers fire and hide at a slope. A ship in the sea. Firing by guns of the ship. Planes drop bomb. Aerial view of boats in sea. Scene of bomb explosion. A U.S. tank and soldiers advance on a hilly terrain. Scenes of firing. Wreckage of a crashed plane on ground seen. Firing by a tank as seen through the window of the tank. Soldiers coming out of a bunker. A U.S. soldier checks his rifle. A soldier gets up and runs. Firing by a tank. Scenes of bombing on the shore areas of the island. (World War II period).
Animated map of Malta and its neighboring countries. Various animated routes to Malta. Scenes of ships in sea. A man sees through binoculars. Bombings on the city. Firing by anti-aircraft gun. Italian bomber aircrafts in air. An antiaircraft gun shoots an Italian aircraft. The aircraft crashes into sea. Firing going on at night. Scenes of damaged ships. A van lifted up to a ship. Food stock in sacks. British flag atop a building. (World War II period).
Scenes of city. Troops in a military van. The van stops and the troops get out of the van. Soldiers go down in mines. Soldier and miner welding. Miners share their lunch during mealtime. Speakers address the community. State Secretary of Mines meets miners. A man standing on a carriage full of anthracite coal. Scene of coal in a factory. (World War II period).
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