The Captain of the crew of U.S. Navy FBM (Fleet Ballistic Missile) submarine USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) looks into periscope. He passes it to another member of the crew. Submarine surfacing and good view of it as it emerges to surface of water. People on shore in Charleston, South Carolina, waiting to greet the returning submarine. Women have babies in strollers or trolleys near the docks. Sailors departing submarine in port at Charleston greet their wives, children, and other family members. Arriving Navy sailors hug and kiss wives and children and families. Views of women and children in typical late 1960s and early 1970s fashions. A sailor with last name Velotta holds a baby. U.S. flag fluttering in the wind in background. Variety of mostly late 1960s cars parked near docks. Family gets into their car. 1960s convertible sedan driving through suburban neighborhood. Homes along the streets of the neighborhood in the suburbs. The car pulls into the family driveway. Sailor, his wife, and their boy and girl children get out of the car to go into the house. Naval Submarine Crewman and his wife come out of a car at their home.
A training film on supply process of equipment from landing boats in the United States. Markers on a beach. Transport and cargo vessels arrive near the beach. Animation depicts the vessels beaching. Boats in assembly areas. Boats along the side of a landing craft. The Traffic Control Officer and Beach Masters are holding a cargo ticket. An Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) taking on a cargo of rations. A red flag on a boat. The boat proceeds to boat control traffic stations. Soldiers on the beach. The Traffic Control Officer directs the flow of supplies on the beach. The Beach Master's job is to see that the supplies are unloaded quickly and efficiently. He receives a copy of the cargo ticket. The cargo ticket gives information about how much and what cargo the boat is carrying. The Traffic Control Officer dispatches boats to the beach. The boats approach the beach. They are directed by the Traffic Control Officer. (World War II period).
Activities of bathers near and around a beach area in Bahrain. The view across the water towards beach area in the background at Bahrain. Several bathers on beach. Bathers on a beach, some in water. The bathers are seated around a table. In the background, surf rolls in. A young child digs in sand and plays with his bucket. A young girl drinks from a cup. A woman and a child seated in lawn chairs on the beach. Sheik Faisal Bin Khalid Al Qasmi on his private beach in Bahrain. An American talks with the Sheik. The Sheik in his Arab robes sitting on a chair. An American woman with her young daughter. The Sheik smokes a cigarette. Americans seated around an outdoor table. The Sheik in the background. An American woman with her young child. Arab and American children sit to the right. A man and a child on the beach.
During the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. British troops disembark from landing crafts at Sword Beach and move in lines towards the beachhead. Military trucks and tanks are seen on the shore as smoke emerges from a hill on the beach. Various wrecked building on shore. British troops carrying equipment and a bicycle ashore. In last 15 seconds scene shifts to landing of U.S. 1st Infantry troops at Omaha beach. View of waters edge from higher up beach. Gear and bodies floating in water. U.S. Army soldiers coming ashore as several are struck by German machine gun fire and drop to the ground. (World War II period).
A beach in Libya. Men relax on the beach. Four men play beach ball. Lieutenants Gildea, Chadock and Hume relax on the beach. They drink beer. They jump into the water.
U.S. Army soldiers load ammunition in M110 Howitzer. They make aim and fires it. The soldiers cover their ears as the gun is fired. California Dreamer is written on the nozzle of the gun. (Vietnam War period).
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