Seal of Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Image of rotating world globe. A map shows the location of the Atlantic on world map. View from bridge of a large warship underway in rough Atlantic waters. Heavy naval guns in view. Water breaks completely over the bow of the ship. A destroyer cruises by at high speed. Flotilla of warships including aircraft carrier and destroyers. Viewed from above, aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) cruising at high speed in the Atlantic. A British, English Electric F.1 fighter is raised, from below, to a carrier deck. Point of view shot from cockpit of an aircraft as it is catapulted and takes off from aircraft carrier. View from beneath of U.S. Navy Douglas F4D fighter aircraft. F4D Skyray maneuvering in flight and releasing ordnance at top of climb. Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion in an ocean or sea.
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.
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.)
Repair of a Swift Boat tied to a barge in Vietnam. The barge is secured up alongside the USS Tutuila (ARG-4). Port bow of the Swift Boat in view. A man works on one of the engines of the boat. The hatch of the Swift Boat is opened. Men work on engines. Two men work on a starboard engine. A man uses a speed wrench. He removes the bolts from the side of the engine being worked on. He boards the boat. Two men go down in the pit and work on an engine. A Swift Boat underway. Mountains in the background. Crew on the deck of the boat. A United States flag aboard the boat. The boat makes a starboard turn. An island in the background. The stern of the Swift Boat PCF-6.
Junk Repair Facility in Vietnam. Junk at the Quay Wall. A crane picks the junk from water. Activity aboard a boat and the Quay Wall in the foreground. Vietnamese personnel stand near the water. Men handle a steel cable. Vietnamese men stand on the Quay Wall. Men stand on a boat. They bring up slings to pick up the junk brought out of the water. Men on deck hook up slings. A crane operator in a mobile crane. U.S. Navy enlisted men at the controls of the mobile crane. The crane hook in view. A cable moves around a drum. Men stand in the foreground. A small barge being placed under stern. The stern set down on the barge. Men work around the screw and shaft. The stern of the boat rests on the barge. A damaged screw in view. Workers move plankings with a crowbar from old junk. They salvage part of the old junk.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. U.S. Navy ship USS Princeton (CV-37) underway in Dong Tranh River. A Deck Petty Officer gives a signal for a helicopter lift off. A man talks over a telephone behind him. A shoreline in the background. The officer gives signal for take-off. Crewmen on the flight deck. Helicopter UH -34D lands on the flight deck. Men rush up with a stretcher. Men offload wounded men on stretchers. A wounded man is carried on a stretcher by three other wounded men. The wounded men lowered on the elevator to the hangar bay level en route to the sick bay. Personnel stand around the wounded men. The elevator arrives to flight deck level. Seriously wounded men are taken back to helicopters for removal to shore facilities. Men arrive at the side of helicopters with stretchers. Armored jackets lying on the deck. (Vietnam War period).
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