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Two U.S. Merchant Marine seamen who survived in life rafts are interviewed by U.S. officials.

Wartime safety measures for United States Merchant seamen. A document reads 'Wartime Safety Measures for Merchant Marine'. Survivors of sinking ships are asked to give suggestions by U.S. officials to improve survival at sea. Two Merchant seamen are interviewed by officials. They share their experience of spending days on a raft after sinking of their ship. Both seamen are shown on a raft floating at sea. They wave to ships passing faraway but ships did not notice them on raft. Officer asks if they had any signaling device on raft. Seaman says they never had any device but they used a tin can as a reflector to signal the ships. An aircraft flies overhead and seaman uses tin can to signal the aircraft and a cutter is sent for rescue. A U.S. Navy officer holds a mirror which is made required equipment on life rafts.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058112
Coast Guard officer inspect lifeboats and equipment for ship's safety in the United States.

Life boats are dropped by a crane in the United States to confirm their strength and integrity. An inspecting officer watches the dropping of the life boats. The officer inspects equipment for ship's safety. A lantern is placed in the equipment. A fully loaded lifeboat is tested for sea worthiness. Men intentionally try to lean to one side and tip lifeboat to confirm good performance. Men observe and performance is inspected. American Merchant Marine Institute officer Frank J. Taylor speaks in his office, seated behind his desk. A woman secretary or stenographer transcribes his words on paper for the record.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058113
Licensing of Merchant Marine seamen and officers by the U.S. Coast Guard

Chart shows number of Merchant Marine seamen increasing as World War 2 progresses. Agents of the Coast Guard, the U.S. Maritime Commission, and the Public Health Service collaborate to assure fitness of Merchant Marine seamen. Some are seen being given physical exams by a physician. A prospective seaman demonstrates his skill with ropes. Coastguardsman observes skills of a candidate seaman at the wheel of a ship. A candidate receiving his Merchant Seaman's Certificate from the Coast Guard. Officers enter the Marine License Examination Room. Inside, men are seen taking exams to qualify for licenses as Masters, Mates, Engineers, and Pilots. Merchant Marine seamen being sworn in. Licensed seamen engineers being finger printed. Coast Guard officers supervise the signing of Shipping Articles (contracts between masters and crewmen). A line of seamen waiting to sign on to a ship. Coast Guard offices on shore where seamen may sign on to a ship. Seamen receiving pay under supervision of the Coast Guard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058114
Merchant seamen try on gas masks and life jackets, and participate in a life boat drill in the United States.

A U.S. Coast Guard officer boards a ship for inspection in the United States. Merchant seamen try on gas masks and life jackets. Chains of lifeboats are unattached from the ship. The seamen get into the lifeboats and perform a life boat drill.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058115
U.S. Coast Guard engaged in International weather and ice patrols on the high seas

A large commercial freighter is seen beached and a long boat, containing a dozen or more Coastguardsmen, is pulling away from it. Next the men are seen running across the sand pulling a line from the ship. Closeup of two Coast Guard officers watching from ashore. . A seaman from the ship is transported via a bosun's chair to the shore. A group of Coastguardsmen weigh the taut rescue line down so the seaman can get out of the rig. View of a Coast Guard navigator at a table with a chart. A pair of dividers and a course plotter (plus his hat) are on the chart, which displays isobars. View from deck of a Coast Guard ship making way in rough seas. An anemometer rotating on the ship. Coast Guard crewman taking barometric pressure and other meteorological readings from instruments on the ship. Another, wearing a headset, monitors a real time chart being created from instruments on the ship. View from bow of Coast Guard ship engaged in International Ice Patrol, which charts and tracks icebergs to warn ships. Coast Guard crew member marking locations on a map. View of an iceberg. .

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058118
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Russell Randolph Waesche describes mission of the Coast Guard.

The old Southern Railway Building, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., housing the U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters during World War 2. Persons are entering the building. Sign identifies the office of the Commandant. The Commandant, Russell Randolph Waesche holds a meeting in the office. Map of the world covers one wall. American and Coast Guard flags are displayed. Commandant Waesche is explaining the mission of the Coast Guard. Closeup of him speaking. Outside, on the street, a contingent of uniformed armed Coastguardsmen stands in formation. Officials reviewing a parade that includes a Coast Guard contingent. Glimpse of ships docked in a port.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058119
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