1961 - Cold War, USA: Government Film - Coast Guard Cutter “Courier”

1961 - Cold War, USA Coast Guard Broadcasting Ship For Voice of America Titles.1 04:52:49 Heavy seas / swells & white caps seen from on ship. 04:53:02 Sailor walking along Tokyo street w/ Japanese shoppers / civilians, USO sign in background. 04:53:21 Coast Guard airplanes & ships in Hawaii & at sea; pilot w/ flare in water & helicopter rescue w/ basket, CU winch. Docked icebreaker, leaving port; thru Panama Canal. 04:55:07 Cutter Eastwing W279 in Antarctica w/ crew playing baseball on ice in sunshine. CU International Ice Patrol logo. Coast Guard 4-engine aircraft taking off from Argentia, Newfoundland. Iceberg & men setting explosives - explosion w/ little effect. 04:56:43 Oslo, Norway. Pernille open air restaurant w/ Coast Guard men on leave, sit at table. 04:57:12 Portsmouth, England & Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory visited by CG. 04:57:32 CG Bark Eagle towed by tug into French harbor, cadets on deck & docking. CU sign: Le Havre -Ville. 04:58:40 Greek island of Rhodes, peasant & ox; castle & ships / fishing boats at dock. Hollywood shooting movie Guns of Navarone w/ Gregory Peck & Anthony Quinn, MCUs. People watching. 04:59:22 Port w/ fishermen repairing nets. Stern w/ name of Coast Guard Cutter Courier (WAGR-41) docked, US flag, men scrubbing deck, in mess hall line, dock activity. Gregory Peck / narrator & wife & son visit, handshakes w/ Captain George W. Stedman & family shown about ship. Ship w/ US Army equipment passing. Officers on ship ready for broadcast, CU Danger - High Voltage sign put across steps, international signals hoisted to warn vessels to stay clear to avoid electrical field. Large yacht passing. CU sign: Relay Broadcast Receiving Room. Operators at console & loading magnetic open reel tape, On Air sign blinking; man at teletype typewriter typing & CU Arabic Program typed. 05:02:02 Equipment & electronic technicians at console, repairing equipment, power turbines, CU needle on gage; Peck being giving tour. CU rotating Voice of America disc playing. 05:03:08 Pan ship deck w/ antenna (?); man testing for electricity. Boys carry lighted florescent tubes showing electrical field. 05:04:14 End credits. Voice of America Transmitter Vagabond-Able; Radio Relay Station; Iron Curtain; Cold War; Government Propaganda / Promotion; Celebrity; Movie Star; Anti-Communism; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.