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Nuclear Navy, The Pt. 2 of 3

Reel Number: 221566-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1967

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 05:36:28

TC Ends: 05:45:27

Duration: 00:08:59

Pt. 2 of 3 Continued.. Aerial of Nautilus (SSN-571) on surface thru water. Men on deck as submarine leaves dock, at sea. 05:37:09 - 05:37:18 Good shot of ocean water at sea w/ out anything present. 05:37:18 Nautilus on surface arriving Puerto Rico, at dock. Capt. William Anderson, CU. Under ice view, CU hands on navigation chart w/ penciil on North Pole. Men at charts, at controls. Into NYC harbor. 05:38:03 Sea Wolf construction (SSN-575) w/ welding, crane. Sea trials 21Jan57. Submerging; rising. 05:38:59 Docking submarine. 03:39:08 Engineers working w/ reactor. Subs on surface; SSN-587 Halibut on surface firing missile w/ chase planes following. 05:39:32 Underwater shot from below of SSN-578 Skate. Iceberg, Underwater view of surface ice. View from on ice of Seadragon (SSN-584) breaking thru. Skate & Seadragon on surface near North Pole, men in dinghy; meeting, saluting & shaking hands w/ US flags present, Underwater diver w/ camera against ice.Submarine submerging near ice. 05:40:31 MS SSN-586 Triton on surface from air; Capt. Edward L. Beach by periscope, crew mapping route around world underwater, periscope view of coast. Submarine on surface. 05:41:20 Loading polaris missile onto submarine. Aerial of sub on surface; crew at controls & control panel, passageway interior w/ men walking thru; torpedo (?) tubes visible. 05:41:57 Int. large computer room w/ IBM main frames. 05:42:01 Nuclear propulsion plant w/ ovehead of reactor (?) working. Ext. of Arco, Idaho research test site. 05:42:15 Cruiser Long Beach (CGN-9) launched; commissioning; at sea. Int. w/ crew working at control panels; missile onto launcher in MCU, firing seen from air. 05:43:06 Carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) at sea from surface & air. Crew moving rockets, loading bombs on planes; views of tower, antennas. Plane landing; taking off. 05:44:06 Guided missile frigate Bainbridge (CGN-25) at sea circled. POV on board w/ missiles in place, loading. 05:44:34 Tug w/ Bainbridge; Long Beach & Enterprise out to see, aerials. Onboard, missile into launch position labeled Operation Sea Orbit 64. Crew on bridge of ??. Enterprise seen from Bainbridge; Bainbridge seen from Enterprise. Continued... Military Technology; Atomic Age; 1950s; 1960s; Cold War; Naval Ships; Nuclear Navy; Arctic Underwater Exploration; NOTE: Shots brief but good sequences & color quality excellent.

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