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Silent Service, The - The Story of Submarine Warfare In The Pacific (1946) Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: H1495-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942,1946

Country: Japan,USA

Location: Hawaii,Pacific,Pearl Harbor

TC Begins: 10:40:33

TC Ends: 11:05:43

Duration: 00:25:10

Pt. 2 of 2 Continued.... Men in sub playing cards, listen to voice of Tokyo Rose on radio saying their sub was sunk. Laugh. 10:40:57 Men to action stations on Trigger as she dives. 10:41:42 Men raise periscope; Japanese aircraft carrier seen. Lower periscope; raise & see fleet. SOF: “...we are going to shoot our whole wad at the carrier!” 10:42:17 CUs plotting engagement of enemy; men at periscopes give coordinates & call out orders. 10:43:34 Torpedoes fired; carrier hit (miniature & actual) GOOD STAGED SEQUENCE W/ SOUND. 10:44:36 Embroidered banner showing Trigger 'kills' 10:44:44 Animation of Japanese losses w/ statistics over. Bar graph comparing w/ US & German losses. 10:45:21 Periscope breaks surface; inside submarine; torpedo thru water & explosion in distance. 10:45:42 Underwater staged: US submarine as crew listens to destroyer launching depth charges. 10:46:10 Periscope up, Japanese destroyer is still in sight. 10:46:24 Depth charge underwater & exploding. Miniatures intercut w/ men in ship (staged). 10:47:34 USS Trigger (SS-237) resurfaces, men out & firing deck guns w/ tracers. 10:48:09 Orders are given to scuttle ship; crew abandon submarine out of tower as it sinks, swimming. Roiling dark ocean surface at night (could be anywhere). 10:49:25 Hawaii scenes, US sailors recoup after tours of duty on beach at Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Men exercising, ping pong, shoot pool, dancing, jitterbugging, entertained by Hawaiian dancers. 10:51:17 Animated statistics of sunken Japanese tonnage for 1944 10:51:44 US submarine on surface fire cannon at Japanese junk, sinks it. 10:52:04 Look-outs on conning tower; men operating submarine; rifle & other target practice from deck. 10:53:13 Submarine fire canon at Japanese freighter; hit; junk sunk. 10:53:42 Japanese survivors picked up from lifeboat. 10:54:06 Radio operator onboard submarine; plane hits water, parachutes down, pilot rescued - other crew members picked up; treated in sick bay. Another plane ditches. Life boats & rescues; dead bodies floating. Burial at sea. Pilot in dinghy - pilots pulled onboard submarine. Injured & wounded. 10:57:13 Sunset seen from submarine. 10:57:26 Sub firing on Japanese ships; search small ships & dump cargo; taking prisoners. 10:58:12 Japanese ship seen through periscope at dock. 10:58:39 Torpedoes loaded Underwater shot (miniature?). 10:59:03 Captain talks to crew over intercom; men at posts listening. 11:01:13 Torpedoes fired, good bubble trail; target hit & sunk at dock. Torpedo fired. GOOD. 11:03:09 Submarine surfaces, bow plane stuck (various views); raised & dives. Submarine under fire from Japanese vessel. 11:04:06 Sec of Navy Forrestal reviewing crew, presents decorations after tour of duty, handshakes. 11:04:45 Montage of scenes of submarines & activities on board. The End. WWII; WW2; Any continuous ten minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate. NOTE: poor sound 10:52:10 - ??

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