MEN AND THE SEA Part 1

Description

Merchant seamen and officers receive induction in seamanship at various maritime service training schools and aboard the training ships American Seamen and American Sailor. Men conduct lifeboat drills, aim and simulate firing deck guns, participate in abandon ship drills, and learn navigation techniques (the use of the sextant and gyrocompass), engine room operation, and sending and receiving by wireless radio.

Collection

Records of the Office of War Information

Series

Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures