COAST GUARD OFFICER Part 1

Description

On the career and duties of a Coast Guard officer. An ensign goes aboard a ship and is assigned various duties. Officers play cards, inspect a merchant ship's safety equipment, and search ships for contraband. Shows a Loran station, MIT, Georgetown Univ., Rennselaer Poly. Inst., Script Inst., Ben Franklin Univ., a U.S.N. school in Monterey, the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, and the Coast Guard Academy in New London where officers are schooled. Positions held by officers of various ranks are shown. Includes views of a cutter clearing a path through the ice; helicopters and seaplanes taking off; and the training vessel Eagle.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Coast Guard

Series

Moving Images Relating to Coast Guard Activities