Navy Screen Highlights Part 1

Description

The original production summary sheet reads as follows: Title: "Thresher Lost"; scenes of the launching of nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593), Bathyscaphe Trieste submerging in search of the lost Thresher, memorial services at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and New Haven, Connecticut for the men of the Thresher, a floral wreath replica of the sub is flown to the scene; Title: "People to People," three ships underway for the fourth South Atlantic Amity goodwill cruise in Africa; scenes of the visit to Sierra Leone and the meeting with the Chief Madame Ella K. Galama; sailors visiting the wild animals in their natural habitat and the distribution of "Project Handclasp" materials, clothing and medical supplies; scenes of a reunion between Arthur Trench, skipper of converted destroyer USS Crosley (APD-87) and the Japanese survivors rescued from a foundering junk in the East China Sea in 1945 (picture used was of destroyer USS Whitehurst (DE-634); interior views of the shrine at the memorial services; scenes of Japanese relatives of the deceased and survivors at a reception aborad destroyer USS De Haven (DD-727); Title "Navy's Newest." Commissioning ceremony for ballistic missile nuclear submarine USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) at Groton, Connecticut. Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin speaking; Aerial views of the SSBN underway; interior scenes of various electronic control panels and the Sherwood Forest, showing the A-3 Polaris launch tubes; Secretary of Navy Fred Korth seen given a demonstration of a Fast Patrol Craft just placed in active service at Quantico, Virginia; Title "The Atlantic Fleet"; Change of Command ceremonies at Norfolk, Virginia, for the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic; Admiral Robert L. Dennison being relieved by Admiral Harold Page Smith; Title; "The Pacific Fleet," sailors from aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) taking part in a parade in Sydney, Australia, in ceremonies honoring the World War II Battle of the Coral Sea; the United States Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps is seen demonstrating at a horse show; Title: "Chuting Stars," United States Navy Chuting Stars performing aerial acrobatics at an exhibition, as seen from a sky diver photographer descending with them.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Naval Activities