AROUND THE WORLD IN POLARIS POLARIS NUCLEAR BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES IRBM 29594

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The scroll at the start of this 28-minute U.S. Navy film informs the viewer that part of the mission of the United States Navy is to “maintain the Polaris Missile System as a major instrument in the preservation of world peace.” So starts our journey “Around the World of Polaris” and an examination of nuclear ballistic missiles, their submarines that were in place during the Cold War, and their various ports of call in the late 1960s. Actor and announcer Ed Reimers, who appeared in a series of documentary films made by the Lockheed Space and Missile Systems Division, is our guide as he introduces us to Captain Benjamin S. Sherman, Jr., commander of Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 14 at mark 02:30, who explains the goal of the squadron is to provide mission-ready vessels at a moment’s notice. We also hear from Captain P.G. White, Jr., commanding officer of the USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), docked at Holy Loch, Scotland, (where she was stationed from 1963-1967); and Captain R.A. Maxwell, commander of the submarine tender USS Simon Lake (AS-33). Their mission was to assist Polaris submarines in whatever way necessary, including maintenance and resupply. At mark 07:00, the films becomes a sort of visual tourism brochure. Sailors (and the viewer) get a look at life in Scotland, including the traditional Highland Games and the Edinburgh International Festival. Nearly six minutes later our tour concludes and we’re taken across the globe at mark 12:48 to Hawaii, where the Polaris sailor can rejoin his family for some rest and relaxation and an examination of Polynesian culture. At mark 17:20, volcanoes erupt and lava bubbles and flows as Reimers, discussing Mauna Loa and standing at Killauea, reminds the viewer, “Wherever you go on these Hawaiian Islands, you are literally standing on a volcano.” The twang of a Hawaiian guitar at mark 18:18 takes down mountainsides along beaches and into blue-green pools and of course, surf-worthy waves. At mark 20:00, we’re reminded that this film is a U.S. Navy production, with word that much of the sailors’ time in Hawaii will be spent at the weapon systems training school at Pearl Harbor before being flown to Guam, where they will be assigned to a Polaris submarine and begin another long patrol. We’re left at mark 21:50 with some closing thoughts from Captain Patrick J. Hannifin, commander of Submarine Squadron 15 and the man who, in 1968, assumed command for all Polaris submarines in the Pacific Fleet in Guam. And then … the viewer is left with images of the beautiful palm-lined beaches and sun-bathing beauties on Guam as a submarine dips below the Pacific Ocean.
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@plumbbobwilson6931 7 жыл бұрын

Speaking for myself, I never saw Glasgow or Edinburgh. In 4 refits at Site 1, I only ever got Cinderella liberty . Drank a lot of Tennent's at Bert's in Dunoon, though.