ABANDON SHIP - Navy Training Film 21960

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A wartime US Navy training film, narrated by Mike Wallace, that demonstrates techniques for emergency escape from burning and sinking ships. Various drown-proofing and survival-at-sea techniques are presented, from using cargo nets to MK6 life rafts, and brief footage of actual sinking carriers, transports and other ships is featured.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

[@Nitrous-ej5zy]

Wow, so far I've learned how to resist enemy interogation, dead mans float, and how to defeat a tank with smoke bombs, and a log. Thanks, I'm sure all this will come in handy with lawn applications and tree injections....

[@IvanDmitriev1]

One cannot, unfortunately resist enemy interrogation by mere video training and arguably - and that is something which is still not told these days yet, interrogation is not there to get information but to "get even" and give free flow to the suppressed stress of the enemy - where they will execute (it's a war crime btw) simply put the meekest and the most aggressive POW,being average is thus something one should strive for and being in the "crowd" as well, but survival in this case largely depends on luck. Lastly tactical information is not as valuable these days, and the low-level troop movement information is superceded by the widespread use of c2i2 systems at every level of command - the war in Ukraine soundly proves this, where the Ukrainian army is for all intents and purposes is fighting slaves and indentured servants, which what Russian army is due to the large state presence in the real estate and land business due to the progressive stagnation and collapse of their economy from 2014. Now don't get me wrong, slave militaries are sometimes efficient (Egyptian Mamluks, Ottoman Janissary corps etc.) in cases where one needs assault with an overwhelming force and short but extremely high attrition rate.

[@Ironislander4302]

@@IvanDmitriev1Sir, this is a Wendy’s…

[@geoben1810]

It was drilled into our heads during boot camp not to abandon ship until the order to do so was given. You could be in the water watching the ship sailing away because damage control managed to save it and in all thet chaos no saw you or heard you go overboard. Stay with the ship and be prepared to abandon her only if she can't be saved!

[@Conn30Mtenor]

It doesn't mention the fact that when in the water one of the most serious threats to your survival are your shipmates. When they are panicking- they'll drown you.

[@manp1039]

Coast Guard rescue swimmers train on this subject. And if they need to, they will slug the person in the face if necesary to keep them from grabbing them in a panick, to avoid them drowning them both.

[@IvanDmitriev1]

This is a spare-the-hard-truth video in many ways than one, because considering it was a long war, it was important to tell the truth but also important to tell just enough and not too much of the truth to keep the morale up, but I do find it he further we advance the more emphasis on the negative consequences of incorrect action in all training (I've had chemical, radiological and electrical hazards in production environment training) and nowadays they do show and tell you what happens. Regulations are written in blood. Never go against them.

[@Beaguins]

Actually the film does say that unless you're very well trained you should not make body contact with a struggling swimmer. It says to toss one end of your shirt to them and drag them.

[@GoSlash27]

The Navy was still teaching these same survival techniques when I was in basic in the late '80s. I later taught my son "drownproofing" using the same techniques I had learned when he was 6.

[@whitman911]

Same here in 2000. Hah.

[@jetaddicted]

This is 2020, I am 46 and 20 years away from my army days, where I was a fireman. We had this technique to dress fast upon hearing the bell: Trousers placed above the boots, next to the bed, so as to put both the boots and trousers at the same time, upper clothes already one inside the other (t-shirt inside the pull over), so as to repeat the 2in1 operation of the boots and pants, all the necessary gear (in my case gloves and small set of metallic tools plus a lamp and other stuff) tucked together, by wrapping the gloves around them, the assemblage being latched to your belt. We gained up to a minute that way. Hope it will serve you someday.

[@mariekatherine5238]

jetaddicted Our Dad taught us something similar so as to be up and out of the house in 15 minutes. That was nine of us, seven kids, two adults. Yes, he was in the Navy. I still arrange my clothes, etc. the same way. btw, I’m 61.

[@fidjet]

💜💚🇺🇸🥊💪🧠

[@scowler7200]

Think I'll try that.

[@4nonym0u5]

Nice tip bro

[@jameshepler62]

I am a firefighter of several decades and arranged my clothes too with my pants able to drop both legs into simultaneously and pull them up. Outerwear bottom opening up to slide right on. Just like with turnout gear.

[@xrayperforator]

Part of this film about how to stay afloat, should be played in every school and every class before summer holiday.

[@turtletheturtlebecauseturt6584]

No

[@Ghoulerie]

I wont lie, I agree. Similar tips were taught to me growing up, especially utilizing trousers. The littlest things can save you if you know what to do!

[@TheRisingTide89]

@@turtletheturtlebecauseturt6584 ur here cuz ur life sucks so u come to disagree with ppl on youtube to see if you can make them feel as shitty and low as u😭😭😭😂😂😂😭🚮🚮🗑🗑🗑

[@TheRisingTide89]

Na this generation just cares about getting gender specific bathrooms removed and pushing that LG garbage bt shit into curriculums, de-generation x🗑🚮😭

[@timan206]

Poor 3rd world seacoast countries in Asia loose THOUSANDS of kids every year. I owned a scuba business in Vietnam , inevitably I had to recover at least 1 and as many as 5 kids bodies. I provided free swim training.

[@helenel4126]

My late father was in the Navy 1942 - 1945. He was only 18 when he enlisted, right after Pearl Harbor. As a pharmacist's mate, one of his tasks was tending the rescued. The light oil and gas on the water caused the worst injuries. I'm sure he saw this film.

[@Dovietail]

"Predatory fish"...he's working mighty hard not to say SHARK.

[@jonathanryals9934]

Here's to all the guys who ended up having to try out the floating with an empty shell casing idea.

[@Roarmeister2]

Your narrator, Mike Wallace enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and during World War II served as a communications officer on the USS Anthedon, a submarine tender. He saw no combat but travelled to Hawaii, Australia, and Subic Bay in the Philippines, then patrolling the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and south of Japan. After being discharged in 1946, Wallace returned to Chicago.

[@dbofficial1213]

Thewordtender getsmehungry

[@connorhastie685]

I read this in his voice

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@connorhastie685 Hahaha, I did the same thing!!😅😅

[@rapman5363]

Most of the journalists of today are big pussies and would never join an armed service of a country they hate so much. j/s

[@conzmoleman]

I banged Mrs. Wallace while he was away ;)

[@plumduff3303]

My great uncle was on hms esk it sank in 2 minutes in the dark in winter only 4 men survived...rip

[@CaesarInVa]

Interesting....when I went through Navy boot camp in 79, we were taught, and practiced, abandoning ship by stepping off the deck and over the side, pinching our nose with one hand and covering our rectum with the other. The object of covering both...orifices....was to prevent water from forcibly entering the respective body cavities and damaging internal bodily organs such as the colon, sinuses, etc. We were also taught NOT to wear our life jackets when going over the side. We were told to tie a loop in one of the life jackets strings and hold onto it. As it was explained to us, the sudden deceleration exerted on the spine caused by diving into water from an appreciable height while wearing a life jacket can break one's back or neck. We were also taught to always abandon ship on the WINDWARD side, so that the ship, acting like a sail, would be carried away from you by the wind and not into you if you abandoned on the leeward side.

[@kolebuscher5733]

Incredible what 20 years of learning gave you squids. Thank you for doing a job not many can do

[@waterheaterservices]

Great comment

[@Damo2690]

Probably not 20 years of learning but quite a lot of sunk ships

[@ismayonaiseaninstrumentno7105]

Very interesting. Thank you for your service!

[@magistrumartium]

It's interesting that you were told to protect your anus, not your balls. It seems to me that the former would be impenetrable with pants on, but the latter would be hurt by hitting the water from a great height.

[@jfchonors8873]

My father was a radar operator in WW Ii on DE338. Whenever he swam he used the breast stroke as it was drilled into him that it would push away debris and oil. It stayed with him forever

[@manp1039]

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[@mokopa]

It's chilling to think that some men had had to put all that practice into practice.

[@Steve_1999]

I thought splashing water on the surface is what attracts sharks... sharks think it's a struggling fish for dinner.

[@jayhockley8841]

Yeah , I also thought it would look like a fish in distress .

[@ravenclawtom]

you are correct. we know a lot more about sharks now then back then

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

@@ravenclawtomnot to make light of their deaths, but the Indianapolis situation makes much more sense now that you’ve mentioned that

[@allandavis8201]

I love these old training films, they are informative and interesting, with a bit of sarcasm thrown in for good measure. When I was in the British military we had a selection of survival kit in a bag, “go kit” and even though I never needed it under such awful circumstances it was always useful to have during exercises and detachments, especially when going to a different country or base with limited access to “civilisation “ and being a true Brit, teabags, stock cubes, packet soup and of all things Tabasco sauce, it could mask the taste of any ration pack, (rat pack) meal, I think they are called MRE’s these days, of course things like a good knife, torch and mirror were in mine as well.so the advice given to the sailors etc in this film about packing essentials is as true today as it was back in WWII. thanks for sharing this interesting and informative video. 👍.

[@badpharma461]

i believe that the Tabasco sauce idea is pure genius. i

[@WhaleGold]

I saw this film in boot camp San Diego 1968.

[@kemmcg]

I saw it there in the summer of 1967. It may have been one of the things that made me volunteer for the Seabees.

[@guymorris6596]

How old is this training film ? They didn't have one more modern for you guys to watch ? At least you're still with us. Thank you for your service from one veteran to another.

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

1. For the love of god DONT thrash about when sharks are nearby 2. Their eyesight is actually quite good

[@boss_boy_]

Plus sharks aren’t that bad anyway. Most of the time, they only bite you because that’s the only way they can interact with the world. Think of it like a dog sniffing you or a baby poking you. Of course, that won’t help you when a great white bites your arm off, but still.

[@rapman5363]

They have lousy eyesight.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

3: most shark “accidents” as they were correctly called in the past, are mistaken attempts to catch a perceived seal, so avoid looking like a seal

[@fonya4380]

"Never mind your camera or geeeetar" good advice but cracked me up:)

[@teresaponziani7983]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. My father served as a sonar man aboard a minesweeper during WWII and came back without a scratch. God bless all who served. God bless the greatest generation.

[@Beemer917]

85%might be right for navy shipping but it ain't even close for merchant seamen, god rest their souls and all the little red lights no one could stop for.

[@tigertiger1699]

Shame🤢🥵 I had a grandfather in law.., was a survivor seaman of the convoys....., he had most his face removed..., I only met him a few times...., and they told me that he hated the nazis for what he saw & heard from the other ships sinking...., 🥵 those fking red lights..... I was told that he was a tough tough guy..., but he got the impression that he was wreaked... I shouldn’t have watched....🌹

[@christopherconard2831]

85% seems optimistic. It probably includes ships that were abandoned by transferring the crew to another ship.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

I am older,and worked with a .an that was torpedoed twice.It was Hell on Earth, with many men burned.

[@joeviking61]

God rest their souls.

[@BLACKTHUMB01]

"Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn’t even seem to be livin’… ’til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin’ and your hollerin’ those sharks come in and… they rip you to pieces."

[@kenkur27]

One of the most memorable scenes from 'Jaws'!

[@tjlovesrachel]

Hey chief… I see ya brought your rubbers

[@SuV33358]

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies

[@SuV33358]

Here's to swimmin with bow-legged women

[@jeremybear573]

God bless all the sailors, Marines, civilian personnel, and others who had to abandon ship and lost their lives because of it!

[@josephtaylorjr.9970]

What about USCG

[@philliprogers964]

When I served on a ship back in 1970's I always had acouple of big plastic bags to use as floatation device just in case the ship sunk

[@porterschoen1510]

If they were still alive to abandon ship, then statistically speaking, they were probably rescued. Still, you're right.

[@MIck-M]

Never leave the boat until the boat leaves you.

[@jeffreyrosato6340]

I love these videos. They are like the original Survivor Man videos.

[@kittymervine6115]

oh my husband had to jump off this super high diving board, made just to practice that jump with arms folded. Sadly, my husband is built to SINK, but he survived and graduated! However, we won't talk about the long swim....he passed.

[@DDGVET4]

My how the Navy changed from the time this film was made and the 1970's. The Navy didn't issue you a survival knife, fishing kit, or whistle. All you got was a foul weather jacket, the modern plastic version of the Mae West and an EEBD on your rack. Ships like destroyers and frigates had become weapons platforms and were not expected to survive the new missile era. Surprisingly enough the Damage Control training improved and the modern ships did survive extensive damage from missiles, mines and IED's with minimal casualties. USS Stark/USS Samuel B. Roberts/USS Cole

[@notreallydavid]

Fascinating. Am imagining these procedures being carried out in the Atlantic or the Arctic, and at night.

[@allgood6760]

Salute and respect from NZ 🇳🇿

[@wscott9779]

The narrators sounded so familiar. Mike Wallace from Sixty Minutes

[@ShakespeareCafe]

This is why I carry a $199.95 life raft with me when I'm at sea. Better than treading water with a life jacket on an sharks nibbling on your toes

[@marine4lyfe85]

Are you active Navy? And if so, do they allow you to carry the raft with you at sea?

[@donlove3741]

Yeah sharks won't bite a rubber boat.

[@sierria64]

My hubby also said he was taught swim after abondon ship away..cuz suction of ship will pull u under..he said when u hit the oven hall ass don't watch....he said he had many abandon ship drill before he went in for that war 1990 ..

[@emimimix]

I’ve watched too many analog horrors and now I’m sitting here waiting for the video to turn uncanny or surreal lmao

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

“Be wary of unnecessary movements or noises, gods wrath ungulates below the surface”

[@dsrleader1563]

Such a great video, every vid from back then was so goood and helpful for every Occasion you were in, I’d be watching these vids like crazy

[@johnbutler7403]

We used to call that bugle call "The Bear Went Over the Mountain".

[@ThePilotGuy]

very interesting video. Thanks for sharing!

[@SoloPilot6]

If there's enough time for him to play that whole bugle call, there's no need to abandon ship.

[@Feintgames]

"OK, listen up shipmates! These boys from Washington are creating a training film on how to abandon ship. Any volunteers? It will be fun and you'll get an extra $2 for the commissary." LATER: 15:38

[@michaelscott8567]

Yeah volunteering is a bad move in any military. Especially if they say "It'll be fun" That's the line they used on my 17 yr old brother, when the SAS asked for volunteers to act at hostages for a training exersise. They said it'll be fun, he'll get to fly low level over Sydney harbour in a old Huey. A lot of the older guys told him not to do it, but the opportunity to go for a fly in a huey was too much. He said he should of listened. He spent the entire time blind folded and got thrown around like a rag doll. And spent the next few days nursing cuts and bruises.

[@drewa6891]

thank christ I was born after this

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

The sensible opposite of “born in the wrong generation”

[@craigschneider1820]

That's why they gave us $4 a month clothing allowance. Don't want bell bottoms with holes.

[@WillN2Go1]

During the first part of the oil sequences I think they got leeward (away from the wind - so where the oil would be blown to) and windward (into the wind) backwards. Later they get it right. Otherwise this yacht sailor and student of history is impressed. There was a USN sailor who fell off an aircraft carrier in the 1980s who floated using his trousers for a couple of days until he was found.

[@BackInTheGarden]

@ Pericopefiims, May God Blesss ya!

[@briefcaseblues6061]

We were some of the last few to be issued the Bell bottom Dungarees before they switched to the straight leg gas station attended pants. The bell bottoms could save a sailor's life if overboard. They were easily removed without having to take off your boondockers 1st. You could then tie a knott in each pant leg and with a couple techniques the legs could be inflated and used as a flotation device. Same with the dungaree shirt. I never understood why they did away with the Bell bottoms. Still have one pair. edit: wrote this before I got to that part in the video.

[@craigschneider1820]

That's why they gave us $4/month clothing allowance. Don't want any holes in your bell bottoms

[@briefcaseblues6061]

@@craigschneider1820 appreciate your service brother✊ In 1996 $4 would get me a utility belt. Maybe just the buckle.

[@Damo2690]

Probably because USA hasn't really had to deal with sinking ships much in the last 80 years

[@rapman5363]

@@Damo2690 Damn straight!! They do the sinking!! 🇺🇸

[@mikep8182]

Got a love our government they say when you survive you’re ready for action to get back into combat ??crazy!!

[@GigsVT]

We'll never know if the dog made it aboard the rescue.

[@teresaponziani7983]

Rescue the mascot! Oh, please, rescue the mascot!!! (I've seen too many movies.)

[@niklasklasen8048]

He actually did and served until the end of the war. His name was Clarkson.

[@bansheemania1692]

What about the Guy Before him. He died no Jacket

[@kenfox5442]

Great video

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[@robertwheeler5125]

Good video. We do the drills but if things go bad it may be difficult to get to your abandon ship station and then muster.

[@richardaillas162]

really interesting film, must have been of great use to sailors unfortunate enough to need to abandon.

[@sqike001ton]

I didn't know naka jima flew a top of the line marine aircraft

[@jkline999]

If I were the skipper of a ship, every man would carry a canteen, or two, of water when battle stations was sounded. The rest of the fleet would have made fun of us also, because the ship would have had extra water, rafts and rations strapped to the rails.

[@irishm3089]

Good idea, but how would the water be provided, and how often would it need to be replaced?

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@irishm3089 Good point. Filling 2 canteens per sailor would take a good portion of the freshwater. I'd say an expiration would have to be marked on the outside of the canteen using some type of erasable marker. The expiration or date to replace water in the canteens would probably depend on the weather or region being traveled. In moderate weather the water should be good for several weeks to a month, colder climates longer and tropical a couple of weeks at most.

[@SteveMacSticky]

Very good

[@buxxbannerspov30]

I was in the Coast Guard . . .they taught us these same techniques . ..of course we would just walk ashore ;)

[@notreallydavid]

I read about a guy who did that!

[@tbamagic]

Man....those were tough times

[@ct1762]

i'm not convinced jumping is sound advice, unless the ship is on fire or about to explode. if the water is really cold, you could easily gasp and drown. yes, even with your jacket on, and even in the tropics.

[@nunya___]

A bunch of guys hanging onto the sides of a small life raft probably looks a lot like a tasty octopus. 🐙🦑🦈

[@whoever6458]

I'd say the number one best way to avoid drowning at sea would be not to go to sea, especially not in a boat. However, everyone should know these techniques just in case they survive the plane crash. Respect to those who did go to see because, as you can tell from the beginning of this comment, I am of the opinion that doing so is quite dangerous in and of itself.

[@sloanchampion85]

These films are great...a whole lot better than most of the crap shoveled out of Hollywood today

[@jaminova_1969]

Many of these WW2 films were produced for the US Govt by Hollywood, before Hollywood became a propaganda machine for the Leftists.

[@oldcop18]

Believe I saw this film when I was in basic @ Great Lakes in 1965.

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Great old relic

[@highonimmi]

sounds like a young mike Wallace narrating.

[@ididyermom3273]

2:12 Dude is covered in oil and the officers are interrogating him! Lolz 😅

[@sirderam1]

Just as a matter of interest. The film suggests using trousers as an impromptu flotation device. When did trousers become pants in the USA?

[@rhinovirus2225]

I too would like to know

[@irishm3089]

Around the 19th century, Americans starting calling them pants.

[@irishm3089]

Around the 19th century, Americans starting calling them pants.

[@brucedavis1803]

What about dungarees? :)

[@martingruffalump5484]

hoorayyyyy!!! - the ship's dog made the parade!!!! 😁😁😁

[@donlove3741]

Power knocked out yet the general alarm and 1MC still work? What about battle lamps in every compartment ?

[@kgee2111]

I wonder if the survivors of the Indianapolis helped make this film? They used survivor experiences.

[@steveb6103]

Or any from taffy 3.

[@maddyg3208]

Or survivors from USS Juneau, all ten of them, though they may have had some words to say about the fact that several days went by before the navy started looking for them.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@maddyg3208 The poor sailors from the Indianapolis were I'm water for many days before they were found. May God rest their souls.

[@JB-pk3bz]

(1) 17:35 What? No safety briefing for the proper way to use your head, especially while ducking underneath metal airplanes? Yeah, that's gonna hurt! Glad they left that gem in the film! (2) 9:30 The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5) and destroyer U.S.S. Hammann (DD-412) were sunk from Japanese torpedoes, fired from submarine I-168. But when this film was produced in 1943, the Navy wasn't going to admit it.

[@tinklvsme]

That's scary!!

[@whitman911]

Also... 21 years in the Navy and I got ribbed for having an "abandon ship kit" in radio central with my emergency radio kit. Good to go, since I was the Skipper's personal communicator on his RHIB. Hoo-yah!

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

I vividly remember sleeping dressed when at sea.

[@davebartosh5]

I got pretty badly burned my the Man of War jellyfish on a Florida beach. The surf churns the tentacles into a soup that will cause burns all over, espicially the privates. As for the pain going away quickly...I wish haha. But the life guard had a spray bottle that helped, perhaps containg vinegar that stops the stingers.

[@olliefoxx7165]

I feel for you, that must have been terrible pain. The churned up remnants of those tentacles is almost a bio weapon. I've heard the effects last a long time.

[@billhuber2964]

" how not to be shark food ".

[@EJL2004]

What year would this film have been released? Would the Marines in WW2 Pacific theatre watched this?

[@guymorris6596]

1943 is what one person here said.

[@eddiemartin8372]

Still in the battle! Ugh, can't I just go home now?!

[@Geckotr]

When i see the title i automatically remembered the Battlecruiser voice when you click on it in StarCraft. "Abandon Ship"(in Russian accent)

[@wntu4]

Dying of thirst at sea? Fun fact: fish eyes are almost pure water.

[@timmyburden5701]

Wouldn't that be seawater and not drinkable?

[@wntu4]

@@timmyburden5701 no, it's fresh and consumable.

[@timmyburden5701]

@@wntu4 wow

[@wntu4]

@@timmyburden5701 No big deal really. Think about it. Like us, fish are mostly water anyway. You could eat almost any fish raw, yuckiness factor aside, with no problem and you would be taking in water at the same time.

[@TheLieutenantKnows]

That Nakijima sure looks like a Corsair.

[@apumasterp]

Yea when there’s shark around, just splash a bunch???

[@RayKinard]

Clearly, this was before Jaws 😁

[@lorknozzel11]

these videos would be so much better without the running time stamp.

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[@lorknozzel11]

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[@jaminova_1969]

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[@lambjalfrezi]

@@PeriscopeFilm Good point about the timecode, I am glad that you have the unmarked originals though. I guess that you saw They Shall Not Grow Old (kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6PEk36BbqebmtU), it would be amazing to do the same treatment to these films.

[@jamesbridge6408]

At 29:45 and beyond, lip read sailor in the water!

[@jaminova_1969]

My Grandfather shipped out on the HMS Queen Mary and returned home on a Liberty Ship!

[@BELCAN57]

Queen Mary is now a hotel in Long Beach. If you ever get the chance, go for a tour. Well worth the $$

[@jaminova_1969]

@@BELCAN57 I just might do that someday!

[@whitman911]

Lot of gear adrift in that Ensign, Senior Grade's stateroom.

[@fredeagle8766]

swim away from the danger zone....easy.

[@JuanAdam12]

I like how the generic Japanese fighter ("a Nakajima!") becomes an unmistakable U.S. Corsair in later footage. I've always wondered about this in movies and war footage: Who was more ignorant? The film editor or the public?

Well, in the middle of a war, you don't have the luxury getting all the scenes you want filmed...so the editors had to make do with the footage they had.

[@JuanAdam12]

@ so the editors only had footage of a Japanese plane and the most unmistakable-looking, late-in-the-war US fighter available to them?

@@JuanAdam12 Possibly, remember, it was a time in which databases for footage banks were pretty primitive, so the editors would have to know there is such footage, and in which army film footage bank or archive, get in touch, and locate the film, and be able to bring it, a process which would probably take days if not weeks. A lot of hassle compared to nowadays, when we can in a matter of minutes find in an online database pretty much any footage we want, and get it downloaded. I guess the editors chose to use whatever was at hand in their film unit.

[@dixieboy5689]

.....Geetar !!!

[@gregj4857]

Now they say thrashing in the water attracts the sharks.

[@michaelmonahan2058]

1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@manp1039]

i am surprised they dididn't mention using the navy hat being used as an improvised floatation device. It was my understanding that the shape and design of the hat was partially for this purpose. wet the cotton, and then hold it with two hand and swing it like a bowl into the water to capture air (similar to how they swung the pants.. and to periodically splash more water onto the material to keep it wet to keep it more air tight.

[@Beaguins]

I think the bucket hat is a rain hat with the brim turned up. It seems a bit small to serve as a flotation device. I can see how the bell-bottom pants would have been handy, though.

[@YourFreeBeats]

RIP Mike Wallace

[@americanpatriot3638]

11:17 did he jump and land face first on the raft? I see a pair of feet flopping around...

[@tylerrhoton9848]

100% face first lmao! Dude floatin face down after that one

[@jayhockley8841]

Yeah , thats clearly how NOT to do it !

[@keithsmith9115]

Was awesome for back then. But i gotta have my Gueiitarrr lol. Because i wanna rock lol

[@jasonm949]

Remember boys...it's on you to do everything right so those bankers in NYC don't have to pay out insurance claims!

[@markreeter6227]

Actually, a sinking ship is abandoning you.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Hey it's just going to chill on the sea floor, if you get off that's your choice

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

3:01 oh boy

[@kittymervine6115]

so if the burglar is killed, the situation is really dire.

[@pw4780]

Damn, I’ll never go on a cruise again!

[@rickrivers2909]

at 29:39 you can read his lips saying "Son of a bitch!".

[@rickylafleur9601]

Nothing will save you against 30 degree water unless you’re in a wet suit.

[@roflmows]

"very few sharks are man-eaters"... "explosions will kill nearby sharks and scare off any others around" tell that to the crew of the USS Indianapolis =/

[@setbellic6916]

I have always wondered why sailors wear those 'pork pie' hats - to protect the head when wondering about in the dark?

[@barryhopesgthope686]

Tell us how the Navy helped the USS Indy.

[@JohnDoeRando]

I just got done reading about it.... Damn...

[@jkline999]

and others. There were other cases, such as the Battle off Samar where survivors were not picked up.

[@rapman5363]

Barry Hope SGT Hope ask your dad.

[@tjlovesrachel]

What sucked for them was that…”they weren’t out there”