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TOO LONG Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1960’s era promotional and recruiting film showcases the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and shows off their fighting strength. (Please note: our print has a damaged soundtrack, please bear with the racket.) Main title: “Leading from Strength. The U.S. Navy. Guardian of Freedom Through Control of the Sea Lanes.“ The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal CVA-59 is shown in port :49. Rear Admiral Charles D. Griffin is shown. Griffin was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of United States Naval Forces Europe from 1963 to 1965 and as commander in chief of Allied Forces Southern Europe from 1965 to 1968. Planes are seen tied down on the deck of the carrier 1:12. Lieutenant Kirk Carter is the narrator’s guide on board the Forrestal 1:27. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a the smallest attack jet; a supersonic fighter and the fastest in the fleet 24:30. It is armed with atomic weapons. Armament consisted of two 20 mm (.79 in caliber) Colt Mk 12 cannons, one in each wing root, with 100 rounds per gun (the A-4M Skyhawk II and types based on the A-4M have 200 rounds per gun), plus a large variety of bombs, rockets, and missiles carried on a hardpoint under the fuselage centerline and hardpoints under each wing. Red jerseys on airmen indicate ammunition and fuel detail, 1:58. Capt. Richard L. Kibbe talks with our narrator on the bridge 2:00. Planes and crew in precise formation 2:19. Radar of many types are spinning on the ship 2:30. Douglas A-1 Skyraiders get ready for take-off. Rescue helicopter, known as the Angel, gets ready for action 2:24. One by one the planes leave the flight deck 3:32. The guided missile cruiser, USS Boston passes the ship to starboard 4:03. A Skyhawk A4D demonstrates loft bombing maneuvers 4:20. Missile soars through the air 4:45. A Skyraider AD5 drops a bomb at a land target 5:04. The famous Blue Angels fly in close formation 5:16. A tracking camera tracks the destruction of an F6F Hellcat drone by a Sparrow missile 6:08. Grumman Tigers practice touch and go landings 6:42. Various types of aircraft return to the carrier 7:00. Plane handling crews efficiently clear the flight deck 7:44. Planes are lowered to the hangar deck 8:05. The Regulus, a surface to surface guided missile and a Sidewinder air to air missile in the hangar. The SSM-N-8A Regulus or the Regulus I was a United States Navy-developed ship-and-submarine-launched, nuclear-capable turbojet-powered second-generation cruise missile, deployed from 1955 to 1964 8:24. The destroyer USS Coontz DLG-9 Pulls alongside the Forrestal to refuel 8:36. The fuel hoses are connected 9:00. The destroyer is armed with Terrier Missiles to stop air attacks 9:09. Transfer of personnel is accomplished during refueling operations 9:28. Refueling of the USS Charles Ware DD-865 takes place in high seas 9:48. The submarine, USS Barbero prepares a Regulus missile which can carry a nuclear payload and can be launched from various types of ships 10:38. USS Coral Sea CV-43 undergoes an atomic radiation wash down 11:00. The nuclear powered Nautilus submarine 11:24. Terrier missiles aboard the USS Canberra (CA-70) 11:32. The Terrier missile strikes a drone, destroying it 12:15. Planes take off from USS Forrestal on a night training maneuver 12:35. Our narrator thanks Captain Kibbe 13:30. PART 2. The US Marine Corps 13:30. Versatile Hard-Hitting Ready to Fight Anywhere-Anytime 13:52. Marine honor guard welcomes civilians to Quantico, VA. 14:05. General Merrill B. Twining is present for the ceremony 14:18. Helicopter board civilians 15:07. Simulated attack exercise 15:37. 3.5 bazooka team approach 15:55. Flamethrower team 16:05. Squads move-in with cover from the air 16:34. Vertical envelopment 17:16. Squadrons of choppers filled the air 18:16. A recoilless rifle is moved into position 18:25. Rocket launcher team moves in 18:50. Armored landing vehicles approach the shore 19:20. Landing vehicles begin assault 20:00. Tanks and flamethrowers provide cover for infantry 20:35. Flames engulf the battlefield 21:08. Moving tank with a flamethrower approaches 21:54. Marine with flame thrower attacks the base 22:20. Ontos, officially, “the Rifle”, multiple 106 mm, self-propelled, M50, a U.S. light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle, attacks 22:50. An enemy pillbox is silenced 23:23. An atomic mushroom cloud envelops the battlefield 24:13. 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 and 2k. For more information visit
