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This 1960s film titled “Come Sail With Me” acted as recruitment material for the U.S. Navy. It features USS Columbus, CG-12 (formerly CL-74; in this film, she is the refitted Guided Missile Cruiser CG-12). Prepared for The Surface Missile Systems Program Office Bureau of Naval Personnel, this film sought to specifically target men to join the Guided Missile Fleet. The film was produced and directed by Jay Brubaker, details the career of a Naval Officer in the Guided Missile Fleet from the first days of boot camp to specialization training at one of the Navy’s designated training centers and from battle to post-service career opportunities. A production of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the film not only entices recruits through the education opportunities and career stability offered but by promoting the slogan “Join the Navy and see the world.” Opening credits (0:09). Schooner war ships from the Revolutionary War (0:29). Figurines used to reenact war scene of brave men from the thirteen colonies fighting on these ships (0:36). Contemporary Navy Color Guard marching (1:30). Bus carrying naval recruits pulls into the Naval Training Center San Diego, California (1:50). Induction. Recruits get uniforms (2:36). Recruits receive vaccinations (2:54). Recruitment officer speaks to a room of new recruits (3:15). Navy Basic Test Battery (3:41). Marching drills (4:26). Marksmanship (4:35). Disaster preparedness (4:44). Classification Interview (5:16). US Navy Boot Camp graduation ceremony (6:02). USNA Brigade Award (6:14). Cadets depart the base for leave (6:39). Narrator selected as US Navy Fire Control Technician (6:52). US Navy Fire Control Technician school (7:00). John Paul Jones (7:02). Evolution of Navy ships from sails to nuclear-powered missile firing warships (7:08). Details of nuclear-powered missile firing warship (7:48). US Naval Guided Missiles School at Dam Neck, Virginia Beach (8:15). Aerial view of US Naval Schools Command Mare Island, California campus (8:34). Fire Control A School (9:00). Weapon control center: Talos, Terrier, and Tartar missiles (9:36). Launch of missiles from Navy ships (9:53). Modern Navy fleet: Guided Missile Ships, Destroyers, Frigates, conventional and nuclear powered cruisers (10:40). Serviceman studying in library (11:13). Specifics of Fire Control A School curriculum and training (11:28-12:30). Fisherman’s Grotto in San Francisco, California (12:35). San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf establishments: Guardino’s, Cresci Bros, Alto’s, and Borruso’s Lighthouse (12:51-12:56). San Francisco’s Playland (12:59). Powell St Cable Car Turnaround (13:02). Golden Gate Bridge (13:18). San Francisco’s Chinatown at night (13:20). Campus and lessons of US Naval Guided Missiles School at Dam Neck, Virginia Beach (13:32-15:20). Game of billiards (14:02). US Navy Great Lakes Training Center just outside of Chicago, Illinois (15:27). Sign for US Navy Gunner’s Mate School - duties of what a gunner’s mate most do in the Navy (15:32). Service Missile Service Program (17:05). Guided Missile Ships (17:21). Navy National Information Security Assessment Program (NISAP) (17:51). Navy men reporting to Guided Missile Ship for duty (18:42). Consoles and radars on the ship (19:41-20:19). GMM Gunner’s Mates at work (20:34). Guided Missile Cruiser: USS Columbus (CG-12) (21:08). Amenities and staff onboard the ship (21:20-22:00). Everyone on board preparing for battle (22:09). Missile launch (22:58). Navy serviceman in China (23:58). Navy servicemen in Australia at wildlife park with koalas and kangaroos (24:03). Hong Kong (24:15). Hula dancers in Hawaii (24:22). Positions for FTMs and GMs on America’s shores (24:40). Future prospects and career opportunities for Missile Sailors (24:49). John Paul Jones quote overlaid background of Golden Gate Bridge (25:39). Closing credits (26:08). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ 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, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
