Tests Of Army, Navy, & Coast Guard Air-Sea Rescue Boats, Rockland, Maine, 02/1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #15967. National Archives description "1) MS 85" boat underway on high seas. 2) LS Same as above; Pan, lead boat plows through high seas, throws spray high in air; it is followed by second boat in column; spray flies over boats. 3) LS 85" army boats undergo tests in rough seas; they move toward camera at high speed. 4) MS Army boat lying to. 5) MS Beat underway at high speed; bow of boat high as it cuts through water. 6) MS Boat undergoing tests in rough weather. 7) LS Same as above. 8) LS Same as above. 9) MS Sea sled undergoing tests in high seas; sled moves toward camera, makes strbrd. turn, moves away. 10) HA MLS Same as above; snow on beach, BG. 11) HA MLS Sea sled moves toward camera in rough seas (SV). 12) MLS Swsmp-glider, fitted with skis, moves along ice on land during tests (swamp-glider is an airboat). 13) LS Same as above. 14) LS Glider moves out of water onto land, moves along ice at high speed. 15) MS PAN Left, boat passes camera.. 16) MS Glider moves from ice to water. (OX). 17) MS INTERIOR: CG officers in conference; kland, Maine map on wall; captain points to certain areas on map, using pencil; other officers look on. 18) MS INTERIOR…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Coast Guard, Search And Rescue Operations, World War II

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