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U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Recruiting Film "Adventure in Inner Space" 82444 (1965)

1965 · Short film · 28 min

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This 1965 color Navy recruiting film documents the process of the recruiting and training for service on a nuclear submarine. A woman wearing a 1960s Jackie Kennedy style suit and pillbox hat waits with her husband in his 1960s suit and hat at the train station. A teenage boy pulls up in a 1950s convertible. The train arrives and a sailor gets off and greets his family. The boys park in the driveway of a suburban 1960s neighborhood. The sailor greets a pretty girl next door. Dinner is served with a 1960s kitchen as the backdrop. The dad wears 1960s large black frame glasses and smokes a pipe (:35-4:48). The sailor visits his brother’s rocket club meeting, held in a 1960s classroom with a large globe. He shows them photos of a nuclear submarine (4:49-6:45). The USS Nautilus disappears under water. A submarine slowly sinks under the ice at the North Pole. Underwater photos are shown as a diver tries to break the ice with his light. Views from the periscope of the USS Triton and its arrival home are shown (6:46-9:06). The entry and football field at Chicago’s Roald Amundsen High School are shown. An “Adventure in Inner Space” Navy poster sits outside a Post Office. The student meets with a recruiter at his office and in the family’s 1960s living room. The cover of “The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training Program” catalog is shown (9:07-11:12). Scenes from boot camp shows marching sailors. The sailor meets with the “Classification” officer in his office. Naval graduation is shown…

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Running time
28 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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