58444 U.S. NAVY NEWS POLARIS MISSILE SUBMARINES USS TRITON BUOYANT ASCENT
This U.S. Navy newsreel shows the launch of the USS Robert E. Lee, one of the new Polaris nuclear missile submarines. At :40, the USS Triton is seen in acceptance trials. This was the Navy's largest submarine, equipped with twin nuclear reactors. At 1:19, the USS George Washington, prototype Polaris SSBN, is seen at Groton. At 1:58, Navy divers from the USS Archerfish demonstrate the buoyant ascent method of escape from a crippled submarine from a depth of 300 feet. At 2:37, Sierra Sam the famous crash test dummy, is shown being used in spectacular airplane crash tests. At 3:00, a human volunteer attempts escape at a 7 knot cruising speed. <p><p>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."<p><p>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 http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com