Submariner: The Men of the Silent Service Movie Segment

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We thought it would be better to put out some short segments from the movie.

This would be better than the traditional “trailer” …

A kind of sample taste. Like trying on shoes before buying them. Is this a better way ?

A short segment from Chapter 4 – “From Diesel to Nuclear”

This is from the section illustrating the difference between life on diesel-electric submarines to the new nuclear submarines.

Before this segment was a short, interesting introduction to Hyman Rickover’s push to use nuclear power in submarines. It then goes into the construction and first missions of the USS Nautilus SSN 571 including crew members who made the first voyages and the 3 attempts to pass across the North Pole.

Including the original navigator – Shep Jenks. With actual footage of Jenks in the plane searching the polar ice to make the third attempt without being crushed by the ice.

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