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"SALUTE TO THE COAST GUARD"
THIS DOCUMENTARY TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD FROM ITS BIRTH IN 1790 TO THE PRESENT. DRAMATIC RESCUE FILM OF THE CREW OF THE BRITISH FREIGHTER "AMBASSADOR", & THE RESCUE OF THE CREW & PASSENGERS OF THE ITALIAN LINER "ANDREA DORIA" "THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RESCUE IN HISTORY. FILM ALSO COVERS THE MANY OTHER ROLES OF THE COAST GUARD, WHICH INCLUDES LAW. |
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MONTAGE- HUGE WAVES AND ROUGH SEAS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
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AERIAL- THE MOTOR VESSEL "AMBASSADOR", A BRITISH FREIGHTER WITH 35 HANDS ON BOARD, LISTS BADLY ON IT'S SIDE AS THE ROUGH WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC POUNDS IT.
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LS- THE OCEAN WATERS COMPLETELY INUNDATES ONE SIDE CU- BOW OF U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER, "COONS BAY", WITH WATER POURING OVER IT, PLOWS THROUGH ROUGH WATERS ON THE WAY TO THE RESCUE.
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LS- CREWMAN STRUGGLES IN HUGE WAVES BEFORE HE IS PULLED ONTO RESCUE BOAT.
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TITLE: "SALUTE TO COAST GUARD" SUPERIMPOSED OVER A COASTGUARDSMAN STANDING ON BOW OF SHIP READY TO TOSS A LIFE PRESERVER INTO THE WATER.
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MS- COAST GUARD EMBLEM WITH YEAR 1790 INSCRIBED
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CU- GLASSES OF DRINKS ON A DINNER TABLE SUDDENLY SHAKE AND TOPPLE OVER DEPICTING THE MOMENT OF IMPACT WHEN ITALIAN LINER ANDREA DORIA COLLIDED WITH SWEDISH LINER "STOCKHOLM" ON JULY 25, 1956
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| 01:02:20 129.67 |
CU- DISHES AND GLASSES FALLING TO THE GROUND AND SHATTERING. "SOS" FLASHES ON THE SCREEN
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| 01:03:01 170.67 |
MS- COASTGUARDSMEN AT THE EAST MORICHES STATION ON LONG ISLAND PICKS UP S. O. S. CU- GUARDSMAN TYPES THE INFORMATION OVER HIS TELETYPE. CU- TELETYPE MESSAGE SHOWN. CUTTER "TAMAROWA" ORDERED OUT TO SEA
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| 01:03:43 212.67 |
MONTAGE- MESSAGES ON TELETYPE MACHINES ARE VERBALIZED BY NARRATOR. CU- PHOTO OF OFFICER TAKING NOTES AS HE ANSWERS PHONE
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CU- GUARDSMAN HAS HAND ON BOWED HEAD AS HE LISTENS ON PHONE AS MANY SHIPS, INCLUDING ILE DE FRANCE RESPOND TO THE S. O. S. CLOCK ON WALL SHOWS 12:48AM AS VOICE SAYS, 8 BOATS WERE LAUNCHED AT THAT TIME
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| 01:04:39 268.67 |
"RECORDED VOICE SAYS, 'ILE DE FRANCE WILL ARRIVE AT 1:45AM" . CU- CLOCK ON WALL SHOWS THAT TIME.
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| 01:04:53 282.67 |
CU- TELE TYPES SHOWS "THE ANDREA DORIA BEGUN TO ABANDON SHIP, WE HAVE PICKED UP 200 SURVIVORS"
(PAN) CU- CLOCK SHOWS 3:33 AM. |
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CU-NEW TELETYPE MESSAGE FROM THE "STOCKHOLM", PAN-
"WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 425 PERSONS ABOARD". CU- CLOCK SHOWS 4:58AM. |
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CU- MESSAGE FROM ILE DE FRANCE, "ALL PASSENGERS RESCUED, PROCEEDING TO NY UNDER FULL SPEED". (PAN)
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MS- PHOTO OF INJURED BEING REMOVED BY COAST GUARD HELICOPTER. COAST GUARD CUTTER "HOMBRE" STANDS NEAR THE SINKING "ANDREA DORIA".( PHOTO)
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AERIAL- "ANDREA DORIA" ON IT'S SIDE AND ALMOST GONE. LITTLE BY LITTLE IT DISAPPEARS.
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LS- COAST GUARD CADETS STAND ATOP THE SAIL MASTS OF TRAINING SHIP.
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CU- PORTRAIT OF SECRETARY OF TREASURY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON HAD 10 AMERICAN CUTTERS BUILT TO GUARD AMERICAN COAST AGAINST SMUGGLERS IN 1970. SINCE THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS IT'S PRIMARY MISSION
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MONTAGE- OLD DRAWINGS OF SAIL SHIPS AND SEA BATTLES. ON JANUARY 28, 1915 THE UNIT BECAME KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WHEN IT MERGED WITH THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
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CU- CHURNING SEA. LS- BATTLE SHIPS AT SEA DURING WWI. LIGHT TURNS AT LIGHTHOUSE. ON JULY 1, 1939 U.S LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE WAS TRANSFERRED TO COAST GUARD.
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LS- COAST GUARD CUTTER ON ROUGH SEA. MS- GUARDSMAN FLASHES A LIGHT SIGNAL TO ANOTHER SHIP AT SEA.
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LS- COASTGUARDSMEN IN A JEEP AND ON HORSEBACK PATROL THE BEACH ALONG THE SHORE.
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LS- FREIGHTER GETTING HIT BY A TORPEDO AND COAST GUARD CUTTERS FIRING MULTIPLE DEPTH CHARGES INTO SEA, AS WELL AS RESCUING MEN AT SEA IN LIFEBOATS
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MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES AT NORMANDY BEACHHEAD AND PACIFIC ISLANDS WHERE COAST GUARD RESCUED MANY GIS DURING LANDINGS AND SUFFERING MANY CASUALTIES OF THEIR OWN
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MS- COAST GUARD OFFICER BARKS COMMAND ON MEGAPHONE AS GUARDSMAN FIRES A TOWLINE ACROSS TO A SHIP AT SEA IN DISTRESS. THE FREIGHTER IS TOWED BY THE CUTTER.
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CU- ROTATING LIGHT AT LIGHTHOUSE. LS- "THE BOSTON LIGHT", ON BREWSTER ISLAND, WAS THE 1ST LIGHTHOUSE LIT ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1716
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MONTAGE- SOME OF THE OVER 350 ACTIVE LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS FROM MAINE TO ALASKA TO ARE SHOWN.
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LS- TOWERING RADIO TOWER WHICH IS NOW USED INSTEAD OF LIGHTHOUSE. CU- REMOTE CONTROL LIGHT IS RAISED AND LOWERED. MS- SAILOR SETS A BIG CLOCK AT A CONTROL STATION
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MS- SAILORS WITH HEADPHONES AT A COMMUNICATION CENTER. LS- LARGE CHANNEL BUOYS SIT ON A PIER OTHERS IN THE HARBOR AS CHANNEL MARKERS.
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MS- SAILOR ON A COAST GUARD TENDER RAKES OFF BARNACLES FROM A HUGE BUOY. SAILOR STANDS ON GIANT BUOY AS IT IS LOWERED INTO WATER WITH WINCH.
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LS- GUARDSMEN FIGHT FIRE ON SHIP AT SEA.
LS- CUTTER BREAKS THROUGH ICE IN GREAT LAKES SHIPPING LANES AND AT THE NORTH POLE TO RE-SUPPLY THE LONELY OUTPOSTS THERE. |
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MONTAGE- HUGE CHUNKS OF ICE COME CRASHING INTO THE SEA FROM HUGE ICEBERGS.
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MS- COASTGUARDSMEN LOOK OUT AT A HUGE ICEBERG AS THEY PASS IN CUTTER. AERIAL- COAST GUARD PLANE PASSES OVER ICEBERG TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.
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MONTAGE- GUARDSMEN ON COAST GUARD WEATHER PATROL SHIPS USE ALL KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE WEATHER AND PASS ON THE INFORMATION TO PLANES AND SHIPS AT SEA AND WEATHER BUREAUS.
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DRAWING DEPICTS THE MIRACULOUS RESCUE OF THE BERMUDA "SKY QUEEN" SEAPLANE IN OCTOBER 1947.
69 MEN & WOMEN WERE SAVED BY COAST GUARD WEATHER SHIP. |
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LS- PHOTOS SHOW THE AIRLINER "PACIFIC MIST"
CRASHING INTO OCEAN AND 31 PEOPLE ABOARD BEING RESCUED WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF CRASH BY COAST GUARD CUTTER, "PUNCH A TRAIN" ON DECEMBER 17, 1956 |
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LS- ESKIMOS' FROM ALASKA BOARD A CUTTER OF THE ALASKAN BERING SEA PATROL STARTED IN 1857 FOLLOWING PURCHASE OF ALASKA FROM RUSSIA.
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LS- HUNDREDS OF FISHING BOATS TIED UP AT AN ALASKAN PORT ALONG THE BERING SEA.
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MS- ESKIMO MAN SIT IN COURT WITH HIS LAWYER.
ESKIMO WOMAN CUDDLES HER BABY. MS- COMMANDING OFFICER OF A CUTTER PERFORMS MARRIAGE CEREMONY ON HIS SHIP BETWEEN NATIVE MAN AND WOMAN. |
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LS- HUNDREDS OF SEALS ON AN ICE BAR IN ALASKAN WATERS ARE PROTECTED BY THE COAST GUARD FROM UNCONTROLLED SLAUGHTER.
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MS- SEAMAN AT HIS CONTROL BOARD AT COMMUNICATION CENTER AT A LIGHTHOUSE AERIAL- LIGHTHOUSE ON A SMALL LONELY ROCK ISLAND SURROUNDED BY ROUGH SEAS.
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LS- TO TEST IT'S ENDURANCE A LIFEBOAT IS DROPPED INTO THE WATER AT AN INSPECTION STATION
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MS- ARMED COAST GUARDSMEN EXAMINE DANGEROUS CARGO ON MARITIME VESSELS.
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LS- A HUGE INDUSTRIAL PLANT ON WATERS EDGE ARE CONSTANTLY CHECKED FOR POLLUTION OF THE WATERS.
MS- A COAST GUARD SPEEDBOAT KICKS UP A WAKE AS IT HEADS FOR THE CAMERA. |
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LS- A METAL SUITCASE THROWN INTO THE WATER BURSTS OPEN AND INFLATES INTO A LARGE RUBBER RAFT
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LS- COAST GUARD CADETS CLIMB HIGH ONTO THE SAILS OF 4 MAST TRAINING SCHOONER. AERIAL- LONG LINE OF CADETS CLIMB UP THE ROPE LADDERS. AS SEEN FROM CROW'S NEST. MS- CADET TAKES THE HELM
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LS- COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN CONNECTICUT. MS- CADET CLIMBS TO THE CEILING ON A ROPE AS OTHERS LOOK UP AT HIM.
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LS- A GUARDSMAN SIGNALS WITH HIS FLAGS FROM THE TOP OF THE SHIP'S BRIDGE
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LS- CUTTER SPEEDS AND CRASHES INTO WAVES TO TEST IT'S ENDURANCE. CU- SPRAY OF WATER CLOUDS LENS
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LS- NEW AMPHIBIOUS HELICOPTER WITH RESCUE PLATFORM LANDS IN WATER AND RESCUES A "DROWNING" MAN.
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MS- DRAWING OF NEW CUTTER WITH HELICOPTER ON IT'S DECK.
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