US Coast Guard Along Our Shores

Shot List:

00:00:21;00

U.S. Coast Guardsman march in formation

00:00:41;01

Ships underway at sea. A man looks through binoculars. Various shots of LSTs underway, soldiers or marines wading ashore to beachhead from LSTs

00:01:12;03

U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King seated at his desk with an officer. Image of a report titled “Our Navy At War”. Image of Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Sr with other officers aboard a ship. CU of Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Sr

00:01:35;18

Head-on shot of a WWII convoy of ships

00:01:49;21

Entrance to U.S. Coast Guard Academy, various scenes of Coast Guardsmen at Coast Guard Academy

00:02:24;01

Sign reads “United States Coast Guard Training Station”. Various types of training of Coast Guard recruits. Women of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserves (SPARS) performing a variety of clerical duties

00:03:47;01

CU of Coast Guardsman sending a message in Morse code using a signal lamp (Aldis lamp), a means of optical communication

00:06:39;18

Shows Coast Guard icebreaker ship breaking ice on the Great Lakes

00:08:23;16

Shows handling of gasoline, bombs, and ammunition at U.S. seaports during WWII

00:09:55;05

Shows U.S. Coast Guard beach patrols by jeep, on horseback, and on foot during WWII on watch for enemy saboteurs. Shows three Nazi saboteurs captured after landing on Long Island in summer of 1942 to carry out the German sabotage mission code named “Operation Pastorius”

00:12:14;23

Images of Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft, small boats, and Sikorsky R-4 helicopter utilized by the Coast Guard in their Air Sea Rescue Operations

00:14:01;16

Footage of U.S. Navy Airship (Blimp) taking off