TO CATCH A SHADOW

Year Published: 1969

Format: 16mm

Description: This color educational film is about the United States military and their tactics in locating submarines using ASW. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, and/or destroy enemy submarines Copyright is 1969. Opening: Submarine under the sea (:08). To Catch A Shadow (1:04). A United States military pilot flies an airplane (1:24). Men radio one another in the plane (2:05). Military jet (3:00). Submarine periscope starts to surface (3:17). A marker is dropped into the sea from the plane (4:02). Submarine under the sea (4:24). MAD, a magnetic anomaly detector is an instrument that detects minute variations in the Earth's magnetic field. A submerged submarine represents a mass of ferromagnetic material that creates a detectable disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field (5:00). Faces of vigilance (5:50). ASW base (6:24). Military briefing (6:45). Sunrise mission - airplane takes off (6:57). Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (7:48). A briefing topic about a submarine being discussed (8:22). Submarine under water (9:28). ASW Carrier (9:37). Combat information center on the ship (9:51). Periscope is used (10:24). U.S. Destroyer on the sea (10:58). U.S. Navy helicopter (11:16). U.S. Destroyer moves ahead (12:07). Ship fires rockets (12:28). A remote control drone (12:53). The P-3C Orion is a land-based, long range anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft (13:45). Detect, classify, localize, and kill is the way of the ASW (13:57). Carrier based fixed winger aircraft help assist to locate a submarine (14:52). Drone takes off (15:25). U.S. Destroyer (15:42). Inside a U.S. submarine (16:36). Course is set for the submarine (17:33). Men move around the submarine (18:06). Battle stations to be manned (18:34). U.S. Submarine moves quietly underwater (19:11). A target is located by the U.S. submarine (19:37). Confidential papers are handed over on the ship (20:15). Captain speaks to the crew of the ship about the discovery of a submarine near them (20:50). Briefing onboard the ship (21:50). Plane propellers spin (22:25). P-3C's take off (22:48). Planes and helicopters try and close in on the intruder (23:20). Shadow boxing (24:36). Ballistic missile fired (25:05). World War 2 footage of U.S. versus Japan (25:57). United States Snorkeling submarines (26:20). U.S. Nuclear submarine (26:44). Missiles fired from submarines that go above the surface (27:30). End credits (28:14).

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