"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.

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.

LS- CREWMAN STRUGGLES IN HUGE WAVES BEFORE HE IS
PULLED ONTO RESCUE BOAT.

MS- COAST GUARD EMBLEM WITH YEAR 1790 INSCRIBED

CU- DISHES AND GLASSES FALLING TO THE GROUND AND
SHATTERING. "SOS" FLASHES ON THE SCREEN

MONTAGE- MESSAGES ON TELETYPE MACHINES ARE
VERBALIZED BY NARRATOR. CU- PHOTO OF OFFICER
TAKING NOTES AS HE ANSWERS PHONE

"RECORDED VOICE SAYS, 'ILE DE FRANCE WILL ARRIVE
AT 1:45AM" . CU- CLOCK ON WALL SHOWS THAT TIME.

CU-NEW TELETYPE MESSAGE FROM THE "STOCKHOLM", PAN-
"WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 425 PERSONS ABOARD". CU-
CLOCK SHOWS 4:58AM.

MS- PHOTO OF INJURED BEING REMOVED BY COAST GUARD
HELICOPTER. COAST GUARD CUTTER "HOMBRE" STANDS
NEAR THE SINKING "ANDREA DORIA".( PHOTO)

LS- COAST GUARD CADETS STAND ATOP THE SAIL MASTS
OF TRAINING SHIP.

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.

LS- COAST GUARD CUTTER ON ROUGH SEA. MS- GUARDSMAN
FLASHES A LIGHT SIGNAL TO ANOTHER SHIP AT SEA.

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

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.

MONTAGE- SOME OF THE OVER 350 ACTIVE LIGHTHOUSES
AND LIGHTSHIPS FROM MAINE TO ALASKA TO ARE SHOWN.

MS- SAILORS WITH HEADPHONES AT A COMMUNICATION
CENTER. LS- LARGE CHANNEL BUOYS SIT ON A PIER
OTHERS IN THE HARBOR AS CHANNEL MARKERS.

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.

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.

DRAWING DEPICTS THE MIRACULOUS RESCUE OF THE
BERMUDA "SKY QUEEN" SEAPLANE IN OCTOBER 1947.
69 MEN & WOMEN WERE SAVED BY COAST GUARD WEATHER
SHIP.

LS- ESKIMOS' FROM ALASKA BOARD A CUTTER OF THE
ALASKAN BERING SEA PATROL STARTED IN 1857
FOLLOWING PURCHASE OF ALASKA FROM RUSSIA.

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.

MS- SEAMAN AT HIS CONTROL BOARD AT COMMUNICATION
CENTER AT A LIGHTHOUSE AERIAL- LIGHTHOUSE ON A
SMALL LONELY ROCK ISLAND SURROUNDED BY ROUGH SEAS.

MS- ARMED COAST GUARDSMEN EXAMINE DANGEROUS CARGO
ON MARITIME VESSELS.

LS- A METAL SUITCASE THROWN INTO THE WATER BURSTS
OPEN AND INFLATES INTO A LARGE RUBBER RAFT

LS- COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN CONNECTICUT. MS- CADET
CLIMBS TO THE CEILING ON A ROPE AS OTHERS LOOK UP
AT HIM.

LS- CUTTER SPEEDS AND CRASHES INTO WAVES TO TEST
IT'S ENDURANCE. CU- SPRAY OF WATER CLOUDS LENS

MS- DRAWING OF NEW CUTTER WITH HELICOPTER ON IT'S
DECK.