Title:POLARIS SUBMARINE GOES TO CONDITION 1SQ [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 2121
Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A Polaris submarine goes to Condition 1SQ - bringing a missile and launcher to readiness. This is followed by a stock sequence showing a missile being fired.
Description: The Captain orders 'Action Stations. Set Condition 1SQ'. General alarm sounds and all hands go to action stations. Tube Four and its firing unit are readied. Navigation fire control transmission check. Tactical WCO switch (ie the trigger) is removed from its strong-box. Launcher in 1SQ. Captain gives permission to fire - firing initiated - missile denoted - missile assigned - eject system prepared - fire (finally). The launch sequence edits together the static underwater launch of a US A2 with a RN A3 emerging from the sea, and good, if not necessarily appropriate, sound effects. Back in the control room the missile is recorded as on track. Cut to HA shots over the SSBN, now cruising on the surface - forward to the attractive patterns of spray thrown up by the fore-planes, and aft over the closed missile tubes. Voice-over: "And so, training completed, a Polaris submarine goes into active service carrying the deterrent that is our hope of security... It is our guard against nuclear war."
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
