“ THE YEAR OF THE POLARIS “ POLARIS NUCLEAR SUBMARINE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON PART 1 22384

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Reel 2: This 1960 black and white installment of the newsmagazine “See It Now” produced and edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly (Part 1 of 2) presents a behind-the-scenes overview of initial testing for the UGM-27 Polaris missile, a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile, the United States Navy’s first SLBM (TRT: 26:58). Title card: “Unclassified.” Opening titles: “See It Now Presents The Year of the Polaris” (0:08). Empty missile hatches open on the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) ballistic missile submarine (0:46). Standing aboard the docked craft, Edward Murrow interviews Admiral William Raborn (1:52). Murrow addresses the camera in a medium shot (2:22). A hatch closes. A submarine’s POV as the camera goes underwater (2:43). Inside a submarine, men wearing headphones speak into radio