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Filmography[edit]NIGEL  PATRICK

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Films of the Sea

Arranged in alphabetic order by title (articles 'the', 'and' and 'a' excluded) - additions, corrections, etc appreciated; please e-mail. With appreciation to all those who have already participated.

NameYearDetailsShips
Abandon Ship1957Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister directed Richard Sale. After a luxury liner strikes a left-over mine and sinks, two dozen-plus passengers squeeze into a small lifeboat
Above us the waves1955Directed by Ralph Thomas with John Mills, John Gregson, James Robertson Justice. The attack by British midget submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during the Second World War.XE8 (EXPUNGER) played the unidentified X-craft
Abyss, The1989Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn directed by James Cameron. After a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks in a remote part of the ocean floor, a team of divers on a prototype underwater oil rig are pressed into service by the U.S. Navy in a rescue attempt.
Action in the North Atlantic1943Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, war time merchant marine. Begins with a tanker being torpedoed; survivors are saved after 11 days adrift at sea, and return home. But soon, the men are called back into action with a new assignment.
Action in the North Atlantic (US)1943127 mins, Said action taking place aboard a merchantman during the battle of the Atlantic. With Raymond Massey, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Hale. Dir Lloyd Bacon
Adrift1993Made-for-TV imitation of Dead Calm, with Kate Jackson.
Adventure1945Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondel. Womanising sailor meets his match when he falls in love with a librarian.
African Queen, The1951The classic Bogart - Hepburn vehicle. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester (of Hornblower fame), directed by John Huston.
Against All Flags1952Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn. Set in the 1700s, Royal Navy versus the pirate republic in Madagascar.
Aguinaldo's Navy1900US b/w silent documentary showing a large number of curious Filipino boats being worked on the Pasig River near Manila by natives. The picture is unusually fine photographically.
Aliki sto Naftiko, I1961...aka Alice in the Navy 1961 USA
All Hands (GB)194012 mins, Government-produced short on the theme of 'Careless talk costs lives' or in this case, a war- ship and its crew. With John Mills, Leueen McGrath. Dir John Paddy Carstairs
American Navy in Vietnam, The1967Documentary (Chet Huntley) survey of the activities of the United States Navy leading up to and during the first years of the American war in Vietnam. Footage of American warships during the controversial Gulf of Tonkin incident, which triggered American military action in Vietnam, is shown, as well as depictions of the landing of U.S. Marines on the beaches at Da Nang and Chu Lai. Naval advisors training South Vietnamese military personnel and Seabee construction units building military facilities and hospitals are also seen.
Amistad1997Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on actual events in 1838, AMISTAD is the story of captured African slaves who took over their transport ship in a bloody revolt with the hopes of returning back to their homeland.The Californian
Annapolis Farewell1935...aka Gentlemen of the Navy 1935 UK
Anything to Survive1990Made-for-TV. Based on the Elmo Wortman book Almost Too Late. A true story of a man and his three children shipwrecked while winter sailing in southeastern Alaska.
Assault on a Queen1966Crooks dredge up a submarine and use it hijack the Queen Mary. Frank Sinatra
Away all boats1956clasic about an attack transport. Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Julie Adams, Lex Barker, Keith Andes directed Joseph Pevney. A hard-boiled U.S. Navy captain struggles to whip his men into shape before they experience the rigors of WWII combat aboard a navy transport in the Pacific.a BAYFIELD class APA played the USS BELINDA
Battle of the Japan Sea1969Japanese film Nihonkai daikaisen directed by Seiji Maruyama. Russo-Japanese war.
Battle of the River Plate[also known as Pursuit of the Graf Spee""]"USS SALEM was GRAF SPEE but the number of turrets forward was a glaring innacuracy; HMS CUMBERLAND (broken up in Newport in 1959) and HMS ACHILLES (by that time a unit of the Indian Navy, INS DELHI), JAMAICA was the EXETER, SHEFFIELD (town class played the AJAX, RFA OLNA was the ALTMARK, RFA FORT DUQUESNE was the TACOMA and some of the onboard scenes were shot on the BIRMINGHAM. The film Battle of the River Plate was actually shot in the Eastern
Battleship Potempkin1925Classic account of the mutiny at Odessa during the 1905 Russian revolution.hulked battleship Dvienadstat Apostolov (The Twelve Apostles) was rebuilt to resemble the Kniaz Potemkin-Tavricheski
Bedford Incident1965Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox directed James B. Harris. At the peak of Cold War tensions, a U.S. naval ship discovers a Soviet submarine in the North Atlantic and proceeds to scrutinize its every move.probably the USS WILLIAM V PLATT playing the BEDFORD
Beneeth the twelve mile reef1954Robert Wagner; sponge divers with Gilbert Rowland and Terry Moore
Bequest to the Nation, A1973Directed by James Cellan Jones with Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch in a Lord Nelson a Lady Hamilton sage involving the French and Spanish navies.
Big Monitor Miantonomah Leaving the Navy Yard1898US, B&W, silent documentaryMiantonomah as herself
Big Sky, The1952Directed by Howard Hawks, with Kirk Douglas, fur trappers, Indians and river rapidskeelboat replica MANDAN was built in the early 1950s
Big Wednesday1978Directed by John Milius with Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey; spectacular surfing, California
Billy Budd1962English. Black and white. Written, directed, produced, and starring Peter Ustinov. Based on the Herman Melville novel, the story chronicles the harsh, brutal conditions in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. This film which was made at the now legendary, Allied Artists Studios is nothing short of a masterpiece. Filmed totally on board a reconstructed Man O'War, it features tremendous performances by Peter Ustinov, Terrance Stamp, Melvin Douglas and the performance of a lifetime by Robert Ryan (as Klaggart, the very human manifestation of evil)
Black Swan, The1942Pirate epic with Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara
Blackbeard the Pirate1952Robert Newton, William Bendix and Linda Darnell. Henry Morgan vs Blackbeard.
Blood Alley1955Directed by William A. Wellman and John Wayne, with John Wayne and Lauren Bacall. A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer. An exciting voyage down the muddy, misty Chinese coast in a rickety steamboat only larger than the African Queen by a factor of CinemaScope, a hop, skip and a jump ahead of one mammoth Red frigate.
Blood Ship, TheCecil B. DeMilleINDIANA and BOHEMIA
Blood Ship, The1927Directed by George B. Seitz, with Hobart Bosworth, Jacqueline Logan, Richard Arlen (Produced Cecil B. DeMille?)INDIANA and BOHEMIA
Blue Peter, The1954...aka Navy Heroes 1954 USA
Boatniks, The1970An accident prone coastguard officer wreaks havoc in this Disney comedy with Phil Silvers
Bon voyage1962Directed by James Nielson with Fred MacMurray and Jane Wyman family takes a trip to France.SS United States
Boston Navy Yard1898A comprehensive view of the immense government works in the Boston navy yard; taken from a passing tug.
Botany Bay1953Alan Ladd, James Mason, directed by John Farrow. Based on the Hall and Nordhoff book.
Bridges at Toko Ri1955Directed by Marc Robson, with Grace Kelly, William Holden,USS ORISKANY played the USS SAVO ISLAND and the unidentified destroyer was the USS PUTNAM
Britannic2000Made for TV. Directed Brian Trenchard-Smith, with Edward Atterton and Jacqueline Bisset; an account of the sinking of the H.M.H.S. Britannic off the greek island of Kea in November 1916. This explores the theory of a German agent sabotaging the liner, a hospital ship
Brown on Resolution/Sailor of the King/Singlehanded1953Remake of "Forever England"DIDO/Modified DIDO cruisers
Buccaneer's Girl, The1950Pirate adventure/comedy.
Buccaneer, The [Jean Lafitte]1938Cecil B. DeMille directed Anthony Quinn, based on the novel by Lyle Saxon
C.Q.D.; or, Saved by Wireless; a True Story of the Wreck ofthe Republic1909b/w, silent, with Lillian Walker
Cabin Boy1994Chris Elliott, Ritch Brinkley, James Gammon. Written by Chris Elliott.
Caine Mutiny, The1954Problemas among th officers of a destroyer come to a head when the captain panics during a typhoon. Humphrey Bogart stars.
Canada's Navy1962Documentary, 30 minutes, written and directed by Kirk Jones
Cappy Ricks1921B&W silent, directed byTom Forman, with Thomas Meighan and Charles S. AbbeMaine-built five-masted schooner COURTNEY C. HOUCK
Captain Blood1935Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Based on the Rafael Sabatini novel, it borrows heavily from the Henry Morgan legend.
Captain Blood Son of1962Son of Captain Blood. Italian version, starring Errol Flynn's 21-year-old son Sean, as the son of Captain Blood.
Captain Blood, Fortunes1950Fortunes of Captain Blood. Louis Hayward
Captain Blood, Fugitive1952Louis Hayward
Captain Blood, Le Capitan1960Le Capitan. A French version
Captain Horatio HornblowerItalian brigantine MARCEL B. SURDO
Captain Horatio Hornblower1951Gregory Peck in the title role, with Virginia Mayo as the love interest. Based on the novel by C. S. Forester. Directed by Raoul Walsh.Italian brigantine MARCEL B. SURDO
Captain JanuaryShirley Temple, a very young Buddy Ebsen
Captain Kidd1945Charles Laughton in the title role, with Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, and John Carradine. Historically inaccurate account of Capt. Kidd.
Captain Kidd1952Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd. Charles Laughton reprising his role as Capt Kidd
Captain Ron1992Kurt Russell, Martin Short and Mary Kay Place
Captain Salvation19251927?, directed by John Robertson, B&W silent with Lars Hanson and Marceline Dayfull-rigged ship SANTA CLARA
Captains Courageous1937Rudyard Kipling's classic with Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney, Melvyn Douglas and John Carradine. Filmed using real Gloucester fishing scoonersfishing schooners
Casabianca1951Captain L'Herminier's WWII submarine, near documentary by Georges Péclet. Also known as Pirate Submarine (1952) (USA)Casabianca
Case of the United States Navy Adventure, The1997Video directed by Michael Kruzan with Mary-Kate Olsen and Asley Olsen. Olsen twins mystery.
Casey of the Coast Guard1926Pathé serial Silent
Casey of the Coast Guard1926Pathé serial Silent
Chesty Anderson, USN1976...aka Anderson's Angels 1976 ...aka Chesty Anderson, US Navy 1976
Christopher Columbus1949Fredric March in the title role.
Christopher Columbus1985Made-for-TV. Gabriel Byrne as Columbus, with Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Eli Wallach, and Max Von Sydow.
Christopher Columbus1992The Discovery. Two versions made for the quincentennial.
Coast of skeletons1964Directed by Robert Lynn with Dale Robertson and Richard Todd, back as Harry Sanders in another African adventure.wreck of the DUNEDIN STAR
Combat Seals1991video ...aka Navy SEALs 1991 V
Command Approved2000...aka Action Stations! 2000 UK: promotional title
Convoy (GB)194090 mins, Mostly studio-shot account of an escort vessel and its encounter with a German pocket battleship. With Clive Brook, John Clements, Michael Wilding. Dir Pen Tennyson
Corvette 2251943Also known as The Nelson Touch (UK), B/W, Directed Richard Rosson, with Randolph Scott, James Brown. World War II era submarine warfare movies made during the war. Gritty movie that gives a good depiction of the absolutely vital Battle of the Atlantic and the crucial role convoy escorts played in winning the war.
Corvette K-225 (aka The Nelson Touch) (US)194395 mins, The story of a Canadian corvette: its launching and its first Atlantic convoy. With Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines. Dir Richard Rosson
Crash Dive1943A U.S. submarine fights the Germans in the Atlantic, while its commander (Dana Andrews) and a lieutenant (Tyrone Power) romance the same woman (Anne Baxter). Won an Academy Award for special effects
Crimson Pirate, The1952Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat. Burt does a very good Errol Flynn.Italian brigantine MARCEL B. SURDO
Crimson Tide1995Thriller about the fictional ballistic missile submarine Alabama during a crisis in the post-Cold War Russian Far East. A dispute over the meaning of a partially recovered flash message - does it order a missile launch? - leads the XO (Denzel Washington) to mutiny against his captain (Gene Hackman)
Cruel Sea, The1953Directed by Charles Frend, from Nicolas Montserrat, with Jack Hawkins and Donald Sinden. At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer. Good sea footage.corvette COREOPSIS ex Greek KRIEZIS played COMPASS ROSE, PORTCHESTER CASTLE played SALTASH CASTLE
Cutthroat Island1995Geena Davis, Matthew Modine and Frank Langella.
Damn the Defiant!1962Alec Guiness, Dirk Bogarde. Napoleonic era naval saga.
Dan mornarice1952...aka Navy Day 1952 International: English title
Das Boot1981Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In the middle of WWII, the tide turns against the Axis, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England.
Das Boot1981Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In the middle of WWII, the tide turns against the Axis, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England.
Dead Calm1989Nicole Kidman and a 60' ketch. With Sam Neill, too.
Deep Six, The1958Directed by Rudolph Maté with Alan Ladd - routine WWII - the cast is good, especially the always under-appreciated Dianne Foster in a thankless role, and the dialogue is crisp.USS STEPHEN POTTER was the USS POE
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox story1993Made-for-TV. Mel Harris, John Schneider.
Destination Tokyo1944Cary Grant stars in this classic wartime adventure about a U.S. submarine on a secret mission to enter Tokyo bay and gather information for the Doolittle air raid against Japan.
Destroyer1943Directed by William A. Seiter with Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford. Edward G. is a retired Navy officer who works on building a new ship. He succeeds in getting a berth when she is ready to sail but he finds he is a bit out of touch with the young crew.
Destroyer (US)194399 mins, Melodrama about the generation gap among the crew of a US destroyer. With Edward G Robinson, Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan. Dir William Seiter
Devil and the Deep1930sSubmarine adventure
Devil's Triangle, The
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the 'Maine'1898US documentary, b/w, silent
Don Winslow of the Navy1941
Dove, The1974Based on Robin Graham's true story of sailing alone around the world.
Down periscope1996Slapstick comedy about a crew of misfits on board the old diesel submarine Stingray, which is competing against a modern nuclear submarine in a wargame. Stars Kelsey Grammer as Stingray's ambitious captain.USS PAMPANITO
Down to the Sea in Ships2? Versions
Duke of the Navy1942
Emden1926The Emelka Film Company. Hellmuth von Müller's commerce raider attacking HMAS Sydney 1914, silent with some real footage. von Mücke, 1st Lieutenant and advisor for the film. Alternate title "Exploits of the Emden". (R.K. Lochner, Die Kaperfahrten des Kleinen Kreuzers EMDEN)Emden
Endless Summer
Enemy Below, The1957Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens star in this story about the pursuit of a wily German U-boat by a U.S. destroyer during World War II. Won an Academy Award for special effects.USS STRAUB was the USS HAMES
Ensign Pulverthe sequel to "Mr. Roberts"
Eric the Viking1989Written, Directed, and starring Terry Jones. Also starring Tim Robbins, John Cleese
EskimoMGMNanuk
Eternal Sea, The1955b/w Sterling Hayden as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins who lost his leg in sinking of USS Princeton 1945, and went on to become Captain of the next USS Princeton in 1946, Alexis Smith as Sue Hoskins and Dean Jagger as Vice-Adm. Thomas L. Semple, directed by John H. Auerfilmed on board the USS Kearsarge (CVA 33) while on a Show The Flag cruise around Asia
Eyes of the Navy1940
Fair Wind to Java1952A sailor with a mutinous crew seeks a south seas treasure. Fred MacMurray(?) as a yankee clipper captain, stealing diamonds from a Hindu shrine and ending with the Krakatoa eruption and a tsunamiTops'l Schooner Caribee
Farewell My Lovelyraymond Chandler (Film or TV?)SS Catalina
Fighting Coast Guard, theJohn Wayne,
Fighting Coastguard, The1951With Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Rains. Directed by Joe Kane. US 86 mins
Fighting Lady, The1944documentary, including wing-camera footage of the Mariana's Turkey ShootUSS YORKTOWN, USS TICONDEROGA
Fighting Seabees, The1944Directed by Edward Ludwig; with John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Fix, William Frawley
Final Countdown, TheUSS NIMITZ played herself
Flådens friske fyre1965...aka It's Nifty in the Navy 1965 International: English title
Flat top1952Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, Keith Larson, Bill Phipps, John Bromfield directed by Lesley Selander. A steel-nerved skipper (Hayden) trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War while battling the kind commander of another group new to the carrier
Flollow the Fleet1936Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn directed Mark Sandrich. When he is rejected by his lady love, a song-and-dance man enlists in the navy.
Flottans kavaljerer1948...aka Cavalliers of the Navy 1948 International: English title
Flying Missile1950Glenn Ford stars as a naval commander who develops the means to launch missiles from submarines.
Flådens friske fyre1965...aka It's Nifty in the Navy 1965 International: English title
For Those in Peril (GB)194467 mins, Tribute to the Air-Sea Rescue Service, patrolling the Channel and the North Sea in high speed launches, picking up downed airmen. With David Farrar, Ralph Michael, Robert Wyndham. Dir Charles Crichton
For Your Eyes OnlyQUEEN ELIZABETH
Forever England1934Based on Forester's Brown on Resolution qv.CURACOA plays ZIETHEN, destroyer BROKE played the RUTLAND (CHARYBDIS in novel but RUTLAND in the film), battlecruiser LEOPARD was played by a LEANDER class cruiser
Francis in the Navy1955
French Line50sRosalind Russell and Marylin MonroeLiberté
French Line50sRosalind Russell and Marylin MonroeLiberté
Frenchman's Creek1998PHOENIX, originally a schooner built in Denmark in 1929
Further Up The Creek1958English b/w comedy directed by Val Guest with David Tomlinson and Frankie Howerd.
G.I. Jane1997
Gallant Hours, TheA real later USN cargo ship played the role of USS ARGONNE
Gangway for Navy1951
Gift Horse, Thethe story (near documentary) of HMS Campbeltown blowing the main dock gate at St Nazaire in 1942HMS LEAMINGTON ex Russian ZHGUCHI formerly the USS TWIGGS was restored for this film from the scrap heap and played the part of the BALLANTRAE ex USS WHITTIER
Girl, a Guy, and a Gob, A1941...aka Navy Steps Out, The 1941 UK
Glencannon50sUS TV seriesINCHCLIFFE CASTLE
Godfather 2four-masted bark MOSHULU, schooner PIONEER
Great Impostor, The1961Tony Curtis, Edmund O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Larry Gates, Raymond Massey, Karl Malden. Ferdinand Demara Jr., and his amazing career of successfully posing as a U.S. Army officer, a Navy dental surgeon, a prison warden, and several other things which he was not.Cayuga played by HMCS Athabaskan, plus HMCS Ste Therese
Grey Lady Down1978The Navy seeks to rescue the crew of USS Neptune, which sank off the coast of Connecticut after a collision. Stars Charlton Heston, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, and David Carradine.
Guns of NavaroneAnthony Quinn,German E-boat in Guns of Navarone was a British 72 foot HDML (Harbour Defence Motor Launch)
Halifax Explosion
HawaiiJulie Andrews, Max Von SydowWANDIA and GRETHE
Hawaiians, TheBaltic Trader posed as both the Thetis and the whaler Cathagian
He's in the Navy1940
Hell below1933MGM, starring Walter Houston, William Bendix, Jimmy Durante, Sterling Hollaway, Robert Montgomery,USS MOODY
Hellcats of the Navy1957Based on Admiral Charles Lockwood's book Hellcats of the Sea, this is a fictionalized account of the submarine attack group that entered the Sea of Japan in 1945 to ravage Japanese shipping. This film is the only one in which Ronald and future wife Nancy Davis appeared together.
Hellship Bronson
Here Come the Navy Bands1945
Here comes the Navy1934Directed by Lloyd Bacon with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. To continue a grudge with naval officer Biff Martin, feisty construction worker Chesty O'Connor joins the navy and manages to get stationed on the same ship as Martin. Further complications arise when O'Connor starts dating Martin's sister, whom he meets while on shore leave.USS Arizona played herself, also USS Macon
Here Comes the Navy1934
High wind in Jamaica, A1965Anthony Quinn and James Coburn in a tale of the last days of Caribbean piracy based on the 1929 novel "The Innocent Voyage." Ship named CLORINDA in the filmCRUZ DEL SUR (built La Comba, Valencia, 1947 as a fore-and-aft schooner on the lines of the Portuguese Grand Bankers) and Mike Burke's CARIBEE
His Majesty O'Keefe1953Burt Lancaster. Based on a true story.
Hold 'Em Navy1937...aka That Navy Spirit 1937 UK
Holiday of a Lifetime1954Cape Town to UK aboard the Union Castle LinerRhodesia Castle
Hooligan Navy
Hostile Waters1997For TV - Martin Sheen, Max Von Sydow. Account about the accidental sinking of a Soviet nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda in 1986, based on the 1996 book of the same name.
Hot Pursuit
Hot Yachts Cold Water
Hunley, The1999Made for TV. True story of the Confederate submarine Hunley, which became the first sub to sink a ship when it destroyed USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor in 1863.
Hunt for Red October1990Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. Screen adaptation of the Tom Clancy thriller, starring Alec Baldwin as a U.S. intelligence agent tracking the maiden voyage of the new, secret Soviet submarine Red October. Sean Connery is the Soviet sub commander, who is up to something .... Oscar winner for sound effects editing.USS DALLAS, ENTERPRISE and GARY
I Sailed to Tahiti With an All-Girl Crew.1968comedy with Gardner McKay of Adventures in Paradise fame.
Ice Station Zebra1968Based on novel by Alistair MacLean, music by Michel Legrand, directed by John Sturges with Rock Hudson as Cdr. James Ferraday: Captain of USS Tigerfish, Ernest Borgnine as Boris Vaslov, Patrick McGoohan as David JonesUSS RONQUIL (exterior shots) and USS BLACKFIN (deck shots)
Il Lupo dei mari1975see Wolf Larsen
Imperial Navy1981
In harm's way1965b/w directed by Otto Preminger with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas and more stars. Captain Rockwell Torrey and Commander Paul Eddington are part of the Navy's effort to recuperate from, and retaliate for, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Torrey is romantically involved with nurse Maggie Haynes, and also tries to restore his relationship with his estranged son, Jeremiah, a young Naval officer.
In Harm's Way (US)1965165 mins, Adaptation of a thousand-page best-seller (by James Bassett) full of sub-plots and subsidiary characters, covering the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the battle of the Coral Sea. Filmed partly aboard the cruiser USS St Paul. With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal. Dir Otto Preminger
In the Navy1941aka Abbott and Costello In the Navy 1941
In Which We Serve1942Directed by Noel Coward and David Lean with John Mills. In Which We Serve is a stunning and emotional piece of film making. Coward and David Lean sympathetically directed this thinly veiled account of Lord Montbatten's sea battle during WWII. Coward himself played the Montbatten role (renamed, Kinross for the film.), and turned in a sincere and 3 dimenional portrait. For those of you used to seeing Noel only in high comedy, this film is a revelation. Strong support is also given by Sir John Mills and Joyce Carey. Sir Noel won a special oscar for the screenplay.HMAS NEPAL was the fleet destroyer used in the at sea sequences
In Which We Serve (GB)1942114 mins, As they await rescue, the survivors of a destroyer dive-bombed and sunk during the battle of Crete think back on their lives in the navy. Said to be based on the experiences of Admiral Lord Mountbatten and his ship HMS Kelly. With Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles. Dir Noel Coward/David Lean
Inferno at the Morro Castle
Ismail Yassine fil ustul1958...aka Ismail Yassine in the Navy 1958 International: English title
Jason and the Argonauts1963The film version of the legend of the golden fleece. With Todd Armstrong and Nancy Kovak. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Jean Lafitte1958Produced by Cecil B. DeMille, directed by Anthony Quinn, based on the novel by Lyle Saxon
Jerry Saves the Navy1917
John Paul Jones1958Robert Stack as the short, slight, sandyhaired Scotsman? Oh well. Bette Davis, Peter Cushing and Mia Farrow. Directed by John Villiers Farrow (Mia's father and Alan Villiers cousin), the production manager was Emmett Emerson and the producer was Sam Bronston.Italian brigantines MARCEL B. SURDO built 1915 and the ANGIOLINA H built 1904. These were located at Trapani, converted at Fiumicino, and were sailed to Denia, Alicante, Spain (all by Villiers - see "Give Me a Ship to Sail").
Johnny Frenchman (GB)1945112 mins, Cornish and Breton fisher folk, bitter rivals in peacetime, join forces to fight the Nazis. With Tom Walls, Francoise Rosay, Ralph Michael. Dir Charles Frend
Josser Joins the Navy1932
Juggernaut1974
K225HMCS Kitchener
Kaikoku danji1926...aka Boy from the Navy, The 1926 ...aka Boy of the Sea, The 1926 ...aka Children of the Sea 1926 USA
Key, TheWilliam Holden, Sophia Loren and Trevor HowardHM tug RESTIVE was variously painted to represent three different WWII rescue tugs
Kidnapped!1917silent
Kidnapped!1938Freddie Bartholomew, John Carradine
Kidnapped!1948Roddy McDowell, Dan O'Herlihy
Kidnapped!1971Michael Caine, Trevor Howard
Kidnapped!1978Made-for-TV (German)
King's Pirate, The1967Remake ofAgainst All Flags Doug McClure, Jill St. John.
Krakatoa, East of Java1969August 1833 the SS Batavia Queen and her crew get caught up in one of the world's greatest volcanic eruptions with Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith and Barbara Werle.
La Terra Trema1948Salvo Angelo for Universalia, mediterranean fishermen, village of catania, Sicily,
Lady From Shanghai, The1948Film noir. Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and a fateful yacht trip. Filmed aboard Erroll Flynn's Yacht Zaca. Directed by Orson Welles.
Last Voyage of Sinbad, TheSANTA MARIA replica built in 1951 for a floating display at Barcelona
Last Voyage, The1960Robert Stack, Dorothy malone, Edmond O'Brien, George Sanders, Woody Strode, Jack KruschenSS Ile de France (officially SS Furansu Maru) was publicly mutilated as the SS Claridon (Titanic?)
Last Voyage, the1960Robert Stack, Dorothy malone, Edmond O'Brien, George Sanders, Woody Strode, Jack KruschenSS Ile de France (officially SS Furansu Maru) was publicly mutilated as the SS Claridon
Lawrence of Arabiabackground shot of a Suez Canal passageBlue Funnel's "M" Class MELAMPUS (1960)
Les amamnts de BrasmortMarcel Pagliero, canals of NE France
Let's Go Navy!1951
Lifeboat1944An extraordinary tale of survival at sea in a small boat. Written by John Steinbeck, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak and Hume Cronyn.
Long Ships, TheRichard Widmark
Long Ships, The1963Viking saga with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier.
Long Voyage Home, The1940John Ford directed John Wayne and Barry Fitzgerald in Eugene O'Neill story. Merchant seamen on shore leave get drunk and have adventures. Brilliant photography by Greg Toland.
Lord JimPeter O'toole
Lost!1986Made-for-TV, true story of catamaran capsize.
Luck of the Navy, The1927
Lucky Lady1975Comedy with Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman, Liza Minelli, Robbie Benson and a yawl named Lucky Lady. Prohibition rumrunners.
Luke Joins the Navy1916
Maggie, The1954William Mackendrick at Ealing Studios, Clyde, Crinnan Canal, Western Isles,Scottish puffer Maggie
Maitre après Dieu1950Louis Daquin, Jewish refugees from Hamburg 1938, supervised by Jan de Hartog from his book
Maitre après Dieu1950Louis Daquin, Jewish refugees from Hamburg 1938, supervised by Jan de Hartog from his book
Man of Aran1934Colman 'Tiger' King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dillane, Pat Mullin, Patch 'Red Beard' Ruadh directed by Robert Flaherty This ethnographic film is an anthropological study of the Aran Islands and its native inhabitants. On the west coast of Ireland, the indigenous people battle mother nature simply to secure a modest living for themselves and their families
Man who never was, The1956Stephen Boyd, Clifton Webb, Robert Flemyng, Gloria Grahame, directed by Ronald Neame A spy thriller about a WWII British spy trying to fool the Nazis into believing false plans for a British invasion of Greece.SCYTHIAN played the SERAPH and the PORTCHESTER CASTLE played herself
Marina de razboi româna1913...aka Romanian Military Navy, The 1913 International: English title: informal literal title
Marina de razboi româna1913...aka Romanian Military Navy, The 1913 International: English title: informal literal title
Master of Ballantrae, The1952Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Yvonne Furneaux, Felix Aylmer directed by William Keighley This swashbuckling high-seas romance tells the tale of a daring Scottish landowner who joins a rebellion against the King of EnglandItalian brigantine MARCEL B. SURDO
McHale's Navy1997Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier, Dean Stockwell Directed by Bryan Spicer. The Navy will never be the same after Captain McHale and his ragtag band of bumbling misfits are called upon to defend the base of San Ysidro Island from an evil terrorist bent on world domination.
McHale's Navy1962TV series
McHale's Navy1964
McHale's Navy1997
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force1965
Mediterranean during June and July 1955.
Meet the Navy1946
Men of Honor2000...aka Men of Honour 2001 UK
Men of the Lightship (GB)194025 mins, The Luftwaffe attack an isolated lightship. With non-professional cast. Dir David Macdonald
Men on Call1930Fox Motion Picture from book The Storm Fighters ca 1927)
Men Without Women1930John Ford film about a crew that awaits rescue about sunken submarine S-13. This early "talkie" uses both spoken dialogue and silent-film intertitles - sometimes in the same scene
Merchant Seamen1941Directed by Jack W. Holmes. English semi-documentary about the Merchant Navy, made for patriotic purposes during the war. It's of interest for historical purposes only, and for one of the few film scores by classical composer and conductor Constant Lambert (includes set pieces such as Convoy in the Fog and The Attack).
Message in a Bottle1999
Midnight Crossing1988Faye Dunaway, Daniel J. Travanti
Midway
Mighty Navy, The1941
Miss Jackie of the Navy1916...aka Jackie of the Navy 1916 USA ...aka Miss Jackie of the Navy 1916 USA
Missing-The Indianapolis
Mission of the SharkPreserved battleship ALABAMA stood in for onboard and on deck scenes on the USS INDIANAPOLIS
Mister Roberts1955Life aboard a World War Two cargo ship yearning for action. With Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemmon.
Mister Roberts (US)1955123 mins, Comedy-drama set aboard a US navy cargo vessel languishing in a quiet corner of the Pacific, as the war draws to a close. With Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney. Dir Mervyn LeRoy/John Ford
Moby Dick1930John Barrymore as Captain Ahab.
Moby Dick1956Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, with Orson Welles, Harry Andrews, and Richard Basehart, directed by John Huston, part filmed off the Cork coast.GOLDSEEKER was converted into the whaler PEQUOD
Moby Dick1995Made-for-TV. Starring Patrick Stewart, with Gregory Peck in a supporting roleBOUNTY
Moby Dick1954Dir: John Huston; starring Gregory PeckPEQUOD was Ryelands, three-masted schooner built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock in 1887, skippered by Alan Villiers
Moby Dick1954Dir: John Huston; starring Gregory PeckPEQUOD was Ryelands, three-masted schooner built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock in 1887, skippered by Alan Villiers
Moby Dick1954Dir: John Huston; starring Gregory PeckPEQUOD was Ryelands, three-masted schooner built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock in 1887, skippered by Alan Villiers
Mon ami Pierre1951by Louis Felix and Paula Neurisse, Concarneau fishing, prize at Venice Film Festival
Morgenrot1933German. Suspenseful story about a crew trapped in a sunken U-boat during World War I.
Morning Departure1950Twelve men are trapped in a sunken submarine, but only eight can escape.With John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Kenneth More.TIPTOE played the part of the TROJAN. Depot ship MAIDSTONE, submarine TOTEM, HMS ZEST and a division of the pre WW II A to I Class destroyers are also seen
Mouse that roared, ThePALADIN built 1913 for Clyde tender duties
Mr RobertsWWII
Mr. LuckyCary Grant
Mutiny on the Bounty1935Charles Laughton as Lieutenant Bligh confronts Clark Gable as Fletcher Christianschooner LILY built at San Francisco in 1882; full-rigged ship PACIFIC QUEEN, ex-BALCLUTHA had one side painted in black and white bands to represent a ship of the line in the background of a harbor scene
Mutiny on the Bounty1935Starred Charles Laughton as Bligh, Clark Gable as Fletcher ChristianBOUNTY and PANDORA were respectively the schooners LILY and NANUK (ex-ITTLIE FJORD) or three-masted schooner NANUK built Fairhaven, California in 1892 was converted to H.M.S. PANDORA
Mutiny on the Bounty1963Starred Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian, Trevor Howard as Blighreplica Bounty built by Smith and Rhuland (now in Long Island)
Mutiny on the Bounty1984The Bounty Anthony Hopkins as Bligh, Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian.BOUNTY now in Australia
Mutiny on the Elsinore
Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights1998...aka Navy Kids - Die Schatzjäger 1998 Germany
Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights1998...aka Navy Kids - Die Schatzjäger 1998 Germany
Nate and Hayes1983The British title was Savage Islands. Starred Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe in the title roles.
Navy Blue and Gold1937
Navy Blue Days1925
Navy Blues1923
Navy Blues1929Directed by Clarence Brown, with Bill Haines and Anita Page; script at Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Navy Blues1937Dick Purcell, Mary Brian, Warren Hymer, directed by Ralph Staub. A tough sailor bets his pals that he can win the love of a prissy librarian and so masquerades as a candidate for the Naval Academy to catch her eye
Navy Blues1941
Navy Blues1994TV
Navy Born1936
Navy Bound1951
Navy Comes Through, The1942
Navy Lark, ThePORTCHESTER CASTLE played the TROUTBRIDGE and the inshore minesweeper REEDHAM was also involved
Navy Lark, The1959
Navy Log1955TV series
Navy Nurse1945
Navy SEALS1990
Navy SEALS: The Untold Stories2001mini TV series
Navy Secrets1939
Navy Spy1937
Navy vs. the Night Monsters, The1966...aka Monsters of the Night 1966 ...aka Night Crawlers, The 1966
Navy Way, The1944
Navy Wife1935...aka Beauty's Daughter 1935
Navy Wife1956...aka Mother, Sir! 1956 UK
Navy, The1930
Neal of the Navy1915
Nelson Affair, The1973US title of Bequest to the Nation
Nelson Touch, The1943Also known as Corvette 225, B/W, Directed Richard Rosson, with Randolph Scott, James Brown. World War II era submarine warfare movies made during the war. Gritty movie that gives a good depiction of the absolutely vital Battle of the Atlantic and the crucial role convoy escorts played in winning the war.
News for the Navy1937
Night To Remember, A1958Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Titanic, directed by Roy Ward BakerTitanic
Norseman, The1978Viking saga with Lee Majors.
North Sea Patrol1939...aka Luck of the Navy 1939 UK
Nothing for Granted: The Story of the Navy's Test and Evaluation Force1970
Odyssey, The1996Big budget TV mini series. Armande Assante, Gret Scacchi, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Lee, Irene Pappas
Old Ironsides1927B&W, Silent. Barbary Wars, Wallace Beery played the "Gunner's Mate". Charles Farrell played the young sailor and Esther Ralston played his love interest. SANTA CLARA as a Tripolitan frigateU.S.S. Constitution, LLEWELYN J. MORSE; SANTA CLARA was used as a Barbary frigate
Old Ironsides1927B&W, Silent. Barbary Wars, Wallace Beery played the "Gunner's Mate". Charles Farrell played the young sailor and Esther Ralston played his love interest. SANTA CLARA as a Tripolitan frigateU.S.S. Constitution, LLEWELYN J. MORSE; SANTA CLARA was used as a Barbary frigate
Old Man and the Sea, The1958Hemingway's classic tale of the sea, wonderfully done for the big screen. Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Actor (Tracy), Oscar winner for Best Score.
Old Man and the Sea, The1990Made-for-TV (UK) remake with Anthony Quinn.
On the Beach1959Moving story of a U.S. submarine crew that finds itself stranded in Australia in 1964, after a nuclear war has destroyed the rest of the world. As the radioactive residue closes in, the captain (Gregory Peck) and crew must decide whether to go back home. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute.HM submarine ANDREW played the USS SWORDFISH
One Crazy Summer
One-Man Navy, The1941
Onedin Line, TheTV series, music from the ballet "Spartacus" by KhachaturianSoren Larsen
Operation Pacific1951Under John Wayne's leadership, the submarine Thunderfish fights the Japanese and rescues nuns and children. This film, the first of a spate of World War II submarine movies released during the 1950s, was loosely based on the true stories of the USS Angler (SS-240) and Growler (SS-215). Admiral Charles Lockwood, the commander of submarine operations in the Pacific, served as technical advisor.
Operation Pacific1951Under John Wayne's leadership, the submarine Thunderfish fights the Japanese and rescues nuns and children. This film, the first of a spate of World War II submarine movies released during the 1950s, was loosely based on the true stories of the USS Angler (SS-240) and Growler (SS-215). Admiral Charles Lockwood, the commander of submarine operations in the Pacific, served as technical advisor.
Operation Petticoat1959Comedy about a damaged World War II submarine seeking a yard for repairs. Along the way, it takes on five stranded Army nurses and is painted pink (the only color the crew could find). Stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.
Operation Petticoat1959Comedy about a damaged World War II submarine seeking a yard for repairs. Along the way, it takes on five stranded Army nurses and is painted pink (the only color the crew could find). Stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.
Operation Petticoat1977Remake of 1959 film
Our Fighting Navy1937...aka Torpedoed 1939 USA
Our Invincible Navy1918
Our Navy1918
Our Navy in Action1921
Out with the Tideby John Gittens of Cleethorpes, Grimsby Trawlers,
OutbreakLANE VICTORY as a vector
Outcast Of The Islandsanother Conrad sea yarn
Overboard
Para Handyappeared as the VITAL SPARK in a BBC film seriesSAXON, ex-DANE, 1903 see Clyde Puffers p44
Pearl Harbour2000HORNET (preserved carrier LEXINGTON?) stood in for Japanese carrier on-deck scenes
Perfect Strangers (aka Vacation From Marriage) (GB)1945102 mins, A stale marriage is revitalised on the outbreak of war, when husband and wife both join the navy. With Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Roland Culver. Dir Alexander Korda
Perilous Expedition (aka Stot Starr den Danske Somand) (Denmark)194893 mins, The story of the crew of a Danish merchantman who escape to England after their country's capitulation in 1940 and subsequently serve on the Iceland convoys and in the Mediterranean. With Lau Lauritzen, Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin. Dir Bodil Ipsen/Lau Lauritzen The story of the crew of a Danish merchantman who escape to England after their country's capitulation in 1940 and subsequently serve on the Iceland convoys and in the Mediterranean. With Lau Lauritzen, Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin. Dir Bodil Ipsen/Lau Lauritzen
Pile Driving, Washington Navy Yard1897
Pirates1986Written and directed by Roman Polanski, starring Walter MatthauShip used is the NEPTUNE, a modern replica of a galleon now located in Genoa's Old Harbour and open to visitors. Seehttp://www.foto.genova.it/z04cGaleone.htm
Pirates of the Caribbeanfilmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 2003ketch IRENE (1907) of Bridgewater, England, Lady Washington,
Pool of London, The1950Basil Dearden for Gaumont of Ealing (Fr, version Les trafiquants du DumbarDunbar
Poseidon Adventure, TheRMS Queen Mary
Pride of the Navy1939
Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, The1968
PT 109
Pursuit of the Graf Speesee "Battle of the River Plate"
Q Ships (aka Blockade) (GB)192888 mins, Q ships were what the British in WW1 called warships disguising themselves as merchant vessels in the hope of seducing U-boats into surfacing. Earl Jellicoe is credited as technical adviser. With Johnny Butt, JP Kennedy,Val Gielgud. Dir Geoffrey Barkas/M Barry
Racing with the Moon1984...aka Zeit Verrinnt, die Navy ruft, Die 1984 West Germany
Rainbow Warrior
Raise the Titanic
RCN Communications - Tape Relay, Part 1: Navy Network, Operating the System1959
Reap the Wild Wind1942John Wayne, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford. The adventures of 1840s Key West salvagers. a willful wench stowed aboard a sailing ship (inside a steamer trunk) and was lost when the ship was scuttled
Remember the Maine
Rengo kantai1981...aka Grand Fleet, The 1981 ...aka Great Fleet, The 1981 ...aka Imperial Navy, The 1983 USA
Riddle of the Sands1979The movie manages to capture the spirit and ambience of Erskine Childers' 1903 novel, and, remained remarkably faithful to the book. Simon MacCorkindale and Michael York are perfect as Davies and Carruthers.
Ride the Wild SurfFabian
Roar, Navy, Roar1942
Robinson Crusoevarious versions
Rockyfour-masted bark MOSHULU
Romance of the Navy, A1915
Rulers of the SeaMetha Nelson as the "Falcon" and the bald headed wooden schooner "Golden State" refited as the paddle-wheeler "Sirus"
Run silent, run deep1958Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster; A submarine skipper (Clark Gable) single-mindedly pursues the notorious Japanese destroyer "Bungo Pete," which sank his previous boat. This adaptation of the best-selling novel by former sub commander Ned Beach also stars Don Rickles.
Russians are coming, The1966Popular comedy about a Soviet captain who unintentionally provokes panic among Maine locals while seeking a tow for his grounded submarine.
SaboteurAlfred Hitchcockburned-out SS Normandie
Sailor Beware1952Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the navy.
San Demetrio: London1943British b/w documentary directed by Charles Frend and Robert Hamer with Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael, Robert Beatty. The tale of tanker on a return trip to Galviston, Texas. It has a bit of a run in with a "Jerry" boat and the remainder of the film depicts the courage of the crew trying to keep things afloat. As the film was made during World War II the sentiments are entirely predictable/understandable.
Sand Pebbles, TheOn a river in China; prewar US Navy. of interest because of the origin of the gunboat's triple expansion machine, which plays an important role in the story.the star,Steve McQueen, being an engine-room rating. The engine in question was salvaged from a Vancouver based whalecatcher, taken down to hollywood, and when necessary turned over using compressed air.SS Lane Victory
Saps at Sea1940Laurel and Hardy comedy. The two take a long sea voyage to calm Oliver's nerves.
Sea Chase, The1955Directed by John Farrow with John Wayne and Lana Turner. As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.
Sea Devils1953Rock Hudson, Yvonne de Carlo. Based on Victor Hugo's novel Toilers of the Sea. Filmed partly in Channel Islands
Sea Gypsies, The1978Robert Logan. A man and his three children set off to sail around the world, and are shipwrecked along with a female journalist on an Aleutian island.
Sea Hawk, The1940Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, and Alan Hale, Sr. This picture was based on Sir Francis Drake, and the English seadogs.
Seawife195781 mins, colour, made in UK, adaptation of JM Scott's novel "Sea-Wyf and Biscuit"; Richard Burton, Joan Collins as a nun, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant, Ronald Squire, Joan Hickson. WWII mix of romance, religion and racism as four survivors from a ship torpedoed during the fall of Singapore make it by life raft to a desert island. Rossellini was the original director but handed over to Paul Crosfield.
Sea Wolf, The1911Silent
Sea Wolf, The1913US silent b/w directed by Hobart Bosworth with Hobart Bosworth as Wolf Larsen, Herbert Rawlinson as Humphrey Van Weyden and Jack London as "A sailor".
Sea Wolf, The1920US silent b/w directed by George Melford and Frank Reicher with Noah Beery and James Gordon
Sea Wolf, The1926US silent b/w directed by Ralph Ince, playing Wolf himself and with Theodore von Eltz and Claire Adams
Sea Wolf, The1930First talking version, directed by Alfred Santell, Fox Film Corp, with Milton SillsBear
Sea Wolf, The1941Edward G. Robinson as Wolf Larson, Alexander Knox as Humphries; with Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Gene Lockhart, directed by Michael Curtiz. Adaptation of Jack London's adventure novel about the survivors of a shipwreck who are rescued at sea by a brutal captain who tortures them and breaks their spirit.
Sea Wolf, The1950Barricade. Raymond Massey, Dane Clark.
Sea Wolf, The1993Charles Bronson as Wolf Larson, Christopher Reeve as Humphries, Catherine Mary Stewart
Sea Wolf, The1997Another remake with Stacy Keach, Jaason Simmons
Sea Wolf, The2001Not the Jack London story. Directed by Mark Roper with Thomas Griffith and Gerit Kling. Jeffery Thorpe roams the Caribbean in his boat, 'The Sea Wolf'. He will take any job, no matter how suspicious the circumstances
Seafarers, The1953Short documentary directed by Stanley Kubrick with narrative by 'talking head' Dan Hollenbeck. Stanley Kubrick's first feature made in colour - extolls the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union. Not well known.
Seagulls over Sorrentofilmed in Alderney and Jerseybrief shot of XE9 (UNEXPECTED)
Seas Beneath (US)193187 mins, Concerning the US navy's 'Mystery Ships', their equivalent of the British 'Q Ships' (though reviews of the day maintained that the Americans never actually used these tactics.) Filmed on various US navy vessels around Catalina (but nominally set in the Mediterranean). With George O'Brien, Walter Kelly, Warren Hymer. Dir John Ford
Secret of the U1101997made for TV
SerpicoFRANCE
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal1995TV ...aka Brutale Exzesse - Skandal in der Navy 1995 TV Germany
Ship of Fools1965In 1933 a German liner leaves Vera Cruz for Bremerhaven with a mixed bag of passengers
Ship that Died of Shame, The1955The wartime crew of a motor gunboat buy the vessel and go into postwar business as smugglers.
Shipwrecked1990A coming of age movie made in Europe. Made in Norway, the European title is Haarkon Haarkonson
ShogunTV SeriesGOLDEN HINDE replica built in England in 1973
Si tous les gars du monde1955Christian Jaque's Concarneau trawler, sick Algerian, Amateur radio,Lutèce
Si tous les gars du monde1955Christian Jaque's Concarneau trawler, sick Algerian, Amateur radio,Lutèce
Si tous les gars du monde1955Christian Jaque's Concarneau trawler, sick Algerian, Amateur radio,Lutèce
Silent Enemy, TheRFA WAR BRAHMIN played the Italian tanker OLTERRA
Silent RunningUSS Valley Forge
Silver Strand1995TV ...aka Navy Action 1995 TV Germany
Sinbad the Sailor1947Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, with Maureen O'Hara and Anthony Quinn. Sinbad after the treasure of Alexander the Great, pursued by evil sorcerers and monsters
Sinbad the Sailor19587th Voyage of Sinbad. Kerwin Mathews. Sinbad after the magic lamp, pursued by evil sorcerers and monsters.
Sinbad the Sailor1974Golden Voyage of Sinbad. John Phillip Law. Sinbad after the secret of the golden map, pursued by evil sorcerers and monsters. Written, produced and special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Sinbad the Sailor1977Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Patrick Wayne (son of the Duke). Sinbad delivering a bewitched prince, pursued by an evil witch and monsters. Written, produced, and special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Singapore Mutiny, The1928(Also The Wreck of the Singapore in the UK) Directed by Ralph Ince, with himself, Estelle Taylor, Jim Mason, b/w, silent, USA
Sink the Bismarkmodels were used
Sinking of the Andrea Dorea
Sinking of the Lusitania2001TV documentary narrated Will Lyman
Six Hundred Days to Cocos Island2001Video Gene and Josie Evans
Skimpy in the Navy1949
Skipper, The1990AKA Kill Cruise and The Storm. Juergen Prochnow, Elisabeth Hurley, and Patsy Kensit.
Small Boat Navy in Vietnam1968
Smuggler's Island1915Universal - starring Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
Snow Goose, TheProduced by Hallmark and the BBC, starring Richard Harris and Jenny Agutter
Soldier, Sailor (GB)194461 mins, Fictional story aiming to underline the inter-dependence of the armed services. With Ted Holliday, Al Beresford, David Sime. Dir Alexander Shaw
Son of the Navy1940
Souls at Sea1937Gary Cooper, George Raft, Harry Carey Sr., Alan Ladd. Slavery on the high seas in 1842. Steel bark KAIULANI was used as both a white-hulled packet ship with yards on the mizzen, and a black-hulled barkKAIULANI
Spanish Main, The1945Maureen O'Hara, Paul Henreid, Walter Slezak
Splendid Road, The1925passengers to the Gold Rushfull-rigged ship INDIANA
Splinters in the Navy1931
Stand By For Action (US)1942100 mins, A 'mothball' destroyer in action in the Pacific.The screenplay was originally set in the British navy but after Pearl Harbor, was hastily rewritten and Americanised. With Robert Taylor, Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy. Dir Robert Z Leonard
Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeUSS RANGER played the role of carrier USS ENTERPRISE
Submarine Command1951William Holden is a Korean War submarine commander who is haunted by his memory of the last day of World War II, when, as an exec, he saved his boat by crash diving while the captain was on the bridge.
Submarine D-11937Action film showing a submarine rescue using the McCann Rescue Chamber and Momsen Lung.
Submarine Patrol (US)193895 mins, WW1 story about the achievements of the so-called 'Splinter Fleet', a squadron of wooden submarine chasers. With Richard Greene, Preston Foster, George Bancroft. Dir John Ford
Submarine Raider1942Hokey yarn about submarine that fails in its attempts to warn Pearl Harbor of the impending Japanese attack, then sinks one of the carriers that launched it.
Suicide Fleet, The1931BOHEMIA was sunk
Summer Rental1985John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna.
Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers1966career of French privateer Captain Robert Surcouf directed by Antonio Molina, Sergio Bergonzelli (France-Italie-Espagne, 1 h 38, Couleurs)French bark or barkentine from the Grand Banks fleet was converted to LA CONFIANCE
Survive the Savage Sea1992Based on Dougal Robertson's book, which told the true story of his family's ordeal in the Pacific.
Swashbuckler1976Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold, Beau Bridges directed James Goldstone. Red Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw) heroically saves his friend Nick Debrett (James Earl Jones) from death at the hands of the authorities
Swashbuckler1976Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold, Beau Bridges directed James Goldstone. Red Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw) heroically saves his friend Nick Debrett (James Earl Jones) from death at the hands of the authorities
Sweetheart of the Navy1937
Swiss Family Robinson1960John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur Directed by Ken Annakin. Fleeing from Napoleonic oppression, the Robinson family get shipwrecked and marooned on an island
Task Force1949Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie Londond directed Delmer Daves. TASK FORCE far surpasses most action war films in that it focuses on the invention of the air craft carrier and its use in World War II. Gary Cooper stars as Jonathan L. Scott, the patriotic naval tactician.real footage of USS FRANKLIN after her devastating damage of March 1945
The Big Blockade (GB)194173 mins, A dramatisation of the idea of economic warfare, showing how the navy and the RAF were trying to ensure that Germany was as cut off from the rest of the world as possible. With John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Will Hay. Dir Charles Frend
The Caine Mutiny (US)1954125 mins, A paranoid captain displays cowardice in action, then mishandles his ship during a typhoon, provoking a mutiny by his officers. From the popular best-seller by Herman Wouk. With Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray. Dir Edward Dmytryk
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (US)1988100 mins, An expanded version of the last section of the previous title. With Brad Davis, Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels. Dir Robert Altman
The Cruel Sea (GB)1953126 mins, Adaptation of celebrated Nicholas Monsarrat novel: the war as fought by the corvettes, their tragedies and very occasional triumphs. By the time this film came to be made, the Admiralty had got rid of all its corvettes; finally one was located in Malta - the Coreopsis, which had been on loan to the Greek navy.With Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott. Dir Charles Frend
The Deep Six (US)1958105 mins, The dilemma of a devout Quaker appointed gunnery officer aboard a destroyer. With Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn. Dir Rudolph Mate
The Fighting Coastguard (US)195186 mins, Two shipyard workers are drafted into the Coastguard and see action against the Japanese. With Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Rains. Dir Joe Kane
The Frogmen (US)195196 mins, Underwater demolition squads in action in the Pacific. With Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Robert Wagner. Dir Lloyd Bacon
The Key (GB)1958,127 mins, Love and death among tugboat crews attempting to save stricken merchant ships during the battle of the Atlantic. With William Holden Trevor Howard, Sophia Loren. Dir Carol Reed
The Long Voyage Home (US)1940105 mins, Various episodes in the wartime voyage of a cargo ship from the Caribbean to London. With John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter. Dir John Ford
The Navy Way (US)194474 mins, A mixed bunch of draftees spend time at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, before being sent off for active duty. With Robert Lowery, Bill Henry, Jean Parker. Dir William Berke
The Sharkfighters (US)195673 mins, A group of navy scientists based in Cuba during WW2 attempt to devise an effective shark repellent. With Victor Mature, James Olsen, Karen Steele. Dir Jerry Hopper
The Shipbuilders (GB)194389 mins, Drama set in a shipyard, closed in the 1930s through lack of orders, reopened to build war- ships as a new conflict looms. With Clive Brook, Geoffrey Hibbert, Finlay Currie. Dir John Baxter
The Weaker Sex (GB)194884 mins, The story of a family at war, with the focus on two daughters who both join the Wrens. With Ursula Jeans, Joan Hopkins, Lana Morris. Dir Roy Baker
The White Ship (aka La Nave Bianca) (Italy)194177 mins, Beginning with a naval engagement and going on to show the care of the wounded aboard a hospital ship. With non-professional cast. Dir Roberto Rossellinir
They Were Expendable1945Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson directed John Ford. John Ford's poetic adaptation of William White's book about a PT boat squadron in the South Pacific during World War II may be the best feature film on the war in that theater and is considered by some scholars, including British director Lindsay Anderson, as Ford's greatest work.
They Were Expendable (US)1945135 mins, A PT boat squadron in action off the Philippines immediately after Pearl Harbor. With John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Ward Bond. Dir John Ford
This Man's Navy1945
Three Men in a Boat1898silent, made in UK, b/w - probably not the JK Jerome story
Three Men in a Boat1956Directed Ken Annakin, screenplay Hubert Gregg, Vernon Harris, with Jimmy Edwrads, Jill Ireland, David Tomlinson
Three Men in a Boat1975Directed Stephen Frear, music John Addison, with Tim Curry (TV?)
Titanic1997Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane Directed by James Cameron. Spectacular special effects set amidst the backdrop of one of the most tragic events of the 20th Century; one of the greatest Hollywood spectaculars of all timeJEROMIAH O'BRIEN (her engine anyway), SS Lane Victory (wake anyway)
Torpedo Alley1952William Bendix commands a submarine in this story of Korean War combat and romance.
Torpedo Run1958Glenn Ford is a submarine commander who is forced to sink a Japanese transport carrying American prisoners and his own family because it was being used to shield an aircraft carrier. He then seeks his revenge. Ernest Borgnine also stars.
Torpedo Squadron, Move Out (aka Raigekitai Shutsudo) (Japan)194490 mins, Three young officers volunteer for duty as human torpedoes, and sink an American flagship. Dir Kajiro Yamamoto
Treasure Island1912Silent
Treasure Island1918Silent b/w USA Directed by Chester M. Franklin and Sidney Franklin with Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin and Violet Radcliffe.
Treasure Island1920Silent, starring Lon Chaney
Treasure Island1934First talking version, starred Wallace Beery as Long John Silver; Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins, and Lionel Barrymore as Billy Bones.Nanuk
Treasure Island1950US / UK directed by Byron Haskin - Robert Newton as Long John Silver
Treasure Island1950Walt Disney's first completely live action feature.Ryelands, three-masted schooner built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock in 1887, converted to "HISPANIOLA"
Treasure Island1950Walt Disney's first completely live action feature.Ryelands, three-masted schooner built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock in 1887, converted to "HISPANIOLA"
Treasure Island1950Walt Disney's first completely live action feature.Ryelands, three-masted schooner built by Nicholson & Marsh at Glasson Dock in 1887, converted to "HISPANIOLA"
Treasure Island1971Made in Europe, starred Orson Welles as Long John.
Treasure Island1990A labour of love for Charlton Heston and his son Fraser.
True to the Navy1930US comedy directed by Frank Tuttle with Clara Bow and Fredric March
Trust the Navy1935British b/w comedy directed by Henry W. George with Lupino Lane and Nancy Burne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea1954Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, James Mason; Victorian scientists at sea are wrecked and captured by mysterious captain of a futuristic submarine.
Twilight of the Gods1958Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, story about the twilight of commercial sail.Albatros
Two Years Before the Mast1946Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, and William Bendix in the film of Richard Henry Dana's true story.
U-5712000Matthew McConnaughey and Bill Paxton star in this forthcoming World War II action film, in which a U.S. submarine captain undertakes to recover an Enigma decoding machine from a stranded German U-boat. Based-on-fact story (although it was actually the British who recovered the decoder...).
Under Ten Flags1960Sotto dieci bandiere directed by Duilio Coletti with Charles Laughton, Van Heflin and Mylène Demongeot. A view of the war through the eyes of the captain of the german raider, Atlantis.An Italian postwar destroyer (or possibly the destroyer leader postwar conversion of a 'Capitani Romani' class small cruiser?) played the role of the British cruiser HMS DEVONSHIRE sinking the ATLANTIS
Under Ten Flags1960Sotto dieci bandiere directed by Duilio Coletti with Charles Laughton, Van Heflin and Mylène Demongeot. A view of the war through the eyes of the captain of the german raider, Atlantis.An Italian postwar destroyer (or possibly the destroyer leader postwar conversion of a 'Capitani Romani' class small cruiser?) played the role of the British cruiser HMS DEVONSHIRE sinking the ATLANTIS
United States Navy Band, The1943
Up Periscope1959James Garner stars in this World War II action yarn about a submarine on a secret mission to photograph a Japanese code book.
Up The Creek1958English b/w comedy directed by Val Guest with David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers and Wilfrid Hyde-White.minesweeper WELFARE took lead role; film was shot at Thos. Ward's shipbreaking yard at Columbia Wharf, Grays, Essex
Viking, The1931THE VIKING produced in 1931 by Varick Frissell, with Captain Bob Bartlett.A wooden sealer, built Norway 188, used by Fridtjof Nansen on his first trip in 1882
Vikings, The1958Viking saga with Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis
Vivent les Dockers1951Robert Menegoz-Genestal, documnentary on 5 French ports, prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Voyage1993Another imitation of Dead Calm, this one is more successful than the others.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1961The USS Seaview, is a state of the art nuclear submarine fresh from the shipyards. She is on her maiden voyage, when the crew learns that the Van Allen radiation belt has become unstable and is threatening to destroy all life on the planet. Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorrie. Directed by Irwin Allen
Wackiest Ship in the Army1960Comedy with Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson.
Wake of the Red Witch1948John Wayne and Gail Russell in the film adaptation of Garland Roark's intense and dark novel.
Waters of Time1951Basil Wright for the Port of London Authority
Waterworld1995Kevin Costner as the sailor of the future, versus Dennis Hopper as the evil stinkpotter.
We dive at dawn1943Directed by Anthony Asquith with John Mills and Louis Bradfield. All leave is canceled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.P614, ex Turkish boat, played the SEA TIGER. Depot ship FORTH and submarine SAFARI are also seen
We Joined the Navy1962Directed by Wendy Toye with Kenneth More and Lloyd Nolan. Comedy - tiltled We Are in the Navy Now, in USA
We're in the Navy Now1926Directed by A. Edward Sutherland with Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. Comedy.
We've Never Been Licked1943Directed by John Rawlins with Noah Beery, Jr., Robert Mitchum and Richard Quine. WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas.
We've Never Been Licked1943Directed by John Rawlins with Noah Beery, Jr., Robert Mitchum and Richard Quine. WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas.
Western Approaches1944Directed by Pat Jackson, with Eric Fullerton, Captain Duncan MacKenzie. Captain W. Kerr, A wartime documentary, made under the auspices of the Crown Film Unit, made as a tribute to the Merchant Navy.filmed aboard a "Blue Funnel" ship
White Squall1996A modern story of tall ship sailing, based on a true story. (Albatros)Eye of the Wind (re-rigged)
Wind1992Fictionalised story of the '87 America's Cup.
Wind in the Willows1949Disney.
Wind in the Willows1983Made-for-TV (UK). This one is animation/stop motion
Wind in the Willows1987Made-for-TV (US).
Wind in the Willows1996Live action. Monty Python does a classic fairy tale.
Windjammer1930UK, b/w directed by John Orton with Tony Bruce and Michael Hogan
Windjammer1937Directed by Ewing Scott with Constance Worth and George O'Brien - captured gun runners
Windjammer, The1926b/w, silent, directed by Harry Joe Brown, Billy Sullivan as a sailorman prizefighter
Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich1958Norwegian documentary by Bill Colleran and Louis De Rochemont III; first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York and back home again.
Wings of Eagles, The1957Directed by John Ford with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara: a biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.
Wings of the Navy1939
Wolf Larsen1958Directed by Harmon Jones, after Jack London, with Barry Sullivan, Henry Rowland, Peter Graves and Chuck Connors. Beast of the Seven Seas. In every roaring port they knew the "Wolf" and his savage crew...and what befell his human prey
Wolf Larsen1975Il Lupo dei mari, directed by Giuseppe Vari with Chuck Connors, Barbara Bach and Giuseppe Pambieri
World in His Arms, The1952San Francisco-based sealers operating against the law in Russian Alaska in the 1850s.
Wreck of the 'Maine', The1898USA, b/w, silent, taken at the same time as "Divers at work on the Maine", gives a comprehensive view of the wreck as seen from the deck of a tug passing completely around it. None of the debris had been removed, and the awful destruction caused by the explosion is plainly seen.
Wreck of the 'Mohican'1899UK b/w, silent documentary showing the Porthonstock Life Saving Crew rescuing men from the rigging of the MOHICAN on the Manacle Rocks.
Wreck of the 'Norseman'1899US, b/w, silent, a panoramic view taken from the rocky shore, showing the wreck of the steamer NORSEMAN.
Wreck of the 'Vizcaya'1898USA, silent, b/w, taken on the morning after the battle in which the Spanish navy was destroyed. This battleship, once the 'Pride of Spain,' is shown a ruined hulk on the beach, the terrible effect of the guns of Uncle Sam's warship being apparent everywhere. Contrasted with our earlier picture of the 'Viscaya' in New York harbor, the 'Viscaya' here presents a woeful appearance
Wreck of the Battleship 'Maine'1898USA, b/w, silent, Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the 'Maine' surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels. The warped and twisted remains show how thoroughly this immense mass of iron and steel was blown out of all semblance of a vessel. The background of this picture is formed by the shores of Havana Harbor, and as the yacht moves around, a panoramic view of the shores adds an interesting feature.
Wreck of the Dunbar, The1912Australian, b/w, silent, Directed by Gaston Mervale with Louise Lovely
Wreck of the Grosvenor
Wreck of the HesperusCecil B. DeMilleINDIANA and BOHEMIA
Wreck of the Hesperus1927Cecil B. DeMille, Directed by Elmer Clifton with Sam De Grass, Virginia Bradford, Francis FordINDIANA and BOHEMIA
Wreck of the Hesperus, The1927Directed by Elmer Clifton with Sam De Grasse and Virginia Bradford
Wreck of the Hesperus, The1944USA, short colour animation directed by Mannie Davi
Wreck of the Hesperus, The1948Directed by John Hoffman with Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry. This grade B retelling of the Longfellow poem is not great art, but it's a good movie for children, especially for a rainy afternoon. Stalwart Willard Parker does battle with a ton of stock footage of storms and ships at sea; and the film is amiable, moving along at a nice clip. Old New England is seldom depicted in old movies (or new ones for that matter), and it's always fascinating to see how it's recreated.
Wreck of the Hesperus, The1944USA, short colour animation directed by Mannie Davi
Wreck of the Hesperus, The1948Directed by John Hoffman with Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry. This grade B retelling of the Longfellow poem is not great art, but it's a good movie for children, especially for a rainy afternoon. Stalwart Willard Parker does battle with a ton of stock footage of storms and ships at sea; and the film is amiable, moving along at a nice clip. Old New England is seldom depicted in old movies (or new ones for that matter), and it's always fascinating to see how it's recreated.
Wreck of the Hesperus, The1944USA, short colour animation directed by Mannie Davi
Wreck of the Julie Plante, The1985Directed by Stephen Weston, 4 minute animation based on the poem by William Henry Drummond (1854-1907), this animated short tells the story of the ship JULIE PLANTE which foundered and sank on a stormy night.
Wreck of the Lady Elgin1999Video: The story of the famous shipwreck of the Lady Elgin which sank in Lake Michigan in 1860.
Wreck of the Mary Deare, The1959Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Cecil Parker directed Michael Anderson. A salvage boat discovers the freighter "Mary Deare" adrift on the high seas, all but one of its crew members inexplicably missing. Insurance fraud comes to light when a salvage boat is rescued from the high seas.
Wreck of the S.S. 'Paris'1899UK b/w silent documentary: panoramic view, showing wrecking tugs trying to haul the steamship 'Paris' off the Manacle Rocks on which she had been wrecked the day before.
Wreck of the Schooner 'Richmond'1897US, b/w, silent This picture was taken within a few hours of the wreck, just after the crew had been taken off by the life-savers. The vessel appears beating upon the rocks, while enormous billows roll over it from stem to stern.
Wreck of the Schooner 'Richmond'1900US b/w, silent
Wreck of the Schooner 'Richmond'1897US, b/w, silent This picture was taken within a few hours of the wreck, just after the crew had been taken off by the life-savers. The vessel appears beating upon the rocks, while enormous billows roll over it from stem to stern.
Wreck of the Schooner 'Richmond'1900US b/w, silent
Wreck of the Singapore, The1928(UK title of The Singapore Mutiny) Directed by Ralph Ince, with himself, Estelle Taylor, Jim Mason, b/w, silent, USA
Yangtse Incident1957Directed by Michael Anderson. Richard Todd , William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston. Also known as Battle Hell (1957) (USA), Escape of the Amethyst (1957), Their Greatest Glory (1957). While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the.AMETHYST played herself (sister MAGPIE was used for some scenes), frigate TEAZER played CONSORT and CONCORD, Trinity House tender TRITON played river steamer KIANLANG LIBERATOR
Yankee Clipper1927Cecil B. DeMille, Silent. William Boyd, Elinor Fair, Junior Coghlan, John Miljan, directed Rupert Julian. This silent film follows the race between two ships and the attempt at proving to an Englishwoman that her fiance is a villainous blackguard.INDIANA and BOHEMIA
Yellowbeard1983Monty Python goes to sea.
Yeoman's Wedding, The1912see The Wreck of the Dunbar
YMS-504 subyeong1963...aka YMS-504 of the Navy 1963 International: English title
You're in the Navy Now1951...aka U.S.S. Teakettle 1951 USA
Your Fighting Navy at Work and at Play1918
(multiple)Other ships reported as appearing in various filmsAlden Besse, Bohemia, Centennial, Galelia, Indiana, Irene, Llewellyn J. Morse, Lottie Carson, Pacific Queen, S.N. Castle, Santa Clara, Star of Finland, W.F. Jewett, William Brown, William H. Harriman
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea1954Adventures of a futuristic atomic submarine. Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, directed by Richard Fleischer. Walt Disney version of Jules Verne. This Oscar winner (for special effects and set decoration) is a remake of a 1916 silent film.
?1929to Greenland, Harvard Universtity Film FoundationU. S. Coast Guard Cutter Marion





Morning Departure

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Morning Departure
Morning Departure (1950) British DVD cover.jpg
British DVD cover from 2010
Directed byRoy Ward Baker
Produced byJay Lewis
Screenplay byW.E. Fairchild
Based onthe stage play Morning Departure
by Kenneth Woollard
StarringJohn Mills
Richard Attenborough
Bernard Lee
Kenneth More
Nigel Patrick
George Cole
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited byAlan Osbiston
Production
company
Jay Lewis Productions
Distributed byGDF (UK)
British Empire Films (AUS)[1]
Universal-International(US)
Release dates
  • 21 February 1950 (UK)
  • 3 November 1950 (AUS[1])
  • 13 January 1951 (US)
Running time
102 min[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£105,000[3]
Morning Departure (released as Operation Disaster in the United States[4]) is a 1950 British naval drama film about life aboard a sunken submarine, directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough. It is based on a stage play of the same name by Kenneth Woollard, which had also been shown as a live TV play by the BBC both in 1946[5] and 1948.[6] It was the feature film debut of Michael Caine

Plot[edit]

The story is set after the end of the Second World War and concerns a Britishsubmarine, HMS Trojan, which is out on a routine exercise to test its new snorkel mast when it encounters a derelict floating magnetic mine left over from the war. The submarine dives, but sets off the mine. The mine blows the bows of the submarine off, and floods the after section through the displaced snorkel mast, killing the 53 crew-members in the bow and stern sections. The submarine settles to the bottom leaving twelve crew members alive amidships, who have been saved by the watertight doors which had been closed by order of the captain when he realised the imminent danger.
When the shore base becomes aware that Trojan is overdue, surface rescue vessels are sent out to investigate. The captain of the submarine, Lieutenant Commander Peter Armstrong (John Mills), sensibly provides an indication of their position to these vessels by expelling a quantity of oil which rises to the surface. Following standard escape procedure, a diver is sent down with an air line while everyone prepares for the rescue. Armstrong selects the first four for release; they escape safely without incident, and are picked up on the surface. The eight remaining crew assume there are plenty of breathing sets for them all to escape successfully. However, the captain discovers that all but four have been destroyed in the blast. This means the final four will have to remain under water until a full salvage operation can be carried out, which may take a week or more.
Armstrong assembles the others to draw lots through a pack of cards he deals out, to decide who goes and who remains. Two, the cook A/B Higgins (James Hayter) and the first lieutenant, Lieutenant Manson (Nigel Patrick), with the lowest cards, select themselves to stay behind along with Armstrong. The top three, to go first, also select themselves with high cards. Of the other two, there is a tie, both knaves, between Stoker Snipe (Richard Attenborough) and E.R.A. Marks (George Cole). On losing a re-deal, young Snipe goes berserk with fear and has to be physically restrained. Armstrong approaches Marks and asks if he will forfeit his place for Snipe, sensing difficulties if Snipe is left behind. Marks agrees.
They begin to prepare for escape, but Snipe now hangs back, falsely claiming he has hurt his arm in the scuffle. He insists that Marks should go. Marks and the other three escape safely through the hatch and are picked up by the salvage vessels. Below, Manson has a fainting fit but Snipe catches him using both arms without difficulty. Cheerfully at first, the four begin the wait for the salvage operation.
Above, all goes well to begin with, in fine weather. Divers manage to secure cables under the submarine, which is slowly winched up, but only fifteen feet per day can be achieved. However, as the days go by, the weather turns, and soon there is a full storm at sea. As a result, the submarine shifts on the cables, and sinks again to the floor of the sea. Manson has remained in ill-health below, nursed with care by Snipe. However, chlorine begins to leak from a site next to his bunk. Manson is overcome by the gas, and dies.
The storm is so bad that the captain of the salvage ship decides his own men are at risk, and abandons the salvage operation altogether. The three left in the submarine sense that there is no hope for them. The film ends with Armstrong reading from a naval prayer book.
From early scenes in the film, and from dialogue throughout, the viewer is given insights into the personal and home lives of the crew, their hopes, and their now thwarted ambitions. For example, Snipe is married to a wayward wife, whom he idolises; whilst Armstrong has been offered a lucrative shore job by his wealthy father-in-law, and had been planning to leave the Navy to take it up as soon as this patrol was over.