U.S. NAVY SIXTH FLEET FILM "A FORCE FOR PEACE" USS RANDOLPH 29724
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Filmed at sea with the Sixth Fleet in the late 1950s, A FORCE FOR PEACE shows the aircraft carrier USS Randolph and its air arm, including A-1H Skyraiders and jet fighters. This print is slightly incomplete and missing the main title and a portion of the ending.
The film begins in Norfolk as the crew says goodbye and departs for the Mediterranean and duty in Europe. At 4:54, the Captain addresses the ship's complement and discusses the importance of a strong presence in the Med, to protect world peace. At 6:11, the USS Forrestal's aircraft welcome the Randolph as it approaches Gibraltar. Dignitaries from the Royal Navy board the ship at 7:50. Life aboard the aircraft carrier is shown with various routines. At 11;40, FJ-2 Fury jet aircraft are prepared for launch and spotted on the flight deck. Aircraft launch is seen at the 13:45 mark, with Piasecki HUP-1 rescue helicopter standing by to pick up crewmen if they have to ditch.
Sixth Fleet ASW exercises are seen at the 16 minute mark, with a hunter killer group being assembled. An amphibious landing exercise is seen at the 16:30 mark, working with British commandoes and Italian troops. A Regulus missile is seen being launched at the 17:00 Mark from the cruiser USS Los Angeles. Sidewinder missiles are seen being test flown at 23:30.
Resupply at sea is seen at the 20:00 mark, including transport of crew between ships. A delivery aircraft arrives on the carrier at 20:30. Church services are seen at 21:00. Night operations are seen at 22:00.
USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress. Randolph was commissioned in October 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning three battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career she operated exclusively in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. In the early 1960s she served as the recovery ship for two Project Mercury space missions, including John Glenn's historic first orbital flight.
She was decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap in 1975.
On 14 July 1956, Randolph again steamed east for a seven-month tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. When Israel, Britain, and France invaded the United Arab Republic in October of that year, Randolph stood ready. Operating near the Suez Canal, her aircraft provided air cover and surface and air reconnaissance for the evacuation of U.S. nationals from Alexandria. She returned to the United States on 19 February 1957.
After a few months operating off the East Coast, Randolph deployed to the Mediterranean again on 1 July 1957. Between August and December, as political turmoil in Syria threatened to further disturb the already turbulent Mideast, she patrolled the eastern Mediterranean. Back in the United States on 24 February 1958, the flattop made her 5th Mediterranean deployment from 2 September 1958 - 12 March 1959.
The Piasecki H-25 Army Mule/HUP Retriever was a compact single radial engine, twin overlapping tandem rotor utility helicopter developed by the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation of Morton, Pennsylvania during the late 1940s and produced during the early 1950s. The company changed its name in the 1956 to Vertol Aircraft Corporation and subsequently was bought by Boeing Aircraft Company in 1960, and became Boeing-Vertol.
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I served with USN 1966-70. I made two 5 mouth MED Cruises on board the Sumner Class destroyer, the USS DOUGLAS H. FOX (DD-779). We did most on the activities that shown in the film. I have many wonderful memories and shipmates I still have contact with some of them. Thank you for sharing the film.
My father was on this ship in the late 50's to early 60's...he was on the ship during the Mercury projects and the Cuban missile crisis..
To all Veterans, thank you for your service!!🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
FJ Furies in excellent quality, what a jewel this video is!
This brings back some good and not so good memories….thx for posting!
Thanks for posting! A lot of memories here…
These videos are very comfy for going to sleep. Especially the ones about 1960s nasa.
Correct.
This must be from before 1958ish. The flag has 48 stars. Great film! Like one other commented: skinny people. That was the normal then. I am from Norway and a few years back they were making a movie from the 70s and they had a huge problem finding extras that had the BMI from back then.
If the ship has an angled flight deck, it's one of her 3 Med cruises July 1956- February 1957, July 1957-February 1958, or September 1958-March 1959.
If not, her prior cruise dates were Feb-Aug 1954.
After March 1959 she was reclassified from CVA to CVS and became an anti-submarine carrier, in addition to the flag differences, which took effect in early 1959. For her last cruise, she had to depart flying a 48-star flag and return with 49, because Hawaii statehood didn't take effect until August of '59.
'A Force for Peace......or War, your call, either way we're good and ready'
0:55 F86? I was about to write "How were they landing? No tail hook". But found it is the NAVY brother - FJ-3... Great footage!
The FJ may look a lot like the Sabre but it was actually very different and the Canadian built Sabre was a LOT faster due to it being in Canadian service longer!
I Was An ABH3 Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), In Air Dept/V-1 Div, From 1980 - 1984.
Although Flight Ops Are More Advanced Now, The Basics Will Always Be The Same! ⚓
I noticed both the FJ and AD pilots at 13:46 launched with the canopy open, I'm not sure I ever seen this before
I would write, it was pretty much normal. Same was for prop planes in WW2. No ejection seat. Remember? So you gains some extra time if it's about to ditch.
For FJ/AD I'm not familiar with how effective the ejection seats were or were they capable of safe ejection at all, at such low altitude. It could also be extra caution...
Common practice with piston engined aircraft and early jets, both on take-off and landing to give the pilot a better chance of getting out should he take a swim.
They wanted to be able to bail if they got cold catted.
The ejection seat backing had (and has)a metal canopy piercing feature which didn't exist yet.
Dad was a civilian mechanic for years at a NAS. Worked on ADs just like those. And nice to see FJ-3 Furies. Navalized sabres.
thank you thank you
My goodness...how skinny those sailors were! You don't see that today!
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This was before the scourge of the thing we are using to watch this...lol. We have become a very obese, lazy and soft country. I'm 57 and my father's generation (he served aboard the USS Randolph from 1959-63) was so much tougher than mine and that goes on and on. The generation gets weaker all the time.
Yeah I can confirm that! Best way for gettin‘ down and relax, if you‘re not tired enough.
On the other hand, some vids cause the oppostite, and you‘ll find yourself still watching at 3.45 a.m. 😅
Be advised to follow your actual SOPs and seperate them from those shown in old drill vids 👍🏽
Dad served on the Randolph after the war said the N. ATLANTIC could be extremely harsh with waves washing over the.bow if that 100 ft. height. But all in all really enjoyed his time exploring mediterainian stops. The ship only had hellcats and bearcats on his tour, no jets..what a difference from todays navy. No wokeness in those days
USS Des Moines 6-ft flagship in 1959
Awesome
At 2:09, the dockside band is belting out "High School Cadets" by John Philip Sousa. Nice rendition.
"Ciao Bella"....
23:04 Contrary to what the narrator says, the A3D Skywarrior was most definitely *not* supersonic.
As soon as the ship sets sail you know those wives are dropping off little Johnny & Mary at the babysitter or grandmother’s house and heading directly for the NCO club and getting some 😜
Of course as soon as the ship docks in a foreign port daddy gets his strange as well 😛
Are there any VAW-33 Knight Hawks watching? If so, please say hello in the comments.
".. the deadly accurate Sidewinder missile." Oh, how precious.
It's interesting how the Russians obtained an example of the Sidewinder..Apparently one failed to explode when it embedded itself in a Mig 17 early in the Vietnam conflict..
@@tomdolan9761
Negative.
Not in Viet Nam, but the straight of Taiwan; a Taiwanese F86 launched AIM9 embedded itself in the tailpipe of a Chicom Mig. They then shared the data with the Soviets.
Mesothelioma all over the place.
Patriotismitis**
The suits might be safe if they don’t shed particles?
You have to admire the United States military propaganda machine, I wonder whom this film was really aimed at, the families left at home?, a recruiting drive?, friendly nations military as a training film for cooperation between navy’s?, or, as far as my humble opinion goes, the potential enemy, not just of the United States, but of any country that would prefer peace to war, but unfortunately I think those enemy nations didn’t get the message, the world, not as a whole, but in individual wars and conflict has not really been at peace since 1914, and even during the intermission between world wars there were always tensions and skirmishes, and we want to describe ourselves as a “peace loving race!!!!!”, don’t make me laugh. Thanks for sharing this very interesting and informative film, it’s a nice look back at how things were once done and a glimpse of how things would be done. Thanks again 😃👍🇬🇧🏴
P.S Narrator “No actual missiles will be released”
F-14 Newby pilot “Splash the F-4”
P.P.S Question, If during flight Ops sudden or unexpected bad weather hits the carrier and no land or sea based diversionary landing facilities are available, and aircraft are out of fuel what would have been the SOP?, obviously once air-to-air refuelling was available then a tanker could hopefully be launched and refuelled the aircraft, but before that what would they have done.
Sounds like Martin Sheen being The narrator
I thought it sounded like JFK
I do not believe it is Sheen but I can not place the voice.
@5:01 Is that Guss Grissom ?
No. He was Air Force
Joe Biden recipe for disaster
Cause trump did such a great job lol
Its President Biden and President Trump.
@@riff2072 President Biden yes. Trunp is a criminal under active investigation for a litany of charges so I will not refer to him as president.
True but what does “Brandon” have to do with this film?
@@fantom5894 who the hell is "Brandon" bro????
ya vamos a mandar flotas a vigilar las zonas aledañas a nueva york
The US is not about peace.
Please explain.
@@riff2072 REALLY? The US is the worlds bully and aggressor. You're request is so odd that I don't even know where to begin. UM all US history is about world domination.