“ THE YEAR OF THE POLARIS “ POLARIS NUCLEAR SUBMARINE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON PART 2 34084

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Reel 1: This 1960 black and white installment of “See It Now” produced and edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly (Part 2 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). The USS George Washington (SSBN-598) ballistic missile submarine surfaces (0:08). One of the submarine’s missile hatches opens. A Polaris missile is suspended above the submarine for loading (0:22). Stenciling on the hull of the George Washington (1:01). Hatches close (1:16). Admiral William Raborn and Murrow inside “Sherwood Forest,” the corridor of missile tubes inside the submarine. Raborn speaks on the success of the missile program, justifying the costs of the $100 million submarine