Five Ladders To The Bridge (MN-8953) is a short U.S. Navy film about the five different paths to becoming an officer. The film follows the story of five different men at a Christmas party at an Officers’ Club to show viewers the five different routes to becoming an officer:

Officer Candidate School (OCS), Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC), Limited Duty Officer (LDO), Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP), and through the Naval Academy. The film opens with a shot of a Christmas tree and men and women dancing at the Officers’ Club. The film follows the story of the first man (01:36), who enlisted in the Navy and then went to OCS to become an officer. He uses an apparatus in guided missile school. He works on an electrical circuit board. He kisses his wife goodbye with a guided missile ship in the background (02:22). Aboard the ship, viewers see a RIM-2 Terrier anti-aircraft missile system; a missile is fired from the ship. During a visit to Europe, he sits in the stands for a bull fight (03:10), visits a castle, and sees the streets of Lisbon. The film then shows him at the U.S. Naval Command School OCS. He wakes up in his bunk (05:15) then stands at attention for personnel inspection. Several men study at their desks before going to bed (06:27). He is promoted to an officer and receives his commission (07:05). The next man talks about becoming an officer through NROTC. He arrives on the bridge of a carrier (08:30), and he observes a radar navigation system. He stands on the bridge (09:55) overlooking the planes on the flight deck. The film then cuts to a college campus (10:47). The third man is shown wearing a USNR baseball uniform and picks up a baseball bat. This is the LDO path to becoming an officer. The film shows a destroyer out at sea (12:14); the man sits in front of the electrical panel for the fire control room. The man is shown learning in an electronics classroom (13:05), then he is shown working on an electronics board on a naval cruiser (13:30). The penultimate path is the LDO route; a man trains at boot camp in San Diego. He walks onto the NESEP campus (16:14). He works with a monitoring device used to measure nuclear power. He walks into a building for submarine school. The film shows an aerial view of a submarine, then it shows underwater footage of men swimming around a submarine pod. The man walks onto a nuclear submarine for his first voyage, and he is shown overseeing the control room as the sub prepares to dive. The final man featured in the film shows viewers the path to a career officer through the Naval Academy. Cadets march at the Academy in Maryland (19:34). The man is shown drilling, polishing his belt buckle, and polishing his shoes. He sits for exams, then he boards a cruiser (21:33). Very brief footage shows a beach invasion training at Little Creek, VA. Men of the Academy play lacrosse (23:58), dance at the June Ball, then celebrate at their graduation. A commissioned officer, he stands aboard a destroyer (24:30). The film then shows the five men at the Christmas party was they watch the Naval Academy Choir sing. The film shows portraits of famous U.S. admirals and footage of naval ships sailing at sea, firing guns, and Navy planes taking off from a carrier. A submarine dives and then a missile is launched from underwater. The film concludes with a shot of naval docks at night.

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