This 1957 NATO propaganda film (MN 8546) produced by the U.S. Naval Photographic Center looks at the purpose of NATO and explains its different elements. It goes over the importance of integrated naval units to act as a deterrence to Soviet incursions and to operate together in the case of a war. It also looks at NATO’s command structure and efforts made to harmonize operations, weapon procurement, and interoperability. The film shows ships, submarines, and aircraft from multiple NATO countries. It ends with a short message from the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral Jerauld Wright.

0:10 Main titles 0:32 different shots of the Atlantic with commercial ships and nuclear submarines, 1:20 Dutch Navy HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën Cruiser C802, 1:22 Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Warrior, 1:26 USS Nautilus, 1:40 Canadian Navy HMCS Assiniboine Frigate HMCS 234, 1:43 French Navy Arromanches (R95) aircraft carrier, 2:06 Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, 2:28 different quick shots from NATO countries, 2:56 different commercial and passenger ships, 3:16 submarine combat footage from World War 2, 3:42 destroyed buildings and ships after WWII, 4:11 a ship sailing past the Statue of Liberty, 4:19 Stalin observing a parade on the Red Square, 5:11 Stalin at the United Nations, 5:26 Signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, 5:46 map showing the NATO countries, 6:22 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, 6:51 Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander of the Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia, 7:11 overview of different working groups including strategy, communications, and intelligence, 7:34 NATO ships sailing, 7:58 map showing critical junctions that pose a high risk for submarine warfare, 8:29 a woman placing something on a map, 8:42 different images of Soviet Ships and Submarines, 9:09 a US Officer looking at pictures of Soviet bombers, 9:21 different shots of Soviet submarines surfacing and descending, 9:57 USS Samuel B. Roberts DD-823 Sailing, 10:10 Aircraft taking off from the USS Casablanca CVE-55, 10:18 aircraft taking off and landing from the USS Saratoga CV-60, 11:00 shorts of NATO ships, 11:17 aircraft taking off from the USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31, 11:44 Turkish Navy Rüzgar Class Missile Boat P346 Girbet, 11:51 Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye Flying, 12:04 marines being raised to a carrier deck and boarding Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopters, 13:03 POV of an aircraft landing on the USS Bennington CV-20, 13:42 Vought F-8 Crusader flying and launching a missile, 14:05 A3-D Sky Warrior taking off from an aircraft carrier, 14:22 a US Navy P6M SeaMaster flying and landing, 15:04 guided missiles being launched from a cruiser and a submarine, 15:37 submarines as seen from the air, 15:52 a NATO convoy, 16:02 radar operators on a ship, 16:16 HMCS Bonaventure, 16:24 Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton, 16:33 different destroyers and frigates, 16:47 a submarine submerges, 17:04 submarine hunter dropping ASW depth charges into water, 17:18 ships firing missiles and dropping mines against submarines, 18:18 a ship resupplying another at sea, 18:44 two ships signaling, 18:59 officers sitting at a table and planning, 19:28 a NATO naval exercise with different carriers, destroyers, cruisers, escorts, and minesweepers, 20:11 Danish Navy HDMS Sehested P547, 20:26 Norwegian Air Force F-84 Thunderjets taking off in snow, 20:55 Royal Air Force Seahawks, 21:04 NATO ships sailing together during an exercise, 21:48 NATO staff working with maps, 22:13 sailors run to their posts and begin firing during an exercise, 22:36 a ship refueling and rearming on the water, 23:07 crews firing depth charges, 23:48 US Navy Grumman F-11 Tiger landing on a carrier deck, 24:15 sailors form different countries interacting and training with each other, 24:48 Danish Air Force Hawker Hunter taking off, 24:57 Dutch Air Force Neptune Patrol Bomber, 25:06 American F-11s landing on carriers with mirror landing systems, 25:36 officers of NATO countries observing a missile, 25:55 officers at the NATO Defense College, 26:20 NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Admiral Jerauld Wright speaks, 27:46 Produced by US Naval Photographic Center MN 8546

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