Shot in the 1930s, this film profiles the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), the military academy of the United States Coast Guard located in New London, Connecticut. The film describes the four-year program offered by the Academy, and the various academy, athletic, and other opportunities are detailed. Seagoing activities aboard a modern cutter are also shown, including gunnery practice. The film opens with an aerial view of the Academy campus in New London. New Cadets drill on the Academy’s grounds (00:40). A bugler calls cadets for breakfast (01:23); the men fall into breakfast formation in a courtyard. The cadets sit down at formal tables for their breakfast (02:18). Cadets sit in a radio classroom and train with radio systems (02:31). A man works with a direction finder (03:06). Cadets get a hands-on education in the engineering laboratory. An instructor teaches the cadets ordnance use in a classroom (03:20). Cadets participate in a training simulation at an outdoor fire control station (03:40). The film then shows cadets going through infantry drills and, later, playing football (05:15). Two cadets study in their dorm room at night. The cadets board a USCG cutter for their semester at sea (05:45). At Quantico, VA, cadets train with firearms. Cadets are instructed on gunnery upon the deck of the cutter while at sea (06:40). Cadets learn knots and are instructed on operations in the engine and fire room. Aerial footage shows the ships doing battle maneuvers while at sea (07:21). Cadets fire the cutter’s three-inch gun (07:55) and the five-inch gun (08:10), shooting at floating targets. Cadets arrive back at the Academy (08:43), ready to take a 21-day leave before the start of a new year. Cadets sit during their graduation ceremony (09:10); some of the young men receive awards; then they all receive their diplomas (09:51). The film closes with the newly commissioned men singing the coast guard song “Coast Guard Forever.”
The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the tuition-free service academy of the United States Coast Guard, founded in 1876 and located in New London, Connecticut. It is the smallest of the five federal service academies and provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Unlike the other service academies, the Coast Guard Academy does not require a congressional nomination for admission.
Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as cadets, and upon graduation receive a Bachelor of Science degree and are commissioned as ensigns with a five-year active-duty service obligation, with additional years if the graduate attends flight school or subsequent government-funded graduate school. Out of approximately 250 cadets entering the academy each summer, 200 graduate. Cadets can choose from among nine majors, with a curriculum that is graded according their performance in a holistic program of academics, physical fitness, character, and leadership.
Cadets are required to adhere to the academy’s “Honor Concept,” “Who lives here reveres honor, honors duty,” which is emblazoned in the halls of the academy’s entrance. The academy’s motto is Scientiæ cedit mare, which is Latin for “the sea yields to knowledge”. The Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, ABET, and AACSB for its various programs.
We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 — President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.”
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
