This informational film titled “Pacific Frontier” is produced and presented by the United States Navy and dates to the year 1964 before the Vietnam War was in full swing, but American advisors were on the ground. The film portrays the nations of the Pacific Rim including Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, and the Pacific Fleet, and includes views of the First Fleet, the 7th Fleet, and various groups including an anti-submarine warfare group.

Credits (00:13). “Pacific Frontier” title banner (00:18). The Pacific Ocean (00:24). Islands in the Pacific Ocean (01:12). A Buddhist monastery (01:45). A U.S. Navy ship (01:50). Locals working on docked boats in a harbor (01:56). Sydney Harbor Bridge (02:01). Kuala Lumpur railway station in Malaysia (02:08). Views of the Pacific Fleet (02:15). USS Hooper (DE-1026) (originally USS Gatch) Dealey-class destroyer escort (02:26). USS Bridget (DE-1024) destroyer escort (02:32). Views of various local factories, industries, and agriculture in the Pacific Rim (02:38). Faces of various locals of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and cultures across the Pacific Rim (03:38). Sailing boat and ships (04:46). U.S. Army Camp H. M. Smith on the island of Oahu, Hawaii (04:57). Soldiers firing anti-tank artillery (05:03) and from tanks (05:08). Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft (05:11). An aircraft carrier ship (05:15). Douglas A-4 Skyhawk subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft (05:18). Views of the First Fleet in the Eastern Pacific (05:24). USS Snook (SSN-592) Skipjack-class submarine (05:33). The Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific (05:41). Possibly USS Columbus (CG-12) Baltimore-class heavy cruiser (05:41). It fires Tartar surface-to-air missiles (06:00). The fleet’s anti-submarine task group (TG) 14.7 (06:13). USS Evans (DE-1023) Dealey-class destroyer escort (06:24). Lockheed P-2 Neptune maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft (06:29). Air traffic control communicates with pilots through radio (06:33). The anti-submarine TG (07:13). Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft (07:31). Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw piston-engined military helicopter (08:11). A Grumman S-2 Tracker aircraft dropping depth charges (08:18). Views of the anti-submarine TG (08:38). A carrier TG in the Seventh Fleet (09:12). Possibly USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) aircraft carrier (09:21). Douglas A-3 Skywarrior jet-powered strategic bombers (09:29). McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber (09:49). Views of the carrier TG (10:14). Douglas A-4 Skyhawks flying (11:13). Missile explosion (11:46). The Seventh Fleet’s submarine TG (11:50). USS Seadragon (SSN-584) Skate-class submarine and crew members working aboard (12:15). Neon signs (14:30). Seventh Fleet soldiers in white uniforms walk among locals (14:53). Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (14:58). Navy soldiers in Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong (15:03). Soldiers engage with locals and local culture (15:28). Navy sailors work on ships (17:29). Douglas A-4 Skyhawks (18:20). Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) supersonic carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft (18:38). Soldiers and Sikorsky H-34 helicopters on an air carrier ship (18:53). Airstrikes, explosions, and soldiers on the ground as part of a large-scale amphibious assault exercise (19:19). Hong Kong (20:05). Views of China under control of the communist Red Chinese Army (20:12). Views of the Taiwan Patrol Force naval operation (20:29). USS Shields (DD-596) Fletcher-class destroyer (22:30). Flying aircraft (22:53). Saigon (today Ho Chi Minh City) (24:48). Soldiers of the Viet Cong engaging in war against the US Army and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (25:01). A sunset (26:42). Beach and shorelines in the Pacific Ocean (26:54). A Grumman S-2 tracker aircraft and an aircraft carrier ship (27:16). Beach and shorelines (27:22). The US Navy (27:43). “The End” text overlay and credits (27:59).

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