This 1951 US Navy training film goes over the importance and duties of the Shore Patrol. The Shore Patrol maintain good order and discipline among military personnel and apprehend all unauthorized absentees (and other offenders as necessary). They watch over sailors on shore leave and represents the commanding officers of the sailors. The film follows to Shore Patrol members through a day of patrols. Their activities include checking documentation of sailors to ensure they are allowed to be on leave, assisting civilians who have problems with sailors, keeping an eye out for deserters, and assisting civilian police if sailors are involved. The film appears to have been shot in the Washington, D.C. area and its suburbs.
0:10 “Nonclassified”, 0:15 “US Navy Training Film MN7318 1951” Wilding Picture Productions, 0:22 “Duties of the Shore Patrol”, 0:31 White and Black sailors arrive at a port on a jolly boat, ready for shore leave, 0:51 a sad looking sailor who has been assigned Shore Patrol duty smokes a cigarette and lingers outside the SP office 1:35 Sailors with SP arm bands sitting in a classroom being instructed, 3:15 mugshot of a deserter, 3:34 two SP members walking through a park and talking to woman, 4:20 SP members stopping a sailor in front of O’Donnell’s Drug Store (possibly located at at Wisconsin and M street), telling him to correct his uniform, and checking his papers, 5:30 SP members enter a tavern, 5:40 SP members helping a sailor with direction and checking his documentation, 6:09 various scenes of SP members checking documentation, 6:31 SP members talking at a diner, 7:48 SP members being called into an establishment by the owner, 8:09 a sailor and a civilian fighting being broken up by SP members, 9:00 SP members talking with two sailors outside, 10:21 SP members seeing the deserter and observing him, 10:58 SP members and civilian police arresting deserter outside supermarket, 12:00 SP members helping civilian police with a car accident cause by a sailor, 13:07 SP members interviewing the sailors and reporting it back at HQ, 13:50 SP members walking down the stairs and head back to their ships, 14:09 summary footage of what has been achieved that evening, 14:41 sailors at the landing dock, 15:08 sailors boarding boats to return to their ship, 15:32 “The End”
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