https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d8da2b56-492b-4e6c-a147-6c914e1ad33d Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Consider becoming a channel member https://youtu.be/ODBW3pVahUE This is a WWII era training film created to educate airmen on how to properly report sightings of enemy ships, submarines and other craft. It includes images of U.S., British and German submarines of WW2. The film was produced under the supervision of the Bureau of Aeronautics for the Chief of Naval Operations (:22). The acronym CIRES appears (:34) which is an acronym for Communication Instructions for Reporting Enemy Sightings. A military transport plane which appears to be the C-47 Skytrain is seen after opening credits (:52). A narrative ensues as two men are pictured piloting this craft (1:15). The pilot radios for their position from the back of the plane (1:15). As the planes lowers, the co-pilot spots a potential submarine in the water (2:37). The pilot writes off the sighting as they had had recent false sightings (2:55). The co-pilot then spots what appears to be enemy ships ‘way off the beams’ (3:23). The pilot radios to the tower for landing instruction (3:51). Men at the operations base look over weather reports (4:35). A memo is highlighted showing an attack at Cape Point by an enemy submarine (4:53). This is the same area where the co-pilot from the opening segment had spotted an enemy submarine. A briefing session follows in order to educate the men on proper instruction for reporting these sightings (CIRES) (5:15). Within the briefing, the merchant vessel which had been hit by the enemy sub is discussed (5:33). Pilots from various backgrounds, including commercial airlines, learn the standard procedure of CIRES (6:56). Commander Richards, the man noted for being behind the CIRES procedure addresses the classroom (7:14). He holds the CIRES handbook pointing out that it had been set into every plane (7:32). The British heavy bomber, known as the Halifax is seen at (8:08). Submarines surface from under the waters (8:14). A coded message reporting an enemy sighting is zoomed in on (8:42). A break down of the coding is shown as a Stuka aircraft flies towards camera (9:42). A submarine periscope peaks above the waves (10:50). A coded message is sent out in Morse code (11:19). Small life crafts bob in the water (11:24). The film then breaks down the digit system for weather reporting (11:31) as well as the procedure for when the message is coded (12:06). Methods which can be used by pilots in order to signal a warning to others include firing a white or yellow pyrotechnic star (12:43), flashing the Aldis lamp (12:55) or by transmitting a CQ broadcast when the prior two methods are ineffective. The Captain briefs the men on an upcoming scheduled flight (13:34). As the pilots change guard (14:38) they note the effects of the weather on the planes (15:11). In the air, a co-pilot spots an explosion in the night (16:02). The pilot then has the co-pilot take over flying as he makes the sighting report (16:13). The message is shown to viewers not in code (16:45). The co-pilot says the phrase “Ack-ack” signifying antiaircraft artillery (17:47). Another sighting report is made (18:22). Officers in the Area Command Pilot room receive the message from the plane (19:33). One of the officers is able to detail on a map where the event took place (18:49). Tankers are spotted from the sky by flying men (19:41) as a lantern is used to flash out a signal (19:58). The ship does not flash a message back as they are too far away (20:03). The men decide to switch to a CQ broadcast (20:14). Once the message had been received, the tanker changes it’s course (20:51). Bombs drop upon a submarine which had been pinpointed by a pilot’s proper sighting report (21:00). 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