https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/e2ebeed0-db9d-442c-a5e4-3dfeb404401d 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. This color recruiting and information film is about the United States Naval Reserve Exercise in Miami, Florida in 1975. Copyright 1975. Opening: Miami, Florida, 1975 (:09). Marines are shown on the move with weapons. Title: Miami Naval Reserve Exercise One 1975 (:26). This was a small scale invasion exercise in South Florida that involved twenty-one U.S. Navy, Marines and National Guard units, including ships. The premise of the exercise was that an unfriendly nation had occupied an island (for example: Grenada) and the U.S. military was tasked with removing them. Other parts of the exercise included search and rescue, fire suppression, damage control, and more. A Navy exercise in in full swing with weapons (:40). Captain Peter Sargurus puts on a helmet (:58). The mine sweeping Navy vessel USS Thrush is shown (1:09). An invasion and counter attack on Fisher Island is one part of the exercise (1:23). Battle for Fisher Island exercise, men with weapons and fatigues storm the beach (1:35). SEALs or special operators move amongst the thick brush (1:49). At the Coast Guard Station - friendly forces are briefed (2:07). Frogmen or SEALs deploy from a raft (2:20). A small group of soldiers lands on Fisher Island and engages the enemy (2:36). Navy ship at sea - the mine sweeper USS Thrush (2:49). Miami U.S. Naval Reserve Center (3:10). General quarters drills (3:24). Simulated enemy shell damage drill (3:31). Firefighting team fights a fire (3:37). First aid drill (3:45). A pretend court martial (3:49). At the conclusion of the exercise, there is a critique (4:01). Captain S.K. Jacobs gives an introduction (4:12). Lt. Commander Jose leads the debriefing (5:02). SEALs or special operations troops storm a beach (6:24). Lt. Commander Jose speaks (7:01). Helicopter; damage control team at work on the ground (7:41). Other officers give their feedback (8:00). The mine sweeper USS Thrush on the water (10:02). Aerial beach invasion (10:11). Different stills of Navy life (10:58). End credits (11:10). USS Thrush (MSC-204) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the service of the United States Navy from 1955 to 1975. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. 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 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26kdAOsAfwA Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:05:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/e2ebeed0-db9d-442c-a5e4-3dfeb404401d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.