# 1964 U.S. NAVY PROMOTIONAL FILM "SEAPOWER" with GLENN FORD 21584

With a blast of dramatic music to gain a viewer’s attention, waves crash over rocks as the narrator remarks in the opening seconds of this circa 1964 US Department of the Navy color film, “This world of ours is largely water … since earliest explorers first dispelled the darkness out across the ocean seas, mankind has sought the sea as an avenue of communication and commerce. A lifeline so vital that its preservation means also the preservation of a way of life.” There is only one way to protect this way of life: “Seapower” — with that, the film’s title, emblazoned across the screen at mark 1:03. The film takes an in-depth look at the capabilities of the 1960s Navy and US Marines Corps team, and also offers a fanciful look at “future” technologies imaged in the 1960s. (The picture’s story concept was developed by Undersecretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay, Jr. and Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. — the father of United States Senator John McCain. It was written and produced by Marine Colonel William Hendricks, who developed the charitable “Toys for Tots” program). In the present, however, scenes of aircraft carriers fill the screen as the narrator remarks how the power of the United States Navy is unlimited, and naval forces are spread out across the globe. “It’s purpose — is peace,” we are told. At mark 01:24, Hollywood actor Glenn Ford appears to explain to the viewer that much of the world is free because US Navy ships stand at the ready with sailors and marines. (In 1942,…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/21584usnavyseapower)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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