# U.S. NAVY TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL MEMPHIS TENNESSEE RECRUITMENT FILM 81554

Made in the late 1960s by Wilding, this U.S. Navy recruiting film "BENEATH NAVY WINGS" begins with an anti-submarine warfare exercise. At :41, an enemy submarine is seen on the surface of the ocean. Above it flies a Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The airplane prepares to make a sonobuoy run and successfully locates the hostile boat. Later, at 2:40 , in the scenario that unfolds over the course of the film, the crew of the Neptune tries to return to base but suffers a mechanical issue -- their forward landing gear won't come down. At 4:10 , the crew makes a low pass over a U.S. Navy control tower (staffed by a female air traffic controller). The controller verifies that the forward landing gear won't come down. Then, in a scene reminiscent of "Dr. Strangelove", a crew member braves the forward landing gear area to try to get the gear to go down. The film then digresses to look at specialized Navy training schools throughout the USA, including the largest one in the nation, the Naval Technical Training School at Memphis, Tennessee. Here the specialists of the Naval air arm are trained. Various training is seen from fire fighting ( 9:01 ) to water survival ( 9:17 ), carrier deck safety ( 9:40 ), and aircraft operation ( 10:38 ). Academic and classroom book work are shown at 10:50 . At 13:00 , the film shows how Navy men also are suave and charming -- as one of the recruits gets to dance with the woman air traffic controller seen…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/81554USNavyBeneathNavyWings)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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