• 1957
  • 30m
The Silent Service

Summary Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy. View more details

  • 1957
  • 30m

The Silent Service

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Thomas M. Dykers Eric Morris Robert Knapp Ron Foster

All cast & crew

8.5

Details

Genres : Action War

Release date : Apr 4, 1957

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : California National Productions Twin Dolphin Productions Inc.

Summary Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy. View more details

Details

Genres : Action War

Release date : Apr 4, 1957

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : California National Productions Twin Dolphin Productions Inc.

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 04, 1957
The Jack at Tokyo
A submarine springs a leak while well into Japanese waters. An engineer takes on the dangerous mission of repairing it.
Episode 2 • Apr 11, 1957
The Trout at the Rainbow's End
A docudrama about a mission during World War II by the submarine USS Trout involving transporting a large amount of gold and silver.
Episode 3 • Apr 16, 1957
The End of the Line
The USS Thresher is caught at the end of a Japanese destroyer's grappling hook and attempts to shake itself loose.
Episode 4 • Apr 25, 1957
The U.S.S. Sculpin Story
After a damaged submarine is forced to surface, all hands are ordered by the captain to abandon ship, but he stays aboard.
Episode 5 • May 02, 1957
The U.S.S. Spearfish Delivers
A submarine is ordered to slip into Japanese-occupied Filipino waters to spirit out some important passengers from Corregidor.
Episode 6 • Apr 21, 1957
The U.S.S. Bergall's Dilemma
The USS Bergall, which has been badly damaged, is trying to get to port but three Japanese patrol boats are making it difficult.
Episode 7 • Apr 14, 1957
The U.S.S. Batfish Scores
The USS Batfish is ordered to intercept some enemy submarines that are carrying very important Japanese officials.
Episode 8 • May 05, 1957
The U.S.S. Tigrone Sets a Record
A submarine trying to rescue downed American pilots comes under attack from Japanese destroyers.
Episode 9 • Jun 26, 1957
The Five-Ring Circus
On the hunt for a Japanese convoy, the crew of the USS Gato discovers that an unexploded enemy depth charge has landed on its deck.
Episode 10 • May 12, 1957
The U.S.S. Pampanito Story
U.S. subs are about to close in on a Japanese convoy. What they don't know is that aboard one of the ships are Allied POWs.
Episode 11 • Jun 13, 1957
The U.S.S. Tirante Plays a Hunch
The commander of the submarine USS Tirante may lose his target in the shallow waters of a Japanese-held harbor if he doesn't surface.
Episode 12 • Jun 20, 1957
The U.S.S. Tang vs. Truk
With morale low, USS Tang stands by for rescue downed American pilots during the attack on the Truk islands.
Episode 13 • Jun 27, 1957
The Wahoo Story
The final mission of the USS Wahoo.
Episode 14 • Jul 04, 1957
The Two Davids and Goliath
Darter and Dace during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Episode 15 • Jul 11, 1957
The Ordeal of S-38
A submarine suffers a series of disasters: a broken prop, damaged instruments and an explosion onboard.
Episode 16 • Jul 18, 1957
The U.S.S. Seahorse Story
The USS Seahorse is in big trouble: it's deep in Japanese waters, it's been badly damaged and is in danger of being destroyed by a barrage of enemy depth charges.
Episode 17 • Jun 16, 1957
The Salmon Swims Upstream
October, 1944. 100 miles off Japan. Salmon is damaged in a depth charge attack and must remain surfaced.
Episode 18 • Aug 01, 1957
Cargo for Crevalle
The crew of the USS Crevalle takes aboard a Filipino woman about to give birth to a baby.
Episode 19 • May 28, 1957
Boomerang
A sub being hunted by Japanese ships is forced to settle on the bottom of the ocean to escape detection, but it has been badly damaged and if it stays on the bottom for too long it may not be able to surface.
Episode 20 • Aug 14, 1957
The Squailfish
The Squailfish sinks a Japanese escort carrier, but that only seems to be what sets off a string of bad luck that begins to plague the sub.
Episode 21 • Aug 21, 1957
The Grouper Story
Prior to the invasion, the USS Grouper transports Australian raiders and their native guides to a hidden cove on New Britain.
Episode 22 • Aug 28, 1957
The Eyes of the Seawolf
When his ship's attempts to sink Japanese shipping fail, a seaman with an interest in photography produces evidence of faulty design.
Episode 23 • Sep 05, 1957
The Sea Dragon Story
The USS Sea Dragon's oxygen tanks are exhausted. Death by suffocation or enemy gun fire seems inevitable.
Episode 24 • Sep 12, 1957
The Narwhal's Passenger from Mindanao
A docudrama about a submarine mission during World War II, the rescue by the USS Narwhal of escaped POW survivors of Bataan from the island of Mindanao.
Episode 25 • Sep 19, 1957
The Perch's New Role
A docudrama about the submarine USS Perch on a mission during The Korean War to deliver British Royal Marines on a secret commando raid.
Episode 26 • Sep 26, 1957
The Final War Patrol
Concerns the Gato Class WWII Sub U.S.S. Barb (SS-220) and her Final WWII Patrol.
Episode 27 • Oct 03, 1957
The Last Dive
A broken propeller, an internal explosion and damaged instruments plague an outmoded American submarine assigned to attack Jap transports.
Episode 28 • Oct 10, 1957
The Gar Story
A docudrama about the submarine USS Gar on a secret mission with guerillas during World War II.
Episode 29 • Oct 17, 1957
The Story of the U.S.S. Flier
The successes and the sinking of the USS Flyer and the dozen who survived after 17 hours in the water and then had to sail to additional islands before finding food and rescue.
Episode 30 • Oct 24, 1957
The Starfish Came Home
Enemy bombers attack a U.S. sub and a hatch cover sticks as it attempts to submerge.
Episode 31 • Sep 30, 1957
The Sealion Story
A damaged sub surfaces to attack a fleet of Japanese destroyers.
Episode 32 • Nov 07, 1957
The Nautilus Story
The Nautilus is assigned to observation duty at Tarawa and caught between U.S. and Japanese fire.
Episode 33 • Nov 14, 1957
Hit 'Em Again, Harder
The Captain of the USS Harder earns the Congressional Medal of Honor by aggressive tactics which sink a record number of enemy destroyers over a few days. As a result, Japanese planning for a major operation is upset leading to American victory.
Episode 34 • Nov 21, 1957
The Seashark Story
A photographer's mate is frightened by his assignment - to photograph submarines in action. The crew helps to make things unpleasant.
Episode 35 • Nov 28, 1957
The Tshushima Straits Story
At the urging of Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, civilian scientists developed an electronic device that enabled submarines to detect floating and submerged mines. With this apparatus, a wolf-pack of nine subs entered the Sea of Japan in June 1945 and wreaked havoc with enemy shipping, contributing materially to the end of the war.
Episode 36 • Dec 05, 1957
The Searaven
A U.S. sub becomes a sitting duck to save Australian soldiers from Timor Island.
Episode 37 • Dec 12, 1957
The Tang's Last Shot
The USS Tang, after sinking an entire convoy, gets in the way of her own torpedo.
Episode 38 • Dec 19, 1957
The Loss of the Perch
The perch starts wwii two engines down and doesn't keep them repaired long. During the opening of the war it suffers a series of mishaps (a circular running torpedo detonates close, loss of the comm gear, hole at the base of the sail, cracked and bowed shafts with only one engine providing propulsion. Scopes out, depth gauge out, numerous electrical grounds take sonar out, interior communications out-can't call for help., "Can't fight, can't run, - can't even dive. "
Episode 39 • Dec 26, 1957
The Guardfish
Action centers around the historic and very successful First War Patrol for the USS Guardfish. There is a side story that the Guardfish got so close to Tokyo Bay that her crew were able to watch a horse race, through the periscope.
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