Submarine

And now, folks, going from Jell-O to our next feature attraction, tonight we will bring you a drama of the United States Navy.

Our version of that thrilling Warner Brothers first national picture, Submarine D-1.

Oh, boy, sailors.

Quiet.

Now, look, Rochester, let me explain your part.

You're a member of a submarine crew.

Submarine?

Yes.

We've got big stunts, a memorable introduction, a baddie that Bond just manages to beat and then end with a baddie on a boat.

This to me is the template of how you should introduce a new Bond and I think though that The Spy Who Loved Me had that amazing jump in it, it also had stuff like The Submarine, Triple X and Her Man and things that kind of bogged down that pre-title sequence this just gets straight into it and trims the fat to give us a cracking entrance so though um though if you ask me like

paul what's the best pre-title sequence in the james bond franchise

my mind immediately goes to the spy who loved me because that's kind of just drilled into my head like i've told myself that every day reassured myself the best title sequence is the spy who loved me but i do feel like pound for pound that when you look at this it does outperform it That then takes us to the theme tune which is one of my favourites in the run.

No one on board the Indy suspected that the I-58 was there.

Again, we're in the dead of night, no one can see it's a submarine.

This is a key point.

The Indy did not have sonar capability, and the reason why is because normally when a heavy cruiser's traveling, it has escorts and they have sonar.

Fresh bread is baked regularly.

Submariners joke that you eat four times a day on a submarine.

And somehow, inside that metal tube 300 feet underwater, food matters.

The ocean itself becomes part of submarine life.

In the modern world, nations that possess submarines have advantages that nations without them simply cannot match.

Submarine culture is unique within the armed forces.

Submariners consider themselves an elite.

They are proud of their vessels, their crews, and their service.

Nothing, however, came of his efforts.

Submarine and torpedo boats have since come into general use, but they have not put an end to naval war as Fulton hoped they would.

Experimenting with steamboats.

We do not know when Fulton first began to think of making a steamboat, but we have his own words for saying that in 1802 he began, quote, "Experiments with a view to discover the principles on which boats or vessels should be propelled through the water by the power of steam engines." Fulton did not undertake to make a successful steamboat without knowing of the failures of Fitch, Stevens and Symington and others and without understanding that after so many failures, men who still thought a practical steamboat could be built were looked upon as madmen.

When submerged, electricity is used, as it makes less heat and throws off fewer odors to pollute the air, which has to be safeguarded, lest the crew suffocate.

A submarine can remain underwater 24 hours at a time, but to be comfortable for the crew, it needs to come to the surface five or six times a day to pump in a supply of fresh air.

Submarines no longer dive straight down.

After everything is shut tight to keep out the water, the bow of the submarine is tipped slightly, and the boat goes gently down to the desired depth.