THE SILENT SERVICE "The Jack at Tokyo" 1957
This is the first episode of the U.S. war series, "The Silent Service". The series was about the exploits of the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Each episode is a stand-alone tale of the actions of a particular submarine. Most of the stories are about actions against the Japanese Navy and merchant fleet in the Pacific. There is also the odd tale from the Korean conflict. The series ran for 78 episodes during 1957 and 1958. The stories were all based on actual events. Some pretty good attention to detail here with the U.S Navy allowing filming on several WW 2 era Gato class subs.
Each episode started and ended with retired Real Admiral Thomas M. Dykers giving a breakdown of the action. Dykers became a writer, producer and technical adviser after leaving the service. He worked on films such as, TORPEDO ALLEY, FLAT TOP, THE FROGMEN, HELL AND HIGH WATER and SUBMARINE COMMAND.
This episode is about the "U.S.S. Jack". The "Jack" is damaged by a Japanese aircraft after the submarine made a successful attack on a Japanese convoy. The problem for the sub and crew is, that if they surface to repair the damage, they will be seen by the mad as hell Japanese convoy escorts.
Being under a series of depth charge attacks does not help matters. The chief engineer, Douglas Henderson, discovers that the damage is in a main flooding tank pipe. The pipe is just big enough for the smallish Henderson to squeeze into. He works his way up the pipe and finds the hole. He barely manages to make his way back without getting stuck. That night, the submarine surfaces and repairs the damage. And just in time too, as another Japanese convoy is coming over the horizon.
The "Jack" attacks and manages to sink four enemy tankers. It is then back to Pearl Harbor for supplies and more repairs.
The rest of the cast includes Myron Healey, Don Durant, Steve Mitchell and Brad Trumbull. The "Jack" was under the command of the series creator and producer, Thomas M. Dykers.
The episode was directed by long time low budget b-film man, Stuart E McGowan. The man worked in film and television as a director, producer and writer from 1930 till 1978.
The "Jack" had a successful war and ended up sinking 76,687 tons of Japanese shipping.
This is the first episode of the U.S. war series, "The Silent Service". The series was about the exploits of the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Each episode is a stand-alone tale of the actions of a particular submarine. Most of the stories are about actions against the Japanese Navy and merchant fleet in the Pacific. There is also the odd tale from the Korean conflict. The series ran for 78 episodes during 1957 and 1958. The stories were all based on actual events. Some pretty good attention to detail here with the U.S Navy allowing filming on several WW 2 era Gato class subs.
Each episode started and ended with retired Real Admiral Thomas M. Dykers giving a breakdown of the action. Dykers became a writer, producer and technical adviser after leaving the service. He worked on films such as, TORPEDO ALLEY, FLAT TOP, THE FROGMEN, HELL AND HIGH WATER and SUBMARINE COMMAND.
This episode is about the "U.S.S. Jack". The "Jack" is damaged by a Japanese aircraft after the submarine made a successful attack on a Japanese convoy. The problem for the sub and crew is, that if they surface to repair the damage, they will be seen by the mad as hell Japanese convoy escorts.
Being under a series of depth charge attacks does not help matters. The chief engineer, Douglas Henderson, discovers that the damage is in a main flooding tank pipe. The pipe is just big enough for the smallish Henderson to squeeze into. He works his way up the pipe and finds the hole. He barely manages to make his way back without getting stuck. That night, the submarine surfaces and repairs the damage. And just in time too, as another Japanese convoy is coming over the horizon.
The "Jack" attacks and manages to sink four enemy tankers. It is then back to Pearl Harbor for supplies and more repairs.
The rest of the cast includes Myron Healey, Don Durant, Steve Mitchell and Brad Trumbull. The "Jack" was under the command of the series creator and producer, Thomas M. Dykers.
The episode was directed by long time low budget b-film man, Stuart E McGowan. The man worked in film and television as a director, producer and writer from 1930 till 1978.
The "Jack" had a successful war and ended up sinking 76,687 tons of Japanese shipping.
