Operation Bikini (1963) - full transcript
With posters featuring a stylized-drawing of Eva Six in a bikini, a tagline reading..."Temptation in Paradise...neither hell nor high heels could stop them", and a Dream Sequence Technical Adviser credit for Bob Marcucci, American-International once again proved it had no peers when it came to sleight-of-hand advertising selling a war-movie when war movies weren't selling. This one starts in the Pacific in 1943 when an American submarine staffed by the likes of Scott Brady, Jim Backus and Michael Dante (the old guns to get the old folks in) has a rendezvous with a cruiser to pick up an underwater demolition team comprised of the likes of Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Gary Crosby and Jody McCrea (the young turks to get the kids in, which probably only worked in Southern California), and there is conflict right off as the sub crew feels like they are being denied a chance to revenge the sinking of a sister sub because they have to deliver Tab and Frankie to an island on a super-secret special mission guaranteed to affect the entire course of the war in the Pacific. These guys are landed on the Japanese-infested island and find their guerilla support consists of an old man, a teen-ager and three girls.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Take over, Jim.
I'm going below.
Yes, sir.
Nothing, huh?
Well, that does It.
We can't wait here
any longer.
I'm sorry, sir.
You served on the
Grayfin,didn't you?
Exec.
She was a good ship.
She was the best, Bill.
Communique, sir.
COMSUBPAC.
That all?
Yes, sir.
Oh, uh, Morris.
Send the following,
SS-240 to COMSUBPAC.
Attempted to rendezvous
with the Grayfinthree nights,
results negative.
That's all.
Yes, sir.
Prepare to
get underway, Bill.
Take your course from this.
Meet the Albany.
What does that mean?
As far as I'm concerned,
It means we'll only have to
wait just a while longer.
Sir?
To get a couple of
Jap ships the Grayfin.
Personnel coming aboard.
Special assignment.
All details...
Commanding officer UDT.
UDT.
Underwater
demolition team.
Now, what the devil
do they want?
A ride.
Lieutenant Hayes, UDT 12
requests permission
to come aboard.
Permission granted.
I'm Lieutenant Fourtney,
executive officer.
Glad to meet you.
I have special orders
for the Captain.
Can I bring my men aboard?
I assume that's
included in your orders.
Yes, it is.
Bring them on.
All right, Chief.
All right you guys,
come on.
Where do you want us?
We'll arrange
space forward.
Kingsley.
Yes, sir.
Get a couple of men
and store this equipment
in the crew's mess.
Now, you men can
leave your gear here
and follow me.
Just our luck,
a pig boat.
Pig boat?
What's your name?
Malzone. Joseph, sir.
Yeah. Well this happens to be
a submarine, Malzone.
A fleet ship
of the United States Navy,
and the best of its kind
in the world.
I could call it a pig boat.
The crew can call it
a pig boat.
But don't let me hear you
call it a pig boat again.
Yes, sir.
What's the trouble?
There's no trouble.
Follow me.
Leave your weapons
with the deckhand.
He'll store them
with the rest of your gear.
Ed, take them below.
Hey, uh, who are
these guys?
Looks like the enemy.
Maybe we're being invaded.
Yeah.
It is the enemy.
Maybe we should
toss them out, huh?
Okay. You want to
throw them out
or shall I?
Let's flip.
Knock it off.
You got room
for all those men
down there, Chief?
I can hot sack
some of my boys
back aft.
Hiller, you want
to move out?
Now, Lieutenant, I'll, uh,
I'll take your orders
up to the Captain
while you're getting
your men settled.
All right, Sarge,
you can use
these empty sacks now.
Okay. Davayo,
you down there.
Malzone, you up there.
Givens, you're in
the penthouse.
Okay, let's
snap it up there.
It ain't the Ritz.
Well, what's cooking?
Don't know yet.
Guess it's all there,
though.
Here.
Yeah, It figures.
"Transport UDT group to
Marshall Islands.
"Avoid contact with enemy."
Avoid contact with the enemy.
"Contact guerilla forces
on island. Locate..."
What's the matter?
They found her, Bill.
The Grayfin?
On Bikini Atoll.
Bikini Atoll?
That's a graveyard.
Why would he go
in there?
Rusty Miller would have sailed
his ship anywhere to get a
shot at something good.
Yeah. I wonder
what it was.
COMSUBPAC's afraid the Japs
will try and find and
salvage the equipment.
We're supposed to see
that there's nothing left
to salvage.
In other words, we've hauled
24 torpedoes 2,000 miles
for nothing.
Why us?
Because It says so here.
Let's get started.
Take the top one,
Davayo.
Ah, nuts to you, man.
The Chief say
I take this one.
But I... I don't
like heights.
I get dizzy.
Look, up there,
you're still below
sea level.
[GROANS]
All right, get up there.
He's liable to fall
on both of us.
He's big enough
to eat hay.
You'd think they'd find
a better place
to put these things.
What's the matter, Joey?
I thought you
liked explosives.
Yeah, but I don't take them
to bed with me.
Everybody all set?
Yeah, fine.
Come on, I'll take you
to your bunker.
This is the control room,
conning tower above.
When your men get
a mess call, they'll
come through here.
This is the crew's mess
and there's your equipment.
Everything all right?
Yeah, everything's
here, yeah.
But, um,
I'm not so sure that
everything's all right.
No? What's the trouble?
I thought maybe
you could tell me.
I've got a feeling
we're not exactly
welcome aboard.
Welcome aboard.
What's eating you?
This mission
got you worried?
Now look, Hayes.
Our orders are to take you
safely to your destination
and bring you
back again.
That's three days each way,
plus the time it takes you
to do your job.
So for the better part
of two weeks,
this is one sub whose
torpedoes the Japs don't
have to worry about.
So that's it.
That's It.
Lieutenant, we didn't ask
for you or your submarine.
And I want to
tell you something else.
Now, outside of walking,
a sub is about the last way
I'd pick to travel.
Scared?
Hell yes, I'm scared.
Weren't you the first time
you ever got on one of these?
Sometimes I still am.
Will you look at
the size of these things?
How's a man supposed
to fit in there?
Try a little grease,
will ya?
Well, if there's
anything I hate,
It's being cooped up.
Hey, what do you know
about being cooped up?
I could tell you
about it.
Just try living with
four brothers sometime.
All jammed up
into a crummy little
three-room apartment.
You know, I never had
a bed of my own until
I joined the Navy.
Yeah.
I guess I wanted that
more than anything else.
My own room, my own bed,
my own place to sleep.
Hey, do you know
what I used to
dream about?
An island. Yeah.
I read someplace
where you can
buy these islands
if you had
enough money.
And I said to myself,
"Oh yeah, yeah, that's for me.
"That's for me and Roxanne."
And when I got married
and had kids,
why, every one of them
could have a whole bedroom.
All their own.
Sounds real nice.
All right, fellas,
let's get some sleep.
Yep. I'd bet you'd
like that, honey,
wouldn't you?
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪ And angel-like hair
♪ She has soft dreamy sighs
♪ And a heart so true
♪ That no one else can compare
♪ Can you be persuaded
by persuasive eyes
♪ Or motivated
by romantic sighs?
♪ Heat up a bright new flame
or be true blue to the one
♪ Who's true blue to
♪ The girl back home
♪ Shall I be seduced by such
seductive charms
♪ Forgetting all about
those waiting arms
♪ Fall to the devil's horns
or be strong and
♪ Wear a halo like my angel
♪ The girl back home
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪ This one's got
exciting red lips
♪ She has angel-like hair
♪ This one's got hips
that make me fly
♪ And want to do flips
♪ Resist or not to resist
what's the answer?
♪ Both make my heart
a new kind of dancer
♪ Fly to the moon
or stand with my feet
♪ Here on the ground
my fortune found
♪ With the girl back home
♪ Fly to the moon or be true
to the girl back home
♪ Resist or not to resist
what's the answer?
♪ What's the answer?
what's the answer?
♪ What's the answer?
what's the answer? ♪
Mind my coming up here?
Come ahead.
Sleep all right?
I surprised myself.
You know, uh, this thing
is quite a ship.
1,815 tons.
115 tons more
than a destroyer.
Only we're a lot slower
than a destroyer,
and not as well armed.
About the only thing we can do
that a DD can't is, uh,
go underwater,
and that's not as
good a trick as it sounds.
How do you mean?
FOURTNEY: Sometimes you can
see its shadow
down to 100 feet.
With sonar, you can find it
even when you can't see it.
You're pretty
encouraging.
Well, maybe It isn't
quite that bad.
Anyway, for a submarine man,
it's the only game in town.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Bridge, Fourtney.
Yes, sir, he is.
Right away.
The Captain wants to see you
in the ward room.
Dining room in the rear,
gentlemen.
Come on,
let's hustle.
Little chow. Come on.
Down!
Ooh.
Ah, look,
graceful like this, see?
What's the matter
with you?
Chow, huh?
Right, sir.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Come in.
Hello, Lieutenant Hayes.
How do you do, sir?
Captain Carey.
Sit down.
Well, It looks like
you got a rough one
on your hands.
It could be.
Could be? Huh.
All we have to do is
sail through 1,000 miles
of enemy water,
put you ashore
in occupied
territory,
and hope you can quietly
blow up a sub under the nose
of the Japanese.
Well, we'll try to
get you there.
I guess after that,
you'll know what to do.
We're pretty
well briefed, sir.
We're to meet guerrillas
who'll lead us to the
location of the sub.
We'll do the rest.
The trouble with guerrillas
is you never know
whose side they're on
until it's too late.
Leave plenty of room in your
thinking for unknown factors.
Maybe you can clear
something up for me, sir.
Why this, uh,
this particular sub?
Radar, Hayes.
As you probably know,
the Japs are very slow
in developing radar
on their own.
Even now what they have
is pretty poor.
It's one of the few
advantages we have
in this war.
And right now we're
equipping the fleet with
a new microwave unit
that antiquates even our
own new models.
And the SS-342,
that particular sub
had one of those
prototypes aboard.
I see.
Hayes, there were some
fine good men
aboard the Grayfin.
They were good friends
and good shipmates.
I want you to give them
a good send-off.
I think I understand.
I don't want
anything left.
MAN ON PA:
Dive! Dive! Dive!
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Green board!
Main induction
shut and locked!
Main induction
shut and locked!
What's happening?
Ow! You're burning me.
That's what's... Ow!
100 feet, level off.
100 feet, level off.
What is It?
Airplane.
Well, welcome
to the fraternity.
How do you feel?
Out of place.
CAPTAIN CAREY:
Periscope depth, Bill.
Periscope depth.
All stop. Up scope.
Ah, looks clear, Bill.
Surface when ready.
Yes, sir.
Down scope.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Do you ever get used
to this kind of thing?
Well, yes and no, Hayes.
The diving you get used to,
but looking through this
eyepiece never knowing
what you're liable to see,
that you never
get used to.
Smoking lamp is out,
junior.
[WAVES CRASHING]
[RADAR PINGING]
Radar contact, sir.
Captain, radar contact.
Yes, sir.
HILLER: Contact bearing 127.
Come to course 127.
Course 127, sir.
We'll close and determine
their course.
Captain.
Looks like a convoy, sir.
Get your lookouts, below.
Standby to dive.
Yes, sir.
Dive, dive, dive.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
It's a convoy
all right, sir.
I can't tell how many,
but it looks like they're
going to go right over us.
Rig for silent running.
Maneuvering,
rig silent.
Pipe down, you guys.
What the hell
is that?
Sonar trying to get a fix.
What does that mean?
It means they want to find our
address so they can send us
some presents.
Some nice little
400-pound presents.
Knock It off, will ya?
Everyone all right
in here?
Yeah.
Can't seem to sleep
for some reason, though.
Hey, maybe it's
one of our ships.
I don't think
it'd make much difference.
As far as our Navy's
concerned, there aren't any
American subs in these waters.
There's not a
damn thing we can do.
[SONAR BEEPING]
They're headed
this way, sir.
Attention. Attention.
This is the
Captain speaking.
There'll be absolutely
no sound aboard this ship.
Still coming.
Still coming.
Contact.
Here he comes.
All ahead,
hard right rudder,
come to 180.
Hang on, honey.
Turning around.
500 yards
on starboard bow.
Take her down
to 200 feet.
Steady as you go.
Depth, 200 feet.
That last bunch
went off below us.
If they've reset,
the next will be too high.
They'd better be.
They're running
right above us.
We'll try to break out
as soon as he loses
sonar contact.
Yes, sir.
Go, now, now, now.
Right on the button.
100 feet above us.
Screws going
away, sir.
Zig-zagging.
You threw him
off good, sir.
[EXHALES]
Come to course 127,
all ahead one third.
Re-rig for silent running,
one half hour.
Aye-aye, sir.
Rig silent.
They out of ammo?
Don't bet on it.
Hey, I don't
hear them anymore.
I think we've, uh,
I think we've
been through
the bad part.
You mean there's
a good part?
FOURTNEY: Secure
for battle stations.
All clear. All clear.
Why don't somebody
turn them fans on?
Don't run your
battery down, junior.
All right now, maybe we can
get some sleep around here.
Sleep? The Navy ought to
fill this thing full of beans
and tie a label to it.
You look
a little green, junior.
This duty
too rough on you?
You know something,
swabby?
You got a big, fat mouth.
You're real tough.
Well, why don't we
run a test.
Knock it off, Givens.
Get back in your bunk.
All right, Nolan.
Listen, I'm warning you
for the last time.
The next time
you stick your arm
in the cage,
I'm going to let
somebody chew it off.
Now listen.
Shove off.
The rest of you,
now get some sleep,
you understand?
If you can't sleep,
fake it.
That's an order.
All right,
what's the trouble?
How much longer
we gonna be
in this tub?
Not too long.
Well, I hope not.
Or else we won't have
a team when we get there,
we'll have a pack
of wild cats.
I'll see what I can do
so we can work
a little steam out.
I'd appreciate that.
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪♪♪ This one's got
exciting red lips
♪ She has angel-like hair.
♪ This one's got hips
that make me fly
♪ And want to do flips
♪ Resist or not to resist,
what's the answer
♪ Both make my heart
a new kind of dancer
♪ Fly to the moon
or stand with my feet
♪ Here on the ground
♪ My fortune found
with a girl
♪ Back home
♪ To be persuaded
by persuasive eyes
♪ Or motivated
by romantic sighs
♪ Heat up a bright new flame
or be true blue to the one
♪ Who's true blue too
♪ The girl back home
♪ Shall I be seduced
by such seductive charms
♪ Forgetting all about
those waiting arms
♪ Fall to the devil's horns
or be strong and
♪ Wear a halo like my angel
the other girl back home
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪ This one's got
exciting red lips
♪ She has angel-like hair
♪ This one has hips
that make me fly
♪ And want to do flips
♪ Resist or not to resist
what's the answer
♪ Both make my heart
a new kind of dancer
♪ Fly to the moon
or stand with my feet
♪ Here on the ground
my fortune found
♪ With the girl back home
♪ I'll take the girl
back home
♪ You give me
my girl back home ♪
MEN: [REPEATING]
One, two, three, four.
All right.
Beautiful. Beautiful.
You guys ought to be
in the ballet.
You know, the man is
on his hands and knees
begging for it.
Pay him no mind, Floyd.
You guys are more fun than
a barrelful of monkeys.
Especially you, Pavlova.
I think I'll rip his tongue
out of his mouth.
Let him go.
Be my guest, junior.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, junior.
Come on.
Get him!
Come on, Floyd!
[TELEPHONE BUZZING]
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
Come on, Floyd. Get him!
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
Come on, come on,
get below.
On the double.
Come on.
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
FENNELLY: Get out of the way.
Look out below.
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck.
Clear the deck.
Givens!
Dive! Dive!
Hold it. Look!
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Go on!
Come on, get down.
Hurry up.
Come on, come on.
CAPTAIN CAREY: Attention.
Attention, Lieutenant Hayes.
This is the Captain speaking.
I see you in the ward room
as soon as this ship's secure
from diving stations.
What's the situation?
Radar contact.
Unidentified aircraft.
All right, run submerged
until we clear,
use your own judgment.
Aye-aye, sir.
You were the OD?
Yes, sir.
Then report to me
as soon as we secure
from battle stations.
Aye-aye, sir.
I cannot, for the life of me,
imagine any more stupid
or unmilitary-like behavior
on the part of an officer.
Now, I extended to you
and your men the privileges
of the deck in these waters
because of the unusual nature
of your mission and in the
interests of keeping you fit.
Now, do you consider
a fist fight in those
interests?
In this case,
sir, I did.
Oh, you did.
Yes, sir.
Well, did you also
consider the danger
involved to this ship?
Sir, with your permission,
the order to dive
was given immediately.
Mr. Cale, you were
officer of the deck,
and as such,
you were responsible
for the deck.
Now, just how
did this happen?
I don't know, sir.
I suppose I looked forward
for a moment,
and when I looked back,
they were at It.
But the, uh, deck was
cleared in good order, sir.
I didn't say it wasn't.
Under the circumstances,
it was nothing
but a miracle.
That's all, Cale.
Thank you, sir.
Hayes, I don't
understand you.
I really don't.
Can you give me
one good reason
for your actions on deck?
Yes, sir, I think I can.
There are six of us,
and I need every man.
Now, I can't go ashore
with a crew
that's ready
to tear each other's
throats out.
Mister Hayes, the fight was
between one of your men
and one of mine.
No, sir. The fight was between
one of my men and everything
this submarine means to them.
Fear, confinement,
helplessness.
One way or another,
It was going to come out.
All right, Hayes.
If it'll make your men
feel any better,
you can tell them we expect
to sight the Bikini Atoll
at about 2300.
Thank you, sir.
We'll be ready.
That's all, Hayes.
What did they say
the name of this place was?
I don't know. Bikini.
Bikini? Sounds like
something you take
for heartburn.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, what are you
doing that for?
Well, just in case.
In case of what?
Well, he didn't
send us here for no
bayonet charge.
He's going to make
grass skirts for
bald-headed natives.
Let him sharpen it,
it might come
in handy.
For what?
Peeling coconuts.
During the day,
we'll lie submerged
about here.
Every night at
2000, we'll surface
for recharging.
Under no conditions
are you to attempt to
make visual contact with us.
If you need any help
or you want to come
back to the ship,
we'll be here.
Sorry I can't
take you any closer.
Now, you should meet
the guerrillas
about here.
You're to get across
the island to where the
S-342 is supposed to be.
Visual contact
with the island,
Captain.
Well, lots of success
with your mission, Hayes.
Thank you, sir.
I'd better get my gear.
Good luck, Hayes.
Take good care
of our pig boat.
No sign of
a signal, sir.
Uh-huh.
Captain...
I see it.
Maneuvering room.
All stop.
Jones.
Yes, sir.
Answer their signal.
Two long and two short.
Aye-aye, sir.
Lieutenant Cale, tell Hayes
over the side at, um,
0030.
MAN 1: What the hell
was that?
MAN 2:
Japanese patrol boat.
Get a move on.
MAN 1: Let's go!
Let's go!
Come on.
[GRUNTING]
Where is everybody?
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Welcome!
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Let's get your gear
and move on.
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Everything's okay.
He said the nearest Japs
are 10 miles from here
and the thick jungle
protects us.
Davayo, tell him
we're here to find
the sub that was sunk
in the channel last month.
An American submarine...
Ah, yes.
Sunk. Boom!
You saw it?
Well, can you
take us there?
Many Japanese.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I'll take you.
Givens, Sherman,
you stay here.
Malzone, Davayo,
your lungs.
Reiko!
Ed, brush up
on your Tagalog.
Chief doesn't carry
his own gear.
Oh.
Oh, boy.
And they expect us
to win the war
with this stuff.
Me Yankee.
Yankee.
Yankee.
Go long way,
far off home.
Bring food...
Mmm-mmm.
...for you.
[SPITS]
Yankee, go home.
[SCOFFS]
Do you speak
any English?
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
That's what I figured.
Davayo, ask him how far.
Hey, Paul,
how far is it?
Not far.
Not far, he says.
That what he said
when we left.
Like three hours ago.
Holy Pete,
will ya look at that.
Many Japanese.
Is he kidding?
It must be half
their navy out there.
Where's the American
sub located?
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
It's a salvage ship.
HAYES: Looks like
they've found her
all right.
Doesn't look
like they're ready
to raise her, though.
There are no air hoses.
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
I'd still like to get
a closer look.
Yeah, but how are
we going to get
past them?
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[BLOWING WHISTLE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Paul.
Shut up!
Come on.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[YELLS]
[GUN FIRES]
Take them off
if you want.
[PAUL SCREAMING]
Reiko!
Come on.
[TWIGS SNAPPING]
You okay, Ed?
Yeah.
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Where's the kid?
We lost him.
Find the sub?
Yeah.
So'd the Japs.
Sitting about 200
yards off shore.
What else is new?
Well, it couldn't
be much worse.
The bay's full
of ships.
And there are Japs
all over the place.
I don't think we have
a chance getting in
by the beach.
Then how?
By water.
We'll take the raft
as close as we can
and swim the rest
of the way.
When?
Well, the way
I can see it, it's a...
It's a one-way ticket.
All right, fellas,
let's go, come on,
let's get some sleep.
Come on,
on the double.
Twenty-four hours
without sleep
makes the Chief
a cranky guy.
Let's go.
That's nice.
Very nice.
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
What?
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
A little higher.
I, uh...
I wish you could
understand me.
I'd tell you
how glad I am
that you're here.
And, uh, how beautiful
you are.
You are beautiful,
you know that?
Mmm-hmm.
You're very,
very beautiful.
[WOMAN SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[ALL SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Wait a minute.
What is he saying?
He says there's
a Japanese cutter
coming down the coast,
and it's a spy ship
and they're searching
the coast.
Ask him how long
before it gets here.
[BOTH SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
One hour.
Oh, that's trouble.
Davayo, tell him
we're going to need
his help.
Ed, I've got an idea.
Any questions?
No, we're all set.
Say, where's Givens?
Up on the rocks.
The best seat
in the house.
Malzone, you get on
down to the beach.
Watch out for the gals.
You bet I will.
You know how to work
that thing?
Yeah, it's all
coming back to me.
I'll wait till they're
in front of me
before I fire,
then you open up.
Now, aim at the base
of the radio antenna.
You can handle it?
Yeah. I can.
Givens, we can't let them
get a message through.
Good luck.
[WOMEN SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[WHISPERING]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[GIRLS SCREAMING]
Reiko. Reiko.
[SCREAMS]
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I'm sorry, Reiko.
God, I'm sorry.
[GROANING]
Just take it easy, will ya?
Gee, that hurts.
Oh! Easy, damn it.
[GRUNTING]
Ow! Watch it. Watch it.
Watch it.
How's the wound?
How do I know?
I'm no corpsman.
Which way did you say
you were facing?
I tell ya,
a slug bounced off
the rock behind me.
And what are you
laughing at?
I didn't say a thing.
Let's shove off.
Watch it, will ya?
HAYES: Two forty.
It'll be up in about
a half an hour.
MAN: Sure hate
to miss all the fun,
Lieutenant.
Hell of a way
to wind up a mission.
I'm sorry, sir.
Don't worry about it, you.
Just see that the Captain
finds out about those
ships in the bay.
HAYES: Let's get
into the suits. Malzone.
Givens, you're next.
Man, I don't know
what I brought
this thing along for.
Well, you sure know
how to use it.
Yeah. Me, I always
could shoot.
Far back
as I can remember.
Not like my
old man, though.
You see, we lived
in Oregon.
Dad was a great one
for hunting.
Pheasant, grouse,
deer, you name it.
He started taking me
with him as soon as I was
big enough to stand up.
You know, sometimes
he used to come
into my room
so early in the morning,
it feel like I hadn't
been to sleep yet.
He'd say to me,
"Come on, son,
duck's on the move".
I'd jump up, you know,
like I was wide awake.
Run down to the car
and we'd drive away.
Wasn't 30 seconds
before I was asleep again.
He'd have to wake me up
before we got there.
Sounds real nice.
Yeah, it was.
Sitting there
all hunched up in
our jackets to keep warm.
Watching the sun
come over the hills.
Everything around us
cool, wet and new.
Just me and the old man.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Come on, kid,
I gotta get dressed, huh?
Yeah.
Hold on, Chief.
You know, your lieutenant
is a very stubborn man.
Yes, sir.
A little unorthodox
perhaps, but maybe
that's what it takes.
Your Chief Fennelly
just got a flesh wound.
He'll be all right.
Could we get through?
Yes sir.
COMSUBPAC acknowledged
the message with
a "Well done."
Good.
Only hope we have
some units in the area
to take advantage of it.
That lagoon sounded
like quite a target.
Yeah, quite a target.
Now, Bill,
this is the course
we're going to follow.
See?
I want full speed.
From now on,
we run submerged.
Well, what do you think?
Can we make it?
The Grayfingot in.
There's no reason
why we can't.
Good. Get on it.
Yes, sir.
We're going in after them?
That all depends
on you, my boy.
Do you have another
set of lungs?
Yes, sir, I got
the best set of lungs
in the US Navy.
Right here.
Salvage boat ahead.
Take her in.
Okay.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Malzone.
Givens.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[ORDERS IN JAPANESE]
[RINGING BELL]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[ORDERS IN JAPANESE]
Set the throttle
and come on.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Ha-ha!
This is one message, fellas,
you're not going to forget.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
HILLER: Depth
100 feet, sir.
[AIR ESCAPING]
[SONAR PINGING]
Something's coming, sir.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Fourtney.
No, sir. No sign
of them yet.
Right. I understand.
We'll give them
a few more minutes.
[METAL CLANGING]
MAN: Lieutenant...
They're here now, sir.
Drain the tank.
Everything's all clear
down here, sir.
Yes, sir.
All ahead two thirds.
Periscope depth, Cale.
Hey!
Chief.
Hey. Look who's here.
How are you?
Nice to see you.
Nice to have you aboard.
Hey, how'd it go,
Lieutenant?
Where is Davayo?
That did it.
That got it.
The Grayfin?
Yeah, I think so.
Come right to 225.
Full ahead emergency,
let's get out here.
Screws bearing
294, sir.
Full stop, up periscope.
Make ready
all forward tubes!
Yes, sir.
All forward tubes
ready, sir.
Stand by to fire tubes
one, two, three and four.
Range?
Range 1,100.
Firing bearing?
042.
Standby to fire one.
Fire one.
Fire two.
Fire three.
Fire four.
We got one, a hit.
That only leaves
15 or 20 to get us.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Hey, how many
torpedoes did we fire?
Well, let's have a look.
Up periscope!
[ALL CLAMORING]
I see carrier planes.
They're bombing
the whole fleet.
Steady as you go.
Let the Airedales
finish the Job.
Down scope.
Attention!
Attention, all hands,
this is the Captain speaking.
Units of our carrier force
have attacked the ships
in the Bikini lagoon.
The last time I looked,
they were running out
of Jap targets.
Also, the UDT unit
might be interested to know
that a certain
salvage vessel
seems to be missing
along with everything
that was near It.
I told ya. I told ya.
Boy I'll bet you
they never knew
what hit them.
I puts enough stuff
on there to blow them
sky high.
Hey.
Hey, where's my torpedo?
Come on, you guys,
what did you do with her?
Where'd you put her?
Who?
Roxanne. She was
on my torpedo.
Oh, no!
You couldn't have.
NARRATOR:
A tiny coral atoll.
A barren spot
in the face of
the vast Pacific.
Bypassed, overlooked,
ignored by man
for 2,000 years.
Its name would not
be heard again
until it became synonymous
with the greatest destructive
force ever known.
How will men
remember Bikini?
As a way station in
a war of the Pacific?
As a symbol of
the atomic future?
Perhaps. But man
mocks his fate
and laughs at destiny,
and chances are Bikini
will be remembered
for something else.
Not a bomb, not a battle,
but a bathing suit.
Take over, Jim.
I'm going below.
Yes, sir.
Nothing, huh?
Well, that does It.
We can't wait here
any longer.
I'm sorry, sir.
You served on the
Grayfin,didn't you?
Exec.
She was a good ship.
She was the best, Bill.
Communique, sir.
COMSUBPAC.
That all?
Yes, sir.
Oh, uh, Morris.
Send the following,
SS-240 to COMSUBPAC.
Attempted to rendezvous
with the Grayfinthree nights,
results negative.
That's all.
Yes, sir.
Prepare to
get underway, Bill.
Take your course from this.
Meet the Albany.
What does that mean?
As far as I'm concerned,
It means we'll only have to
wait just a while longer.
Sir?
To get a couple of
Jap ships the Grayfin.
Personnel coming aboard.
Special assignment.
All details...
Commanding officer UDT.
UDT.
Underwater
demolition team.
Now, what the devil
do they want?
A ride.
Lieutenant Hayes, UDT 12
requests permission
to come aboard.
Permission granted.
I'm Lieutenant Fourtney,
executive officer.
Glad to meet you.
I have special orders
for the Captain.
Can I bring my men aboard?
I assume that's
included in your orders.
Yes, it is.
Bring them on.
All right, Chief.
All right you guys,
come on.
Where do you want us?
We'll arrange
space forward.
Kingsley.
Yes, sir.
Get a couple of men
and store this equipment
in the crew's mess.
Now, you men can
leave your gear here
and follow me.
Just our luck,
a pig boat.
Pig boat?
What's your name?
Malzone. Joseph, sir.
Yeah. Well this happens to be
a submarine, Malzone.
A fleet ship
of the United States Navy,
and the best of its kind
in the world.
I could call it a pig boat.
The crew can call it
a pig boat.
But don't let me hear you
call it a pig boat again.
Yes, sir.
What's the trouble?
There's no trouble.
Follow me.
Leave your weapons
with the deckhand.
He'll store them
with the rest of your gear.
Ed, take them below.
Hey, uh, who are
these guys?
Looks like the enemy.
Maybe we're being invaded.
Yeah.
It is the enemy.
Maybe we should
toss them out, huh?
Okay. You want to
throw them out
or shall I?
Let's flip.
Knock it off.
You got room
for all those men
down there, Chief?
I can hot sack
some of my boys
back aft.
Hiller, you want
to move out?
Now, Lieutenant, I'll, uh,
I'll take your orders
up to the Captain
while you're getting
your men settled.
All right, Sarge,
you can use
these empty sacks now.
Okay. Davayo,
you down there.
Malzone, you up there.
Givens, you're in
the penthouse.
Okay, let's
snap it up there.
It ain't the Ritz.
Well, what's cooking?
Don't know yet.
Guess it's all there,
though.
Here.
Yeah, It figures.
"Transport UDT group to
Marshall Islands.
"Avoid contact with enemy."
Avoid contact with the enemy.
"Contact guerilla forces
on island. Locate..."
What's the matter?
They found her, Bill.
The Grayfin?
On Bikini Atoll.
Bikini Atoll?
That's a graveyard.
Why would he go
in there?
Rusty Miller would have sailed
his ship anywhere to get a
shot at something good.
Yeah. I wonder
what it was.
COMSUBPAC's afraid the Japs
will try and find and
salvage the equipment.
We're supposed to see
that there's nothing left
to salvage.
In other words, we've hauled
24 torpedoes 2,000 miles
for nothing.
Why us?
Because It says so here.
Let's get started.
Take the top one,
Davayo.
Ah, nuts to you, man.
The Chief say
I take this one.
But I... I don't
like heights.
I get dizzy.
Look, up there,
you're still below
sea level.
[GROANS]
All right, get up there.
He's liable to fall
on both of us.
He's big enough
to eat hay.
You'd think they'd find
a better place
to put these things.
What's the matter, Joey?
I thought you
liked explosives.
Yeah, but I don't take them
to bed with me.
Everybody all set?
Yeah, fine.
Come on, I'll take you
to your bunker.
This is the control room,
conning tower above.
When your men get
a mess call, they'll
come through here.
This is the crew's mess
and there's your equipment.
Everything all right?
Yeah, everything's
here, yeah.
But, um,
I'm not so sure that
everything's all right.
No? What's the trouble?
I thought maybe
you could tell me.
I've got a feeling
we're not exactly
welcome aboard.
Welcome aboard.
What's eating you?
This mission
got you worried?
Now look, Hayes.
Our orders are to take you
safely to your destination
and bring you
back again.
That's three days each way,
plus the time it takes you
to do your job.
So for the better part
of two weeks,
this is one sub whose
torpedoes the Japs don't
have to worry about.
So that's it.
That's It.
Lieutenant, we didn't ask
for you or your submarine.
And I want to
tell you something else.
Now, outside of walking,
a sub is about the last way
I'd pick to travel.
Scared?
Hell yes, I'm scared.
Weren't you the first time
you ever got on one of these?
Sometimes I still am.
Will you look at
the size of these things?
How's a man supposed
to fit in there?
Try a little grease,
will ya?
Well, if there's
anything I hate,
It's being cooped up.
Hey, what do you know
about being cooped up?
I could tell you
about it.
Just try living with
four brothers sometime.
All jammed up
into a crummy little
three-room apartment.
You know, I never had
a bed of my own until
I joined the Navy.
Yeah.
I guess I wanted that
more than anything else.
My own room, my own bed,
my own place to sleep.
Hey, do you know
what I used to
dream about?
An island. Yeah.
I read someplace
where you can
buy these islands
if you had
enough money.
And I said to myself,
"Oh yeah, yeah, that's for me.
"That's for me and Roxanne."
And when I got married
and had kids,
why, every one of them
could have a whole bedroom.
All their own.
Sounds real nice.
All right, fellas,
let's get some sleep.
Yep. I'd bet you'd
like that, honey,
wouldn't you?
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪ And angel-like hair
♪ She has soft dreamy sighs
♪ And a heart so true
♪ That no one else can compare
♪ Can you be persuaded
by persuasive eyes
♪ Or motivated
by romantic sighs?
♪ Heat up a bright new flame
or be true blue to the one
♪ Who's true blue to
♪ The girl back home
♪ Shall I be seduced by such
seductive charms
♪ Forgetting all about
those waiting arms
♪ Fall to the devil's horns
or be strong and
♪ Wear a halo like my angel
♪ The girl back home
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪ This one's got
exciting red lips
♪ She has angel-like hair
♪ This one's got hips
that make me fly
♪ And want to do flips
♪ Resist or not to resist
what's the answer?
♪ Both make my heart
a new kind of dancer
♪ Fly to the moon
or stand with my feet
♪ Here on the ground
my fortune found
♪ With the girl back home
♪ Fly to the moon or be true
to the girl back home
♪ Resist or not to resist
what's the answer?
♪ What's the answer?
what's the answer?
♪ What's the answer?
what's the answer? ♪
Mind my coming up here?
Come ahead.
Sleep all right?
I surprised myself.
You know, uh, this thing
is quite a ship.
1,815 tons.
115 tons more
than a destroyer.
Only we're a lot slower
than a destroyer,
and not as well armed.
About the only thing we can do
that a DD can't is, uh,
go underwater,
and that's not as
good a trick as it sounds.
How do you mean?
FOURTNEY: Sometimes you can
see its shadow
down to 100 feet.
With sonar, you can find it
even when you can't see it.
You're pretty
encouraging.
Well, maybe It isn't
quite that bad.
Anyway, for a submarine man,
it's the only game in town.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Bridge, Fourtney.
Yes, sir, he is.
Right away.
The Captain wants to see you
in the ward room.
Dining room in the rear,
gentlemen.
Come on,
let's hustle.
Little chow. Come on.
Down!
Ooh.
Ah, look,
graceful like this, see?
What's the matter
with you?
Chow, huh?
Right, sir.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Come in.
Hello, Lieutenant Hayes.
How do you do, sir?
Captain Carey.
Sit down.
Well, It looks like
you got a rough one
on your hands.
It could be.
Could be? Huh.
All we have to do is
sail through 1,000 miles
of enemy water,
put you ashore
in occupied
territory,
and hope you can quietly
blow up a sub under the nose
of the Japanese.
Well, we'll try to
get you there.
I guess after that,
you'll know what to do.
We're pretty
well briefed, sir.
We're to meet guerrillas
who'll lead us to the
location of the sub.
We'll do the rest.
The trouble with guerrillas
is you never know
whose side they're on
until it's too late.
Leave plenty of room in your
thinking for unknown factors.
Maybe you can clear
something up for me, sir.
Why this, uh,
this particular sub?
Radar, Hayes.
As you probably know,
the Japs are very slow
in developing radar
on their own.
Even now what they have
is pretty poor.
It's one of the few
advantages we have
in this war.
And right now we're
equipping the fleet with
a new microwave unit
that antiquates even our
own new models.
And the SS-342,
that particular sub
had one of those
prototypes aboard.
I see.
Hayes, there were some
fine good men
aboard the Grayfin.
They were good friends
and good shipmates.
I want you to give them
a good send-off.
I think I understand.
I don't want
anything left.
MAN ON PA:
Dive! Dive! Dive!
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Green board!
Main induction
shut and locked!
Main induction
shut and locked!
What's happening?
Ow! You're burning me.
That's what's... Ow!
100 feet, level off.
100 feet, level off.
What is It?
Airplane.
Well, welcome
to the fraternity.
How do you feel?
Out of place.
CAPTAIN CAREY:
Periscope depth, Bill.
Periscope depth.
All stop. Up scope.
Ah, looks clear, Bill.
Surface when ready.
Yes, sir.
Down scope.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Do you ever get used
to this kind of thing?
Well, yes and no, Hayes.
The diving you get used to,
but looking through this
eyepiece never knowing
what you're liable to see,
that you never
get used to.
Smoking lamp is out,
junior.
[WAVES CRASHING]
[RADAR PINGING]
Radar contact, sir.
Captain, radar contact.
Yes, sir.
HILLER: Contact bearing 127.
Come to course 127.
Course 127, sir.
We'll close and determine
their course.
Captain.
Looks like a convoy, sir.
Get your lookouts, below.
Standby to dive.
Yes, sir.
Dive, dive, dive.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
It's a convoy
all right, sir.
I can't tell how many,
but it looks like they're
going to go right over us.
Rig for silent running.
Maneuvering,
rig silent.
Pipe down, you guys.
What the hell
is that?
Sonar trying to get a fix.
What does that mean?
It means they want to find our
address so they can send us
some presents.
Some nice little
400-pound presents.
Knock It off, will ya?
Everyone all right
in here?
Yeah.
Can't seem to sleep
for some reason, though.
Hey, maybe it's
one of our ships.
I don't think
it'd make much difference.
As far as our Navy's
concerned, there aren't any
American subs in these waters.
There's not a
damn thing we can do.
[SONAR BEEPING]
They're headed
this way, sir.
Attention. Attention.
This is the
Captain speaking.
There'll be absolutely
no sound aboard this ship.
Still coming.
Still coming.
Contact.
Here he comes.
All ahead,
hard right rudder,
come to 180.
Hang on, honey.
Turning around.
500 yards
on starboard bow.
Take her down
to 200 feet.
Steady as you go.
Depth, 200 feet.
That last bunch
went off below us.
If they've reset,
the next will be too high.
They'd better be.
They're running
right above us.
We'll try to break out
as soon as he loses
sonar contact.
Yes, sir.
Go, now, now, now.
Right on the button.
100 feet above us.
Screws going
away, sir.
Zig-zagging.
You threw him
off good, sir.
[EXHALES]
Come to course 127,
all ahead one third.
Re-rig for silent running,
one half hour.
Aye-aye, sir.
Rig silent.
They out of ammo?
Don't bet on it.
Hey, I don't
hear them anymore.
I think we've, uh,
I think we've
been through
the bad part.
You mean there's
a good part?
FOURTNEY: Secure
for battle stations.
All clear. All clear.
Why don't somebody
turn them fans on?
Don't run your
battery down, junior.
All right now, maybe we can
get some sleep around here.
Sleep? The Navy ought to
fill this thing full of beans
and tie a label to it.
You look
a little green, junior.
This duty
too rough on you?
You know something,
swabby?
You got a big, fat mouth.
You're real tough.
Well, why don't we
run a test.
Knock it off, Givens.
Get back in your bunk.
All right, Nolan.
Listen, I'm warning you
for the last time.
The next time
you stick your arm
in the cage,
I'm going to let
somebody chew it off.
Now listen.
Shove off.
The rest of you,
now get some sleep,
you understand?
If you can't sleep,
fake it.
That's an order.
All right,
what's the trouble?
How much longer
we gonna be
in this tub?
Not too long.
Well, I hope not.
Or else we won't have
a team when we get there,
we'll have a pack
of wild cats.
I'll see what I can do
so we can work
a little steam out.
I'd appreciate that.
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪♪♪ This one's got
exciting red lips
♪ She has angel-like hair.
♪ This one's got hips
that make me fly
♪ And want to do flips
♪ Resist or not to resist,
what's the answer
♪ Both make my heart
a new kind of dancer
♪ Fly to the moon
or stand with my feet
♪ Here on the ground
♪ My fortune found
with a girl
♪ Back home
♪ To be persuaded
by persuasive eyes
♪ Or motivated
by romantic sighs
♪ Heat up a bright new flame
or be true blue to the one
♪ Who's true blue too
♪ The girl back home
♪ Shall I be seduced
by such seductive charms
♪ Forgetting all about
those waiting arms
♪ Fall to the devil's horns
or be strong and
♪ Wear a halo like my angel
the other girl back home
♪ She has apple pie eyes
♪ This one's got
exciting red lips
♪ She has angel-like hair
♪ This one has hips
that make me fly
♪ And want to do flips
♪ Resist or not to resist
what's the answer
♪ Both make my heart
a new kind of dancer
♪ Fly to the moon
or stand with my feet
♪ Here on the ground
my fortune found
♪ With the girl back home
♪ I'll take the girl
back home
♪ You give me
my girl back home ♪
MEN: [REPEATING]
One, two, three, four.
All right.
Beautiful. Beautiful.
You guys ought to be
in the ballet.
You know, the man is
on his hands and knees
begging for it.
Pay him no mind, Floyd.
You guys are more fun than
a barrelful of monkeys.
Especially you, Pavlova.
I think I'll rip his tongue
out of his mouth.
Let him go.
Be my guest, junior.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, junior.
Come on.
Get him!
Come on, Floyd!
[TELEPHONE BUZZING]
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
Come on, Floyd. Get him!
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
Come on, come on,
get below.
On the double.
Come on.
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck!
FENNELLY: Get out of the way.
Look out below.
CALE: Clear the deck!
Clear the deck.
Clear the deck.
Givens!
Dive! Dive!
Hold it. Look!
[ALARM SOUNDING]
Go on!
Come on, get down.
Hurry up.
Come on, come on.
CAPTAIN CAREY: Attention.
Attention, Lieutenant Hayes.
This is the Captain speaking.
I see you in the ward room
as soon as this ship's secure
from diving stations.
What's the situation?
Radar contact.
Unidentified aircraft.
All right, run submerged
until we clear,
use your own judgment.
Aye-aye, sir.
You were the OD?
Yes, sir.
Then report to me
as soon as we secure
from battle stations.
Aye-aye, sir.
I cannot, for the life of me,
imagine any more stupid
or unmilitary-like behavior
on the part of an officer.
Now, I extended to you
and your men the privileges
of the deck in these waters
because of the unusual nature
of your mission and in the
interests of keeping you fit.
Now, do you consider
a fist fight in those
interests?
In this case,
sir, I did.
Oh, you did.
Yes, sir.
Well, did you also
consider the danger
involved to this ship?
Sir, with your permission,
the order to dive
was given immediately.
Mr. Cale, you were
officer of the deck,
and as such,
you were responsible
for the deck.
Now, just how
did this happen?
I don't know, sir.
I suppose I looked forward
for a moment,
and when I looked back,
they were at It.
But the, uh, deck was
cleared in good order, sir.
I didn't say it wasn't.
Under the circumstances,
it was nothing
but a miracle.
That's all, Cale.
Thank you, sir.
Hayes, I don't
understand you.
I really don't.
Can you give me
one good reason
for your actions on deck?
Yes, sir, I think I can.
There are six of us,
and I need every man.
Now, I can't go ashore
with a crew
that's ready
to tear each other's
throats out.
Mister Hayes, the fight was
between one of your men
and one of mine.
No, sir. The fight was between
one of my men and everything
this submarine means to them.
Fear, confinement,
helplessness.
One way or another,
It was going to come out.
All right, Hayes.
If it'll make your men
feel any better,
you can tell them we expect
to sight the Bikini Atoll
at about 2300.
Thank you, sir.
We'll be ready.
That's all, Hayes.
What did they say
the name of this place was?
I don't know. Bikini.
Bikini? Sounds like
something you take
for heartburn.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, what are you
doing that for?
Well, just in case.
In case of what?
Well, he didn't
send us here for no
bayonet charge.
He's going to make
grass skirts for
bald-headed natives.
Let him sharpen it,
it might come
in handy.
For what?
Peeling coconuts.
During the day,
we'll lie submerged
about here.
Every night at
2000, we'll surface
for recharging.
Under no conditions
are you to attempt to
make visual contact with us.
If you need any help
or you want to come
back to the ship,
we'll be here.
Sorry I can't
take you any closer.
Now, you should meet
the guerrillas
about here.
You're to get across
the island to where the
S-342 is supposed to be.
Visual contact
with the island,
Captain.
Well, lots of success
with your mission, Hayes.
Thank you, sir.
I'd better get my gear.
Good luck, Hayes.
Take good care
of our pig boat.
No sign of
a signal, sir.
Uh-huh.
Captain...
I see it.
Maneuvering room.
All stop.
Jones.
Yes, sir.
Answer their signal.
Two long and two short.
Aye-aye, sir.
Lieutenant Cale, tell Hayes
over the side at, um,
0030.
MAN 1: What the hell
was that?
MAN 2:
Japanese patrol boat.
Get a move on.
MAN 1: Let's go!
Let's go!
Come on.
[GRUNTING]
Where is everybody?
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Welcome!
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Let's get your gear
and move on.
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Everything's okay.
He said the nearest Japs
are 10 miles from here
and the thick jungle
protects us.
Davayo, tell him
we're here to find
the sub that was sunk
in the channel last month.
An American submarine...
Ah, yes.
Sunk. Boom!
You saw it?
Well, can you
take us there?
Many Japanese.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I'll take you.
Givens, Sherman,
you stay here.
Malzone, Davayo,
your lungs.
Reiko!
Ed, brush up
on your Tagalog.
Chief doesn't carry
his own gear.
Oh.
Oh, boy.
And they expect us
to win the war
with this stuff.
Me Yankee.
Yankee.
Yankee.
Go long way,
far off home.
Bring food...
Mmm-mmm.
...for you.
[SPITS]
Yankee, go home.
[SCOFFS]
Do you speak
any English?
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
That's what I figured.
Davayo, ask him how far.
Hey, Paul,
how far is it?
Not far.
Not far, he says.
That what he said
when we left.
Like three hours ago.
Holy Pete,
will ya look at that.
Many Japanese.
Is he kidding?
It must be half
their navy out there.
Where's the American
sub located?
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
It's a salvage ship.
HAYES: Looks like
they've found her
all right.
Doesn't look
like they're ready
to raise her, though.
There are no air hoses.
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
I'd still like to get
a closer look.
Yeah, but how are
we going to get
past them?
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[BLOWING WHISTLE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Paul.
Shut up!
Come on.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[YELLS]
[GUN FIRES]
Take them off
if you want.
[PAUL SCREAMING]
Reiko!
Come on.
[TWIGS SNAPPING]
You okay, Ed?
Yeah.
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Where's the kid?
We lost him.
Find the sub?
Yeah.
So'd the Japs.
Sitting about 200
yards off shore.
What else is new?
Well, it couldn't
be much worse.
The bay's full
of ships.
And there are Japs
all over the place.
I don't think we have
a chance getting in
by the beach.
Then how?
By water.
We'll take the raft
as close as we can
and swim the rest
of the way.
When?
Well, the way
I can see it, it's a...
It's a one-way ticket.
All right, fellas,
let's go, come on,
let's get some sleep.
Come on,
on the double.
Twenty-four hours
without sleep
makes the Chief
a cranky guy.
Let's go.
That's nice.
Very nice.
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
What?
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
A little higher.
I, uh...
I wish you could
understand me.
I'd tell you
how glad I am
that you're here.
And, uh, how beautiful
you are.
You are beautiful,
you know that?
Mmm-hmm.
You're very,
very beautiful.
[WOMAN SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[ALL SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Wait a minute.
What is he saying?
He says there's
a Japanese cutter
coming down the coast,
and it's a spy ship
and they're searching
the coast.
Ask him how long
before it gets here.
[BOTH SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
One hour.
Oh, that's trouble.
Davayo, tell him
we're going to need
his help.
Ed, I've got an idea.
Any questions?
No, we're all set.
Say, where's Givens?
Up on the rocks.
The best seat
in the house.
Malzone, you get on
down to the beach.
Watch out for the gals.
You bet I will.
You know how to work
that thing?
Yeah, it's all
coming back to me.
I'll wait till they're
in front of me
before I fire,
then you open up.
Now, aim at the base
of the radio antenna.
You can handle it?
Yeah. I can.
Givens, we can't let them
get a message through.
Good luck.
[WOMEN SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[WHISPERING]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[GIRLS SCREAMING]
Reiko. Reiko.
[SCREAMS]
[SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I'm sorry, Reiko.
God, I'm sorry.
[GROANING]
Just take it easy, will ya?
Gee, that hurts.
Oh! Easy, damn it.
[GRUNTING]
Ow! Watch it. Watch it.
Watch it.
How's the wound?
How do I know?
I'm no corpsman.
Which way did you say
you were facing?
I tell ya,
a slug bounced off
the rock behind me.
And what are you
laughing at?
I didn't say a thing.
Let's shove off.
Watch it, will ya?
HAYES: Two forty.
It'll be up in about
a half an hour.
MAN: Sure hate
to miss all the fun,
Lieutenant.
Hell of a way
to wind up a mission.
I'm sorry, sir.
Don't worry about it, you.
Just see that the Captain
finds out about those
ships in the bay.
HAYES: Let's get
into the suits. Malzone.
Givens, you're next.
Man, I don't know
what I brought
this thing along for.
Well, you sure know
how to use it.
Yeah. Me, I always
could shoot.
Far back
as I can remember.
Not like my
old man, though.
You see, we lived
in Oregon.
Dad was a great one
for hunting.
Pheasant, grouse,
deer, you name it.
He started taking me
with him as soon as I was
big enough to stand up.
You know, sometimes
he used to come
into my room
so early in the morning,
it feel like I hadn't
been to sleep yet.
He'd say to me,
"Come on, son,
duck's on the move".
I'd jump up, you know,
like I was wide awake.
Run down to the car
and we'd drive away.
Wasn't 30 seconds
before I was asleep again.
He'd have to wake me up
before we got there.
Sounds real nice.
Yeah, it was.
Sitting there
all hunched up in
our jackets to keep warm.
Watching the sun
come over the hills.
Everything around us
cool, wet and new.
Just me and the old man.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Come on, kid,
I gotta get dressed, huh?
Yeah.
Hold on, Chief.
You know, your lieutenant
is a very stubborn man.
Yes, sir.
A little unorthodox
perhaps, but maybe
that's what it takes.
Your Chief Fennelly
just got a flesh wound.
He'll be all right.
Could we get through?
Yes sir.
COMSUBPAC acknowledged
the message with
a "Well done."
Good.
Only hope we have
some units in the area
to take advantage of it.
That lagoon sounded
like quite a target.
Yeah, quite a target.
Now, Bill,
this is the course
we're going to follow.
See?
I want full speed.
From now on,
we run submerged.
Well, what do you think?
Can we make it?
The Grayfingot in.
There's no reason
why we can't.
Good. Get on it.
Yes, sir.
We're going in after them?
That all depends
on you, my boy.
Do you have another
set of lungs?
Yes, sir, I got
the best set of lungs
in the US Navy.
Right here.
Salvage boat ahead.
Take her in.
Okay.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Malzone.
Givens.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[ORDERS IN JAPANESE]
[RINGING BELL]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[ORDERS IN JAPANESE]
Set the throttle
and come on.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Ha-ha!
This is one message, fellas,
you're not going to forget.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
HILLER: Depth
100 feet, sir.
[AIR ESCAPING]
[SONAR PINGING]
Something's coming, sir.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Fourtney.
No, sir. No sign
of them yet.
Right. I understand.
We'll give them
a few more minutes.
[METAL CLANGING]
MAN: Lieutenant...
They're here now, sir.
Drain the tank.
Everything's all clear
down here, sir.
Yes, sir.
All ahead two thirds.
Periscope depth, Cale.
Hey!
Chief.
Hey. Look who's here.
How are you?
Nice to see you.
Nice to have you aboard.
Hey, how'd it go,
Lieutenant?
Where is Davayo?
That did it.
That got it.
The Grayfin?
Yeah, I think so.
Come right to 225.
Full ahead emergency,
let's get out here.
Screws bearing
294, sir.
Full stop, up periscope.
Make ready
all forward tubes!
Yes, sir.
All forward tubes
ready, sir.
Stand by to fire tubes
one, two, three and four.
Range?
Range 1,100.
Firing bearing?
042.
Standby to fire one.
Fire one.
Fire two.
Fire three.
Fire four.
We got one, a hit.
That only leaves
15 or 20 to get us.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Hey, how many
torpedoes did we fire?
Well, let's have a look.
Up periscope!
[ALL CLAMORING]
I see carrier planes.
They're bombing
the whole fleet.
Steady as you go.
Let the Airedales
finish the Job.
Down scope.
Attention!
Attention, all hands,
this is the Captain speaking.
Units of our carrier force
have attacked the ships
in the Bikini lagoon.
The last time I looked,
they were running out
of Jap targets.
Also, the UDT unit
might be interested to know
that a certain
salvage vessel
seems to be missing
along with everything
that was near It.
I told ya. I told ya.
Boy I'll bet you
they never knew
what hit them.
I puts enough stuff
on there to blow them
sky high.
Hey.
Hey, where's my torpedo?
Come on, you guys,
what did you do with her?
Where'd you put her?
Who?
Roxanne. She was
on my torpedo.
Oh, no!
You couldn't have.
NARRATOR:
A tiny coral atoll.
A barren spot
in the face of
the vast Pacific.
Bypassed, overlooked,
ignored by man
for 2,000 years.
Its name would not
be heard again
until it became synonymous
with the greatest destructive
force ever known.
How will men
remember Bikini?
As a way station in
a war of the Pacific?
As a symbol of
the atomic future?
Perhaps. But man
mocks his fate
and laughs at destiny,
and chances are Bikini
will be remembered
for something else.
Not a bomb, not a battle,
but a bathing suit.