Caiman Video Log
Now you can say you've really seen it all! Here are some old videos contributed from your shipmates taken at reunions and from their time on Caiman. Some of them came to me in the form of a VHS tape or on a DVD. Of course, all the videos from the Caiman days were made with an 8mm movie camera so there is no sound. Some of the videos here are from our reunions. If you have any videos that you would like to contribute, please send them my way.
Most of the videos are listed down the page but there are also some on YouTube. Go to YouTube and search on FlaminCaiman or USS Caiman and you will find them. Here's a link to the latest one: Caiman DBF
Over the years our camera gear and software has changed which resulted in having videos of different formats and quality. In the list of videos below, click on the video title and you will either be wisked away to another place such as YouTube or Google Photos or it will be what is called a Flash video which requires that you have a Flash Player plug-in installed with your browser. If you don't have the Flash plug-in installed you should be asked if you want it installed. In case you are not asked, you can get it here. You may find that your browser is blocking the installation. You would have to go into your seetings to unblock it. I wish it wasn't so, but it is. In the goodness of time, I will convert these videos to another format, so this won't be necessary.
After you click on a video it might take several minutes for the video to load depending on the video format and the speed of your connection and the size of the file. Some of the videos have visible controls and some don't. If you don't see the controls, place your cursor over the video and the controls will appear - click on the > and it will play. Someday, I hope to standardize all the videos so they are easier to view.
Now, sit back and enjoy the show.
2018 Reunion - Greg Baer
Here are the videos from our 2018 Reunion held in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were all uploaded to YouTube. You can get to them by searching YouTube for USS Caiman or you can click on the links below.
2014 Reunion - Greg Baer
The videos from our 2014 Reunion in Coeur d'Alene Idaho are in the photo gallery. Go to the gallery and select the 2014 Reunion album and go to the last few pages to find the videos.
All the reunion videos and other videos prior to 2014 were published on the website using a technology that is no longer supported by any Internet browser. There are 70 videos. Some of these will be converted to the latest technology so they can be viewed. It's going to take awhile to do.
2012 Reunion - Greg Baer
Here are the Luncheon and banquet videos from the 2012 Reunion in San Antonio.
2010 Reunion - Greg Baer
Here are the videos taken in Reno. Thanks once again to Smitty for his digital camcorder.
2008 Reunion - Greg Baer
Here are some videos taken at the reunion in Branson. Thanks to Smitty for bringing his new digital camcorder.
| Title: | Magic Show | | Contributor: | Christopher - Edited by Greg Baer | | Info: | Magic Show on the Branson Belle staring RC Thompson and Laura Lafond. It's a big file so it will take awhile to download. | | Contribute Info On This Video. |
2004 Reunion - Mike Bury
Thanks to Mike and his camcorder we can revisit the evening of our 2004 reunion banquet. His video was split up into several smaller videos. Make sure you turn up your volume.
Releasing Prisoners - 1945 - Stan Malikowski
Photo Show 55-57 - Robert Walters
WestPac Videos 58-61 - Lloyd Willette
| Title: | WestPac 1958-1961 Part 9 | | Contributor: | Lloyd Willette | | Info: | Not sure where this was filmed but I received an email from a former Caiman crew member's wife (Annie) that the memorial shown in the video is the Kranji War Memorial. Kranji now houses a cemetery and a the war memorial and is located in Kranji district, Singapore. The memorial walls list some 25,000 plus names of allied servicemen and women whose bodies were never recovered. The names are on the 12 columns at the center of the memorial. Thank you Annie!! | | Contribute Info On This Video. |
WestPac Videos 1961 - Neil Harrer
| Title: | Sail Damage - 1961 | | Contributor: | Neil Harrer | | Info: | This video shows the sail damage resulting from the USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) ramming the USS Caiman (SS-323) during ASW exercises near Okinawa. The Caiman continued on to Yokosuka to make repairs. | | Contribute Info On This Video. |
| Title: | Snorkel Test | | Contributor: | Neil Harrer | | Info: | After repairs were made to the sail and masts from the accident with the Rammin Sammy, this test was conducted to check out the snorkel system. | | Contribute Info On This Video. |
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