Presented in the style of a classic 1940s movie theater newsreel, this Walking Museum episode explores wartime Groton, Connecticut during the height of World War II.
Along the Thames River, Electric Boat workers labored day and night building submarines for the Allied war effort. Thousands of men and women flooded into Groton to support wartime production as submarines launched from the river into dangerous waters overseas.
Featuring cinematic vintage visuals, dramatic atmosphere, shipyards, submarines, harbor scenes, and historic storytelling, this immersive Walking Museum Newsreel recreates the feeling of stepping into a 1943 wartime broadcast.
Experience: • Electric Boat during WWII • Wartime Groton, Connecticut • Submarine launches on the Thames River • Historic shipyards and harbor life • Vintage 1940s newsreel storytelling • America’s wartime industrial coastline
History is closer than you think.