Filming

Jim poses on the foredeck of the former US Navy dive support ship USS Clamp (ARS-33), a much decorated veteran of World War II and a diver support and salvage vessel used in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. In 1989 and 1990, Jim dived the sunken fleet at Bikini with the National Park Service's Submerged Cultural Resources Unit. They were the first divers to reach some of the wrecks since Navy hardhat divers from Clamp had visited them in 1946. In 2005, while touring the "Mothball Fleet" at Benicia, California, Jim recognized Clamp and asked permission to visit the ship.

Jim poses with friends Klaire and Monte Markham on board the icebreaker Glacier while guest starring in a documentary for Monte's Perpetual Motion Films. Monte is best known for his extensive career on stage, film and television, including the films "Midway" and "Return of the Magnificent Seven," the Broadway production "Irene" with Debbie Reynolds, his series "The Second Hundred Years" and as the second "Perry Mason," as well as regular and guest starring roles in a number of series, including "The Golden Girls," "Baywatch," "The Six Million Dollar Man," and "Star Trek." Jim loves working with Monte, who he credits with "teaching me how to act on television." Any mistakes, however, are Jim's and Jim's alone.

Jim travels to Benicia and readys to film once again with Monte Markham. And he visits Clamp, a diver support and salvage vessel used in atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946.