NAVAL GUNS MADE IN NATION'S CAPITAL Part 3

Description

Summary: Int. Naval Gun Factory in Washington, DC. Workmen firing boiler. Men around the electric furnaces, pouring molten steel into molds. Steel being poured into ladle. Trucking Shot, ladle of molten metal moved along on overhead track, forging of gun barrels. Giant press as it molds metal into gun barrel. Man working at lathe. Workmen testing The bores of an eight-inch gun. A mirror is used to inspect the rifling of the barrel. HS, completed gun barrel is moved on overhead trolley. Barrels of other guns lying below. LS, showing the vast shop. A civilian testing an anti-aircraft gun. Workmen test-firing a gun. Blacksmith forging a piece of metal. Women testing shells, Woman working at lathe. Middle-aged woman working at lathe. Young woman working at machine. Another gun being tested in the factory. Shots of the twin anti- aircraft and five-inch guns being fired from naval ships off the N Korean coast. LS, battleship off the coast flashing signal lamp, firing some of its guns.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities