JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 7142 7142 SOURCE: AFCF (A=2222) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 919'ea Silent JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC - 1947 Low angle; harpoons are lowered to catcher ship alongside of factory ship. (Incomplete) Catcher boat under way; land in bg. RV, LS, gunner firing harpoon gun. HS, power saw cutting through meat and bone whale carcass. MS, two men working at separators below deck. MS, Sailor talking into speaking tube than turning bow. MS, another sailor at bone grinding machine. LS, whale sending up stream of vapor. CU, man firing harpoon gun. LS, harpooned whale. LS, harpoon striking whale. LS, harpooned whale sounding. LS, whale tugging at harpoon line. RG 111 VS, whale being cut up. Accession III-NAV-210 MS, an organ of mammal is weighed on hand scale. Additional scenes of the ceremonies aboard the two ships prior to sailing. Crew is addressed by a US Army Engineer officer and SCAP official. HS, three dead whales floating alongside of vessel. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/10

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities