JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 7143 ADC 7143 SOURCE: AFCF (A=2222) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 890 ea Silent JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC 1947 LS, RV, gunner at harpoon gun. Additional scenes of cutting up whale. LS, ice-filled sea: harpoon gun in immediate fg. Shots of ice=filled sea. Shot of seal on floating cake of ice. Shot of gun being fired and harpoon striking whale. Barbed tip is screwed onto harpoon. LS, the whale being towed aboard mother ship. (incomplete) LS, snow=covered, mountainous coastline. Int, ship: man making marks on chart and then making report over telephone. Wireless operator ticking out message. MS, same with another member of the crew. Int, wheelhouse; officer using ship's telegraph and looking. through binoculars. LS, from catcher vessel as harpoon strikes whale. RG 111 Whale floating near catcher vessel. Accession III-NAV-210 HS , two dead whales floating in water. Four dead whales floating in water; many sea gulls around the whales. 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