JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 7146 SOURCE: AFCF (A=2222) 46 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 921' ea Silent JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC 1947 LSs sea gulls on the water. LSs, whale directly ahead of catcher boat being struck by a harpoon. The struck whale is towing hard on the line pulling the catcher boat® CU, direct harpoon hit on whale. MLS, low angle, harpoon being loaded into gun. Harpoons racked on deck. Catcher boat under way in heavy sea. VS, Whale is dragged aboard ship. Scene from factory ship as catcher boad approaches; a whale is floating in front of the catcher boat. vs, Cut up whale meat is loaded from factory ship to lighter alongside. LS, the two factory ship hove to. LS, silhouette of mother ship at sea. In the distance a floating iceberg. LS, at sea, floating iceberg in distance at sunset. MCUs, blubber being cut away from whale. RG 111 (Note: Fungus marks throughout reel.) Accession III-NAV-210 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