Old Ironsides, Boston, Massachusetts
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OF DEPARTMENT FILM RELEASE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) UNITED STATES of WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, .1975 OXford 7-6161 Release #49-75 Footage: 72' 16mm "B" Wind Color Master Room 2E 773 021xxx With Corresponding 16mm Optical Negative Sound 021001 106964 Time: 2:00 105236 106265 VT 103673 105806 104614 "OLD IRONSIDES" (Official U. S. Navy Film Released by Department of Defense) DATE/PLACE: This footage was shot during 1974 and 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts. SCOPE: This coverage is of "Old Ironsides," the oldest commissioned ship in the U. S. Navy. Suggested Script LL FILM: USS CONSTITUTION -- OLD IRONSIDES -- is the Bow of ship (18 sec) oldest commissioned ship in the U. S. Navy. Un- defeated in the War of 1812 and the War with the Barbary Pirates, she is regarded as our National Ship. A popular tourist spot, Ironsides has been re- Stern sign "USS (5 sec) opened for the Bicentennial after overhaul and CONSTITUTION" renovation in Boston. Workmen stripping (8 sec) Her copper bottom had to be ripped away. Masts, copper from ship spars and parts of the hull -- replaced. Some of her Workmen chopping (8 sec) rigging and fittings had to be copied from old books. wood Much of the work required hand fitting -- to make Ironsides as sound and as complete today as she was when she was launched. or striking (4 sec) (Sound of sailor striking bell) bell - MORE -
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer