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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.

Last of the battleships, Naval Supply Depot, Bayonne, New Jersey Part 1

Description

A view from Bayonne of the New York skyline and the Statue of Liberty. (Slightly hazy but good) A view made from the Battleship New Jersey of the New York skyline in the distant bg. A portion of the New Jersey amidships is seen in fg. Pan, battleship New Jersey at dock. Pan R/L of the Wisconsin. This pan was shot from the shore looking toward New York. LS, some buildings at the Naval Supply Depot. Tilt down on anchor chain which is tied around bollard on the pier. Cu, bollard to lines going to the bow of the Wisconsin. CU, lines from hawsehole of the Wisconsin. Pan to the lines secured on bollard. MLS, chain around a bollard leading to the Wisconsin. Scenes made aboard the Wisconsin showing the stripped deck, guns, hatch door. Angle shots of the superstructure. VSs, of the deck. Detailed shots of different sections of the deserted Wisconsin. Shot made from the superstructure of the forward deck. Angle shot ot the radar antenna and superstructure. LAS, portion of the deck with the big guns above it.

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection

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Date
1958-05-12
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TRT
3:52