GUNNERY EXERCISES ABOARD USS MISSOURI (BB-63) Part 1

Description

MCU Navy tug underway another in FG at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.MS USS MISSOURI (BB-63) band playing topside (men in whites).GV Second Division at quarters enlisted men in FG taking soundings.CU Enlisted men swinging lead, taking soundings.MS Deck Division pulling hawsers aboard.GV Port battery 5" mount firing AA (SV good).MCU Same.LS MISSOURI alongside pier at Pearl Harbor dock crane in FG (poor angle 2 views).GV CV tied at pier astern of MISSOURI.MS Marine gun crew firing 20mm.MCU Same tracer fire observed (good action).GV 40mm batteries firing aboard (MISSOURI good) 5" guns silent in FG.GV Same (from stern).GV Looking over land at water.MS 5" batteries firing gun crew on 40mm looking skyward (very good).MS Port fo"c"sle spray coming over side.MS 5" battery firing 2 men in FG leaning against another mount with helmets.MCU 40mm gun crew loading guns guns firing (goodSV).CU Profile of gunner, wearing helmet (SV).MCU Ammo passers passing 40mm shells.GV Flak in sky from 5" and 40mm.MCU Man sighting through gun director.MCU Sky lookout.CU Telephone talker.GV Bow of MISSOURI cutting through water.CU Sky lookout looking toward Hawaiian coast line.LS DA Nos. 1 & 2 turrets training on MISSOURI ships underway.MS DA Main battery (16") firing aboard MISSOURI.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities