ACTIVITIES ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI (BB-63) Part 1

Description

1) MCU Seaman carrying 5" ammunition can, down deck and up ladder (MV).2) MS 5" gun pointed skyward; camera pans down to deck where men are carrying 5" ammunition cans.3) GV Stores being taken aboard ship.4) MCU Marine working on 20MM gun.5) GV Looking across to Ford Island; Navy Yard workers working around shield on deck in FG.6) CU Men working on deck planking.7) GV Taken from stern, looking up at superstructure. General activity on deck.8) MCU Men carrying ammunition cans down toward camera.9) GV/MCU Line handling party hauling in line.10) GV Two tugs pulling the stern of the USS MISSOURI (BB-63) into bay; men in whites lounging in FG; Ford Island in BG.11) GV Taken on fo"c"sle: Line handling working party at work; superstructure in with black smoke.12) CU Seaman pulling in lines.13) MS Four men standing by life lines as Missouri pulls away from pier; CVE in BG.14) MS Two tugs pulling MISSOURI"s stern.15) GV Stern of the MISSOURI with Navy Yard workers aboard; general activity (SV).16) MS Navy Yard workers working on shield around 20MM mount sponson (SV).17) MS Navy Yard workers installing 20MM mount.18) GV Working party stacking cans of 20MM ammunition.19) CU Gun captain closing circuit on 16" gun.20) MCU Rammerman opens breech, cradle comes down, 16" projectile is pushed into gun. 16" powder bag come out of magazine, and is rammed into the gun.21) MSCU GV Capt. I. T. DUKE inspecting the crew (crew in whites; officers in khaki) (MV).22) GV Catholic church services: Man playing portable organ in FG; crew kneeling, facing camera.23) MS Chaplain near the altar.24) CU One of the men kneeling.25) CU Men"s faces, as they kneel (SV, including officer in khaki, less tie; men in dungarees).26) MCU Men blessing themselves.27) GV USS MAMUEL N. MOORE (DD-747) underway; stern of another DD, in FG; CV in fog in far BG.28) CU Man wearing life jacket and helmet with "Diego" painted on it.29) CU Back of a man who is looking over water; two DD"s passing.30) CU Men (one a Negro) wearing helmets and life jackets (SV).31) MS Men in dungarees leaning against bulkhead, reading.32) MCU <*>Bow-on view of USS MADDOX (DD-731) underway, following in wake of another DD (SV; several taken over the bow).33) LS MADDOX underway (slow speed).34) MCU USS HERBERT J. THOMAS (DD-833) underway; camera pans slightly aft, becoming a MS.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities