16-INCH GUNNERY PRACTICE ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI (BB-63) Part 2

Description

1) MS DA 5" twin mount firing over water.2) MS DA Same, taken from other gun with lifeboat beneath it.3) GV <*> 40MM battery aboard the MISSOURI, firing (nice action scene).4) MCU <*> 40MM battery firing (good action; men all wearing helmets).5) GV 40MM battery in operation, firing.6) MS One 40MM battery firing; one in FG idle (two views).7) MS <*>40MM gun crew in operation (good).8) GV AA flak in sky.9) MS 5" gun firing (single barrel).10) GV MISSOURI tied up at Bearl Harbor; CVE in BG.11) GV Two tugs in Pearl Harbor.12) GV MISSOURI being backed out into bay; CVE to side.13) GV CG cutters and small craft tied up at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.14) LS Looking toward Ford I ; framed by life line and 5" mount gun barrels.15) GV Passing the Administration Building at Ford Island.16) GV Shoreline in the channel of Pearl Harbor and supply depot, as MISSOURI leaves harbor: 5" guns showing in lower FG.17) GV Passing Hickam Field.18) GV Passing antisubmarine net at the entrance of Pearl Harbor; Diamond Head showing in the far BG.19) GV Honolulu side of the channel as the MISSOURI leaves Pearl Harbor.20) GV Stern view of the MISSOURI leaving Pearl Harbor channel; Navy Yard in BG.21) LS Looking over water to city of Honolulu.22) GV 5" battery on the MISSOURI firing.QUALITY: GOOD TO POOR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities