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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
NAVAL GUN FACTORY (NPC 39) Part 1
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1) MS Looking into the barrel of 16" gun, showing the rifling.2) MLS Crane moving the barrel of 16" gun.3) MS Gun barrel coming out of furnace and being forged; hot steel drops off of mold.4) DS Looking into the shop; various sizes of guns.5) MS Various operations showing pots with molten metal and throwing off molten metal.6) LS Men welding on gun barrel.7) MCU Small billet of steel being forged.8) MS Woman worker in factory operating machine.9) CU Man operating metal lathe.10) CU Woman worker weighing shell cups.11) MS Man polishing shell.12) MS Man cleaning barrel of 16" gun.13) LS Furnace room.14) DS Interior of machine shop.15) MS Gun turret testing device.16) LS Furnace room; hot steel overflowing from buckets.QUALITY(FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE OTHER SIDE)17) LS Hot steel mold is removed from furnace.18) MCU Men feeding billet of steel into forge.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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