SKATE FTG

Description

1) LA CU American, British, and Australian flags flying from the sail of the USS SKATE (SSN-578); PAN to men standing on the ice next to the SKATE; PAN along the length of the SKATE which has surfaced in the ice; the men wear heavy clothing; PAN back to the men on the ice near the SKATE; PAN to stern of the SKATE where ice is chunked up. GtoF2) MS One of the men standing on the ice lights a ready torch and another man reads from a book; other men on deck of SKATE in BG. GtoF3) CU Commanding officer of the SKATE walking past the camera. GtoF4) MS Four men standing on after deck of SKATE; swish PAN to where the Commanding officer (reading from small book which resembles the bible) and three other men stand on the ice; the ceremony is undt (SV). GtoF

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities