EVALUATION OF MK-16 & MK-37 TORPEDO Part 3

Description

1) AtoG LS Target ship; oil slick on water off to right; PAN around toward starboard side of ship and on over the large oil slick caused by one of the torpedo hits on the target ship; continues PAN all around the ship. Jumpy--exposure varying. Continuous PAN around the ship; MK-16 torpede hits the ship in the bow, splitting the bow, tearing it away; large geyser of water and smoke cover the area; PAN on around stern of the ship; the bow floating off forward of the ship. G-F (very long scene)2) AtoG MCU PAN Past starboard side of the ship showing the bow breken off. G3) AtoG LS Submarine traveling along on the surface.4) AtoG CU PAN Starboard side of the ship showing the damage.5) AtoG CU Showing damage to target ship; bowmissing. G-F6) AtoG LS Target ship, bow missing; oil slick in the water off to starboard side; ship listing to starboard; PAN back away from the ship. G7) AtoG MLS Ship (very jumpy scene); ship being picked up again after being lost from view; torpedo wake is seen heading toward the port side of the ship, striking the ship with another MK-16 torpedo, hitting it amidships, breaking the ship in half; tremendous explosion; PAN on around the ship showing the ship breaking in the middle, beginning to sink. G8) AtoG MLS Ship broken in two parts and sinking.9) AtoG MLS Damaged target ship, listed, sinking and broken in two; PAN over the top of the target ship showing the two sections; air coming up out of the holes as the two sections sink. G10) AtoG MLS Two sections sticking up through the surface.11) AtoG MS Looking down over the target ship, the two sections close to one another upright in the water.12) AtoG CU PAN Over the one section of the ship, the stern, still fleating; large oil slick around the area. G-F

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities