BOMB HANDLINS ABOARD USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) Gulf of Tonkin Part 2

Description

1) MS Two ordnancemen approaching with Snakeye bombs on a bomb cart along the mess decks; more AO's arrive in BG with Snakeye bombs; forklift is in BG. VG 2) MS Mess deck, as AO's wheel bomb carts. VG 3) MS Taken from the bomb elevator, as AO's approach thru the door opening with bombs on bomb carts; men leave the elevator and close the door shuting out all light except for two red lights. VG 4) HA CU Snakeye bombs, man using a grease pencil writing on side of bomb: "From the Connie With Love". VG 5) MS Several Snakeye bombs strapped to bomb carts; an AO is off to the right writing on one of the bombs; another AO comes into scene, they back the bomb cart out of the pile and push it over the mess deck; several other bombs in BG ready for movement to elevator. G 6) CU Looking down over opening to bomb elevator on flight deck level; two missiles appear on a bomb cart. G 7) HA CU Looking down over opening of bomb elevator, Snakeye bombs come up on the elevator. G 8) CU Walk PAN over part of flight deck. G to F 9) CU Looking down over bomb elevator, Snakeye bombs come up to flight deck level; AO in BG grabs hold of the handle of a bomb cart to pull it off the bomb elevator. G 10) CU Looking down over the open bomb elevator as more Snakeye bombs come up on the elevator on two carts; group of AO's are in BG; a man attaches a handle to one of the bomb carts, pulls the cart off the elevator; second man pulls the second bomb cart off elevator, swings the cart around, pushes it to the far BG; safety chain is put back in place around the elevator. VG 11) HA LS Looking down bomb elevator to the decks far below; AO is wheeling Snakeye bombs onto the bomb elevator from mess deck area three decks below. 12) HA MCU Bomb elevator riding up towards camera with two carts, two bombs on each cart; cart stops in FG to show a CU of the two bombs. VG 13) CU PAN AO wheeling two of the Snakeye bombs over the deck around to the side of an aircraft. G 14) MLS Overlooking several Snakeye bombs secured to bomb carts from FG to far BG ready for loading aboard aircraft; AO's wheel bombs into scene from left to push them in place alongside the other bombs. VG

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities