USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) AT SEA Part 1

Description

1) CU #1 turret, the guns depressed, the turret trained to normal; #2 turret in mid BG trained to port, #1 turret begins training around to port; turret continues training around; both #1 and #2 turrets are now trained to port, guns elevated. G 2) MCU #1 turret, guns being depressed; turret trains back around to normal position; superstructure of ship in mid BG; #2 turret is still trained out over the port side; few men are seen walking about deck in left BG; #1 turret stops after moving to normal position; two of the gun barrels are framed directly in FG; guns of #2 turret are elevated. VG 3) CU #1 turret, two gun barrels framed in FG; #2 turret trains around from port side, over deck, to normal position; center barrel is elevated on #2 turret. SV of turrets training. VG 4) LA MS Superstructure, PAN to men standing under gun barrels of #1 turret, as they clean the center gun. G 5) ECU Two men standing at the muzzle of center gun barrel. G 6) ECU Hands holding onto a manila line running into the middle gun barrel. 7) MCU Officers and men in front of the muzzle of center gun. 8) ECU Two manila lines leading into muzzle of 16" gun barrel; PAN, to the mid and left gun. G 9) MS Choppy water alongside the ship. G 10) CU Looking down over choppy water; PAN over the wooden deck. G 11) LS Looking out over the sea. 12) CU Line of seaman holystoning the wooden deck; PAN, showing the 16" guns of #3 turret; (SV), of men holystoning the deck. G 13) CU Men holystoning (SV). VG 14) LA CU Seaman holystoning. G 15) MLS Looking down line of men bent over holystoning the deck. G 16) LA CU Two 16" guns; PAN down, men in silhouette in far BG. F 17) LA CU Gun barrels of #3 turret; PAN, several men in FG in silhouette. G to F 18 MCU Line of men holystoning. G 19) LS Men holystoning #3 turret framed in BG (UX). F

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities