USS NEW JERSEY DEPARTS FROM NAVY YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA Part 1

Description

1) MCU Looking towards starb'd. bow of USS NEW JERSEY, (BB-62); bow lines framed in FG; YTB type tug seen off bow of ship taking tow line aboard. G 2) LA MS Looking up towards the superstructure of ship, pier area off to left. G 3) LA MS Man handling mooring lines on foc'sle of ship. G 4) CU Rear view of worker standing on dock in yellow hard hat; looks up toward men working on foc'sle in the MBG; pulling into one of mooring lines. G 5) LA MS View of crew working on foc'sle, hauling in on mooring line; pan to left, show line coming thru a closed chock. G 6) LA CU Starb'd. bow area of ship; single line running off to pier. G 7) CU Looking underneath the bow section; tug moving around side; stern of unidt. destroyer and CVS type carrier seen in BG at next pier; pan to show line running from bow of NEW JERSEY to stern of YTB. G 8) MLS Looking down pier, NEW JERSEY tied up at right. G 9) LA MS Shot of huge crane removing the brow; smoke comes from the stack of the NEW JERSEY in BG; the ship prepares to leave. G 10) MCU Starb'd. bow view of the NEW JERSEY; lines are still singled up. G 11) CU Line handlers letting go of the singled up lines from the cleat on the pier. G 12) LA MS View of men up on deck hauling in the singled up line. G 13) CU Rear view of unidt. officer and young boy standing on the pier looking up toward bow of the NEW JERSEY; the ship is pulling away from the pier. G 14) CU Yard workers on pier looking at the NEW JERSEY as it pulls away. G 15) MCU Tugs off bow of NEW JERSEY; ship being pulled away from pier. G 16) CU Stern view of the civilian tug moving around to push on the starb'd. bow of the NEW JERSEY. G 17) MS Tugs working around the bow and on the starb'd. bow area of the NEW JERSEY. VG 18) LA MS Superstructure of the NEW JERSEY; signal flags are flying from the yardarm; men are at quarters on deck; pan off to show the colors flying from the main mast; on the structure the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CVS-39) is framed in the FBG over the turret of the NEW JERSEY, as it moves slowly to right. G 19) MLS Looking down towards starb'd. bow of the NEW JERSEY; the ship is under tow. G 20) MS Side view of civilian tug pushing on the stern of the NEW JERSEY. G 21) MS Two tugs pushing on the stern of the NEW JERSEY. G 22) CU Unidt. Navy Commander standing on pier looking towards the NEW JERSEY as it is towed out near the stream. G 23) MS Beam view of the NEW JERSEY. G 24) MLS Forward section of the NEW JERSEY with a tug off the bow; tug departing from the area. 25) CU View of a First Class Petty Officer standing on the pier looking towards the NEW JERSEY in BG underway. G 26) MLS Starb'd. quarter view of NEW JERSEY underway on a misty, hazy day. (SV) G to F

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities