SEARCH FOR USS SCORPION USS COMPASS ISLAND (AG-153) Part 2

Description

1) MS Three quarter bow view of the ship's life boat hanging at the rail with the crew aboard; ship is seen in far right BG hold down; BG is very hazy; part of the ship's deck is seen in left BG aboard the COMPASS ISLAND; preparations are being made aboard the ship for transfer of the Westinghouse search equipment (side looking sonar) to the USNS MIZAR (AGOR-11). G 2) ELS Silhouette view of the USNS MIZAR. F 3) MLS Port beam view of the USNS MIZAR moving in on the COMPASS ISLAND for the equipment transfer. (scene is unsteady). F 4) MS Port beam view of the MIZAR. G-F 5) HA-MS Rear view of a utility boat hanging from the falls along the port side; some of the crew are seen off to the right on deck of the COMPASS ISLAND. G 6) CU Three quarter front view of a telephone talker standing on deck. G 7) MCU Ship's boat at the rail, crewmen in dungarees are seen down the deck in LBG; crew members are in the boat to the right partially obscured by parts of the ship in FG. F 8) MS Side looking sonar on a wooden platform being lowered down over the ship's side to the waiting boat; Officers are leaning against the gunwale in RFG looking on. (unsteady). F-P 9) HA-MS Utility boat alongside, one crewman is holding onto the platform which side looking sonar is attached. G 10) HA-CU Looking down over stern of the utility boat pulling in the sonar. G 11) HA-MS Looking down over the utility boat with the sonar again being lowered. G 12) MS General view of Officers and men alining the ship's gunwale, looking down over the side; falls are seen in BG extending from davits on down past side of the ship. G 13) LA-CU Bow view of the ship's whale boat, with boat load of Officers and men in life jackets and hard hats being lowered on the falls. (SV) G-F (some what over exposed) 14) HA-MS Whale boat in the water alongside. F 15) HA-MLS Bow view of the whale boat in the water and free of the falls. G 16) HA-CU Bow view of the whale boat backing away from side of the ship; some of the monkey lines are seen hanging in the FG, coxswain kicks the boat away. (OX) F 17) MS Group of men holding onto a cargo net loaded with supplies being hoisted up onto the deck; a few Officers are seen in FBG, cargo net of supplies goes over the side and disappears out of the scene to the left; PAN to right showing another side looking sonar on a wooden plaftform setting on the weather deck in RBG. G 18) HA-MS Of the supplies in the cargo net being lowered down toward the utility boat. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities