TRAINING EXERCISES ABOARD USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) Part 2

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1) HA MLS Looking down over the weather decks of the NEW JERSEY (BB-62), showing men running to their GQ station. View looks down over the port, weather deck area; VG 2) HA MS Overlooking the 5" gun director in motion, 5" mount is seen off to the left; VG. 3) CU Rear view of lookout viewing the target island with binoculars, island is San Clemente, off the coast of California, in the LBG; G. 4) CU The bravo flag flying in the right FG, water is seen in the BG, part of the port weather deck area is seen also two 5" twin mounts trained outboard; VG 5) HA MLS Looking down over the water from the great height on the ship, smoke from 5" gun pours out over the side; G. 6) CU Rear view of two men on the open bridge, one in khakis, viewing the island with binoculars; G- Fair. 7) HA MLS Overlooking the twin 5" gun barrels of the mount firing, smoke drifting to the left, shell casings rolling over the deck area ahead of the mount, the mount fires the second salvo, continues firing at intervals. Good. 8) CU The bravo flag flying from the USS NEW JERSEY (BB- 62), framed by water in the BG, SV-DA; VG. 9) HA MS Looking down over a twin 5" mount training around to the secured position; G. 10) HA CU Looking down over the signal hoist, and the bravo flag flying below the camera position, the 5" gun director seen trained outboard in the lower BG; G. 11) HA CU Front view of the 5" gun director trained inboard; crew still aboard; G. 12) HA MS Men sitting atop one of the turrets; G-F. 13) MS The orange object floating past the ship, believed to be the target boat; G-F. 14) HA MLS Looking down over the port weather deck area, showing some of the crew on deck, water off to the right; G. 15) MS The ship's whale boat on the port side, hanging from the stern sfter the falls on the bow section gave way; G. 16) MS An officer in a white helmet, standing alongside the whale boat hanging by stern, the bow hanging down over the side; G. 17) CU Many of the crew on deck, the lowered whale boat in the BG hanging from the davits by the stern; G. 18) HA MCU The whale boat hanging from the davits by the stern, crewman is seen to the right on the weather deck; G. 19) CU PAN upwards with a long manila line being taken in by crewmen in the BG; F. 20) HA MCU Crewman on deck turning a crank on the davits, PAN to left showing the boat hanging from the stern section on the davit; G. 21) HA MS Looking down over the many crewmen on deck looking over the side, one empty davit is tipped outboard over the water; G. 22) CU Side view of a SH-3D helicopter flying off the side of the NEW JERSEY; G-F. 23) HA MCU Looking down over crewmen working on the weather deck edge and trying to recover the whale boat; G. 24) HA MLS Looking down over the line of men around the lifeline looking over the side. 25) HA MLS Side view of whale boat underway with a two-man crew in the boat; VG. 26) HA MCU The boat underway, short distance off the side of the ship, SV; VG. 27) CU The whale boat with the two-man crew in the boat, zoom way back taking in some of the NEW JERSEY in the FG, whale boat in the FBG; G. 28) LA MS Sea gulls perched on the stern crane of the ship, zoom back away for a LS of the crane and part of the ship's 'copter deck on the fantail, zoom back in towards the sea gulls resting on the crane. 29) HA MS Looking towards the fuel hose secured aboard the NEW JERSEY, and fueling taken place between USS PLATTE AO-24 and the USS NEW JERSEY. Fueling crew standing by in the FG and BG in hard hats and life jackets; G. 30) ECU Tompion in the muzzle of one of the 16" guns, part of the ship's superstructure framed in the BG; G. 31) MS Side view of the USS PLATTE (AO-24) framed by two bitts on the deck edge in the FG on board USS NEW JERSEY, during refueling at sea; G-F.

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities