USS NEW JERSEY LAST LINE PERIOD off Vietnamese Coast Part 1

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1) HA MS Gun director officer in gun director, the director swinging around; water in left BG; PAN left, twin mount. VG 2) HA MS Gun director officr in director, with phones. 3) HA MS 5" mount training over starb'd side. G 4) HA MLS twin 5" mounts training out over starboard side, part of gun director in left FG. VG 5) HA MLS Two 5" mounts trained to starb'd, both guns firing; part of gun director in left FG; smoke drifts off to BG. VG 6) HA CU Looking over 5" twin mount firing both guns, water in BG. G 7) HA CU Wake of USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) (SV). VG 8) CU Looking down over sun-speckled water passing under ship'd bow. VG 9) CU Looking down over sun- speckled water, PAN up, showing vast open sea, horizan in BG. Ex. 10) Looking down over water. VG 11) HA MS Turret #2 training inboard; PAN around to right, turret stopping while trained about 4 points off bow. VG 12) HA MCU Center gun elevating, coastline of Vietnam in mid BG; a round is fired, gun is depressed; PAN down with gun. Ex. 13) HA CU Gun barrels of #2 turret, smoke drifting out. VG 14) HA MS Center gun elevating on #2 turret; gun director is in right FG' another round is fired, gun is depressed for reloading; coastline of Vietnam in BG (SV). Ex. 15) HA MS Side view, #1 turret trained to port. #1 gun of turret is elevated. VG 16) HA MS Gun firing a salvo to port, then depressing; PAN down to #1 turret, smoke pouring from gun as blast of air is sent thru gun barred; gun director is in lower FG. VG 17) HA MS Gun elevated, firing another round; gun is depressed on #1 turret; forward deck area in BG (SV). Ex. 18) HA CU Radar antenna on gun director, PAN down to gun director officer sitting on top of gun director with his phone. Ex. 19) HA MS Elevated 16" gun firing; PAN, huge amount of brown smoke filling scene, drifting off to left. VG 20) MLS Vietnamese shoreline, smoke enters scene from right from guns; halyards in left FG. VG 21) Frame view, 16" gun firing to port, coastline in far BG (SV). VG 22) CU Ship's Journalist obtaining pilot's name, while he is still in cockpit of Army UH-1DD on deck of NEW JERSEY. (SV) G 23) CU Journalist speaking with pilot; pilot then climbs out of 'copter 24) CU Pilot signing a form, handing it to a Navy enl'd man in FG. 25) CU Rear view, two pilots walking over deck, several officers and men of ship in mid BG; PAN right, pilot posing next to 'copter for a photo. G 26) CU Man in dungarees training s speedgraphic on pilot; PAN right, pilot shaking hands with CAPT J. E. SNYDER, C.O. of NEW JERSEY, G 27) LA MS Two pilots posing with CAPT SNYDER next to 'copter. G 28) Large crowd of ship's crew poising next to 'copter; two ship's cooks come into scene with a large cake. G 29) CU Cooks posing with the large cake. 30) CU Ship's Journalist talking with co- pilot of 'copter (this is the 500th 'copter landing aboard NEW JERSEY); PAN to an unidentified officer 31) CU Looking thru view finder of a speedgraphic; PAN back, looking over right shoulder of photographer taking a picture of pilot. G 32) LA MS UH-1D on deck of ship, main rotor engaged; ship's crane in BG; LSE stands in right BG. G 33) MS UH-1D, with crew. G 34) CU Side view, 'copter lifting off from deck, flying out over port side; PAN right, tail-away view of 'copter. G 35) LA MLS, 'copter on fly- by; PAN right, 82' Coast Guard Patrol Boat some distance from ship. VG 36) HA CU Ship's officer closing a small hatch on a weather deck compartment; PAN right, shoulder patch of the "Screaming Eagles", an airborne division patch; officer and two men walk towards lifeline. VG 37) HA CU Two Coast Gaurd Patrol Boats tied alongside NEW JERSEY, as they receive fresh water (SV) . VG 38) MCU Three crewmen aboard onn of theCoast Guard Cutters; PAN right, words "Coast Guard" painted on side of a cabin. VG 39) HA MCU Vietnamese aboard Coast Guard Cutter, along with U.S. personnel. G 40) Two Coats Guard officers chatting on deck of Patrol Boat. G to F

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities