Summary

In US Navy exercise off California coast, battleships launch airplanes with catapults to spot target and then fire their guns

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 3676
Clip SR003938_02_01.mov
Date 4/1/1932
Title In US Navy exercise off California coast, battleships launch airplanes with catapults to spot target and then fire their guns
Description Title card: "Fleet's big guns thunder at hidden mark on Pacific - Battleships catapult planes from deck to spot target off California coast" / two shots from battleship of fleet of battleships streaming along / two shots from battleship of plane being launched with catapult from another battleship / three shots from battleship of battleships firing their guns / overhead shot on board battleship of its guns firing / shot from battleship of another battleship firing its guns / shot on board battleship of its guns firing / two shots from battleship of battleships firing their guns / shot on board battleship of its guns firing / two shots form battleship of battleships steaming ahead / two shots on board battleship of water splashing onto its deck / shot from battleship of battleship behind it steaming through rough seas / overhead shot on board battleship of its bow plowing through rough seas / three shots from battleship of battleship behind it steaming through rough seas / Note: exact day not known
Country United States
Province/State California

Keywords

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Pacific Ocean
United States Navy
military ships
catapults
military airplanes
naval guns
gunfire
military training
United States military
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