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DOCUMENTARIES & NEWSREELS

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Title: DOCUMENTARIES & NEWSREELS
File Number: DN-LB-787 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Description: Korean War, WWII 09:01:15 1952, Korean War: GENERAL ACTIVITIES ABD USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) Korean Area Battleship LS Over water: CV underway with planes on flight deck folding wings Secondary gun battery of WISCONSIN firing to port, high elevation From top of *2 turret: Bow underway Gun turret *1 & *2, 16 salvo, stbd bow at Korean coastline PAN Around stern of WISCONSIN underway POV through window of helicopter landing on ship (seen from behind pilot) camera mounted in cockpit of HRS-1 helicopter that is coming in for landing on stern of WISCONSIN LS Across water: 16 single shots hitting coastline of Korea mountainous BG From bridge: 16 *1 & *2 turrets firing over stbd bow at Korean coastline LS Over water: Hits on coastline Shell hole made by enemy artillery on WISCONSIN near 40mm gun tub on 02 level stbd e shrapnel marks on bulkhead int damage QUALITY GOOD Crew in dungarees (blue jeans) & watch caps grouped on deck CU Member of MAA force looking at shrapnel marks on bulkhead MCU Repair crew cleaning up debris & patching shell hole in deck on 02 level Chaplain walking across deck on WISCONSIN Crew member helping chaplain put on Mae West prior to getting in helicopter & taking off from WISCONSIN 09:12:20 1952, Korean War: USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) RETURNS FROM KOREA Norfolk, Va WISCONSIN coming into pier *7 at NOB, Norva Men manning rail band waiting CU Dependents and relatives waiting on pier Families on shore waving to sailors on ship CU Waves marching on pier CU Dependents going abd 09:17:00 1952, Korean War: THE FLOATING CITY USS WISCONSIN (BB-63) PAN WISCONSIN aft gun turret firing to port qtr Stbd side with guns Meat cutters in galley kitchen cutting up meat (good) CU Pile of steaks (good) From top of *1, 16 turret showing strikers cleaning 16 barrels Gunner's mates and strikers cleaning out 16 barrels Men placing muzzle covers over 16 barrels Enlisted personnel in legal officer's office seeking advice CU Sign: Legal Officer Stbd lookout OD in wheelhouse of ship *1 and *2 turrets elevating and tring on port bow From *2 turret toward bow: *1 and *2 turrets training to port bow Gunnery crew leaving 16 turret Personnel at battle stations at twin 40mm guns Training gun mounts Control panel of engine room operators wearing head sets directly from bridge CU Control panel in engine room Working party going thru and dogging hatch 09:27:04 1944, WWII: ADMIRAL NIMITZ VISITS USS WISCONSIN, 11 06 1944 1) Adm Nimitz piped aboard (slightly over-cranked) 2) Adm Nimitz & party, (Adm CH McMorris, Capt Earle E Stone, Cmdr George F O'Keef) 3) Adm Nimitz talks to officers on docks makes tour of inspection (probably at Pearl Harbor) 09:28:30 1954, Korean War: BATTLESHIPS OF IOWA CLASS MANEUVERINGAV BB of the IOWA Class underway (port-beam view) BB underway another BB underway in upper right BG BB underway (port-beam view) USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), USS MISSOURI (BB-63), and USS IOWA (BB-6, 06 07 1954 Footage is grainy, not very good quality 09:39:41 1944, WWII: GIs on leave, Paris, France Good quality Soldier lasciviously watching woman ride by on bicycles (gives creepy grin) They visit various sites: American Red Cross - Rainbow Corner, American Cathedral Man stamping on-leave passes 09:49:04 1944, WWII: GENERAL GEORGE PATTON, JR, VISITS 95TH DIVISION, SAARLAUTERN, GERMANY NEWLY TAKEN TOWN, WINGEN, GERMANY MOPPING UP OPERATIONS, PINWE, BURMA Smoldering ruins of buildings Tanks roll through narrow village streets Small group of POWs with hands held up are marched through streets Soldiers go into forest, scatter and search Soldiers building wooden bridge 10:00:56 1944, WWII: Red cross soldiers pushing boat filled with supplies through town Get into boat and try to cross river Camouflaged trucks driving on road Trucks drive onto and through shallow water 10:10:46 1944, WWII: 29TH DIVISION MOVING IN HUCHEIN (?), GERMANY AIR STRIKE ON ROER RIVER, KOSLAR (?), GERMANY GI'S GIVE PARTY FOR LUXEMBOURG CHILDREN, WILTZ, LUXEMBOURG GI playing guitar and singing for children & villagers 10:20:50 1944, CHRISTMAS CAROLS, FORT CHOISEL, MAGINOT LINE, FRANCE, Christmas carolers (MOS)