WWII - 1942, USA Homefront: Naval Conversion of SS Normandie & Fire Aftermath

WWII - 1942, USA Homefront: Naval Conversion of SS Normandie & Fire Aftermath U.S. Navy officers inspecting cut-away model of USS Lafayette (SS Normandie), look at plans & gestures; removing upper section. MCU & CUs. 07:23:47 CU sign: U.S.S. Lafayette - May 28, 1942. List of personnel (killed?). 07:23:58 MCU of bow of Normandie w/ workmen on ladders & scaffolding over name. GOOD shots. 07:24:28 Views along side of ship, welders working. Covered gangways in place. 07:24:58 Men working painting on scaffolds on top of smokestacks. 07:25:20 MCU Men on scaffold by ship’s name hoisting removed letter “M”. View of ship from bow. 07:26:13 LS of docked ship showing 3 stacks. MCU welding over portholes from on scaffolding. Various shots. 07:27:18 LS along side of overturned Normandie, men on & off ship. 07:27:57 Deep sea diver in suit helped to descend from pier. Helmeted patted. 07:28:46 Workman out of anchor hole on side of ship w/ rope. Workmen carry door to dock; other salvage workers along dock & ship. CU sign: No Smoking ON This Vessel... Skyscrapers in background. 07:30:11 View across overturned ship of New Jersey buildings. Reverse shot towards NYC buildings across hull w/ traffic on elevated West Side Highway. Ships, Retrofitting; Accident; 1942; WW2; Ocean Liners;