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WWII - 1945, Training Film: Damage Control - Fire Fighting Aboard Ship R1 of 3

Reel Number: 221498-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 13:14:50

TC Ends: 13:24:15

Duration: 00:09:25

WWII - 1945, Training Film: Damage Control - Fire Fighting Aboard Ship R1 of 3 Titles 13:16:00 Task force at sea. Kamikaze into water near aircraft carrier, flak, explosion on deck. View of burning carrier. Fighter plane igniting in fire ball. Landing plane dropping rocket which skids across deck. Firefighters pulling hoses across deck & fighting fire of several burning planes. 13:16:56 Men seen fighting fire close to camera. Staged fires. Illustration of ship & decks w/ storage & bunks. Fuel oil, ammunition etc. stored. Planes taking off. Men fighting fires of burning planes. Extinguishing fires thru doors. VO about steel conducting heat. 13:18:29 Blow torch against metal plate w/ cardboard carton behind. Carton igniting & burning. Fires shown thru metal walls. Radiated heat from plate ignites carton. 13:19:37 Ship illustration showing cross section w/ ventilating ducts & movement of air & fire. Concept of boxes shown. CU flames. 13:20:30 Sailor wiping down equipment discovers fire & tries to put out w/ extinguisher. Firemen running hoses down stairways. Inspecting area after fire by sailor & officer. 13:21:44 Fire burning in bunks; smoke out of ventilator. CU sailor on radiophone. Men arriving to fight fire, hose lines run out, breathing tanks & masks put on. Men descend thru hatch cover. WW2 Navy Training Films; Shipboard Fires; Flames; NOTE: GOOD CU shots of fire burning throughout reel.

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