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WWII - Color, 1942, USA Homefront: Kaiser Richmond Shipyard & Liberty Ship Construction Pt. 2 of 3

Reel Number: 250098-02

Color: Black and White and Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1942

Country: USA

Location: California,Richmond

TC Begins: 02:13:28

TC Ends: 02:26:28

Duration: 00:13:00

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1942, USA Homefront: Kaiser Richmond Shipyard & Liberty Ship Construction Pt. 2 of 3 Continued... Title: Fore Peak Lower Section Installed. Large bow of ship alone in scaffolding; crane working. 02:13:58 Title: Placing Fore Peak On Ship. Swinging large sections around, lowering one onto trailer & tractor pulling; Very large crane lifting vertically & placing in cribbing. 02:16:08 Title: Union Melt Bottom Shell . Machine cutting, another vacuuming ships. CU man w/ air-driven chisel. 02:16:48 Title: Bulkhead Assembly. High angle / HA men working placing beam; fabricating w/ steel plate on top; cutting w/ torch. 02;17:26 Title: Double Bottom Assembly Cutting Floor Plates. Man operating powered cutter. Crane moving plate & lowering, men guiding. GOOD. 02:18:09 Title: Union Melt Tank Top. Men working w/ machine moving across plate; others measuring. LS lifting small steel section & moving to men & placing. 02:18:55 Title: Union Melt Gantry On Double Bottom Floors. Men beside gantry over section of structure & attaching rigging. Gantry pulleys slowly turning, MS & MCU as welded bead anchor rib to plate. 02:20:11 Title: Piping Double Bottom. Man welding while others install pipe thru sections, filing by hand to fit. Arc welding in place. LS of many men working on ribs of ship. Other sections & MCU of man tightening section in clamps for welding. LS crane picking large section & moving, lowering onto trailer behind special tractor & towed away; hoisted & moved above camera onto steel plate for bottom of ship. 02:23:14 Title: Pre-Fabrication Super Structure. Pan yard w/ gantry crane out of building & trucks & men working. Plate steel laying on ground, attached to hoist; Hyster unit picking up steel & moving; crane swinging plate into position, men guiding & placing. Beginning sections of ship w/ verticals. 02:24:59 Title: Double Torch Cutting of Deck Plates For Union Melt. MCU of cutting tools along edge of steel plates; men adjusting position of twin cutters following chalked lines. 02:25:54 Title: Buffing Plates For Union Melt MCU working edges of section previously cut. Arc welding sections & grinding weld. 02:26:23 Title: Setting Transformer - Union Melt. WW2; California Work Force; Shipbuilding Industry; Cargo Ships; Wartime; Prefabrication; NOTE: Any continuous 13 minutes of 02:00:03 - 02:26:28 sold at per reel rate. Good color & action. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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