Pre-WWII - 1930s, USA Navy: First Aircraft Carrier Construction & Launching

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pre-WWII - 1930s, USA Navy: First Aircraft Carrier Construction & Launching Aerial from biplane over USS RANGER (CV-4) alongside pier under construction, Newport News, Virginia (1931-1934). 15:12:42 Two men looking at blueprints on desk; MLS of room w/ other desks, men & blueprints. 15:13:11 MS Yard workmen pose for camera on pier w/ ship & scaffolding behind. 15:13:34 MS Office workers working over papers at desk. (GOOD general office shot) 15:13:58 CU ornate sign: Newport News Naval Ship Building And Dry Dock Co. Tilt down. 15;14:10 MS draftsmen working on large drafting tables. 15:14;25 Pan over empty drydocks & scaffolding / cranes. 15:14:36 LS thru hangar deck of RANGER showing shipyard workmen working on deck. High angle / HA MS Men working w/ drawings & patterns. Men working on deck; working from scaffolding on side of ship. 15:15:13 Large steel bender ; men bending large steel plates. 15:15:47 CU Still photograph, laying of keel, 1931, of CV-4. Construction photographs taken over years of until near completion. 15:17:58 MCU Officer seated at desk reviewing bound drawings & making notes. 15:18:21 Captain Arthur Leroy Bristol Jr. & officers inspect sailors in front of hangers. 15:22:06 MS Group of officers stand at attention on tarmac. 15:22:13 CU Unidentified officer seated, writing at desk. 15:22:22 LS Group of sailors & chiefs inspect motor of biplane MS sailors posing in front of planes. 15:23:01 Shot on deck of CV-4 under construction. Men inspecting under scaffolding in drydock prior to launch. 15:23:22 25Feb33. LS Ranger in water w/ tugs alongside; moved back to dock after launch. 15:23:53 LS CV-4 in drydock prior to launch. CU Men beneath hull knocking out chocks . 15:25:02 Bow of RANGER as Mrs. Hoover prepares to swing bottle against hull. CU Men remove last chocks w/ rachet device. MS Mrs Hoover breaks bottle & ship slowly slides down ways as spectators watch. 15:27:57 HA spectators watching & pan to hull in water & leaving stand; watching hull in harbor. CU returning to dock; workmen move alongside docked aircraft carrier hull. 15:29:47 Workmen down gangway of carrier after later construction; & leaving Navy yard, pixillated. Pre-WW2; Naval Ships; Launchings; Firsts; Naval Air Force; Preparations; Crew; NOTE: USS Ranger was first US Navy ship to be built from keel up as aircraft carrier. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Very good quality & interest. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk