WWII - 1943, PT Boats, Dampier Strait; USS Honolulu (CL-48) Activities; At Sea Footage, 06Jul-02Aug43

WWII - 1943, PT Boats, Dampier Strait; USS Honolulu (CL-48) Activities; At Sea Footage, 06Jul-02Aug43 Man on PT boat racking out torpedo tube. CU Torpedo tube slide in deck mount moving; a man inserts peg into hole of slide. MCU Man puts impulse charge in tube & caps it. 14:14:07 silhouetted PT boat w/ crew past, underway. 14:14:22 MCU CO & an officer on bridge of PT boat. MCU Man at 50 cal. machine gun; MCU fires gun. Men put on lifebelts. Dark, men on lockout; signaling w/ light. 14:16:12 Tracers seen fired at night from on board. 14:17:12 LS SOC taxiing on surface of water to stern of USS HONOLULU (CL-48). 14:17:31 MS Oiler (AO) underway, mail passed to it. Men handling lines to the fuel hose aboard AO. 14:18:11 MLS AO underway. MS Officers standing on the CL deck. MCU Men on deck of the ship. CU Commanding officer (CO) talking to crew (SV). intercut listening; skipper talking. MCU Man sitting on deck. Sailors kidding fat crewman w/ large belly. 14:19:14 MS CL-48 at anchor; signal light messages are sent. Daytime, enlisted men on the CL take bedding from life lines, roll them up & take below. 14:19:59 CU Anchor chain is hauled in. MS Rigged fuel lines of the AO. 14:20:36 MCU Men talking on the signal bridge. 14:20:50 Chaplain beside flag covered coffin, sailor playing trombone. Men w/ heads bowed, cross on wall in front. Seated on CV elevator or ??. 14:21:52 Two sailors cleaning bore of a 6" gun. CU Man dipping brush into fluid; cleaning the bore. CUS. 14:22:42 CU Man passing out mail. 14:22:57 HA Men attending divine services; chaplain speaking; cranes in BG. WW2; Pacific; Navy Activity; At Sea; Light Cruiser; Motor Torpedo Boats;