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Launching LSD; USS Yorktown; Tanker Torpedoed
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Listed at the National Archives as " 16041 Prod Movietone Subj Launching LSD Footage 400." LSD is an acronym for "Landing Ship, Docks" a type of Landing Craft. National Archives description: "1) MS LSD being launched; it slides down the ways sideways. 2) GV Workers driving wedges from beneath the hull of the USS Doyen. 3) MS Ship as she is launched, oil wells of Long Beach seen in the bg. 4) CU Open-end stern for handling LCVP"s. 16315 PROD: USS YORKTOWN (MOVIETONE) SUBJ: HITS ON FLIGHT DECK 100" 1) CU Damage caused by direct hit on the flight deck of the Yorktown 2) CU 1-1. 3) MCU Dead personnel lying around the deck near 1.1 gun mount. 16363 PROD: FOX-MOVIETONE SUBJ: ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS 1500 1) MCU Aircraft flying overhead dropping bombs into the water. 2) MCU 1.1 firing. (SV) 3) MCU Forward turrets firing aboard cruiser. 16364 PROD: MOVIETONE SUBJ: AMERICAN TANKER TORPEDOED 74" 1) LS Ship burning on the horizon. 2) LS Ship burning on the horizon; DE in the fg. QUALITY: GOOD" National Archives Identifier: 80279 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a vet…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War II, Landing Craft, Newsreel, USS Yorktown, USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Doyen, USS Doyen (APA-1), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945, Antiaircraft Guns, Merchant Marines
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