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1939 USA / DEFENCE: US recondition forty-nine destroyers for service
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0:47Now PlayingDate: 17th April 1939
Location: QUINCY, MASS., U.S.A. SAN DIEGO, U.S.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: San Diego:
General view of about 20 destroyers tied up in dock side by side / bows in line / funnel of destroyer / General view lowering funnel and semi view putting funnel into place / Angle shot looking thru funnel going into place / hoisting torpedo tube / sailor directing derrick / torpedo tube being lowered on deck of Destroyer / Elevated view of destroyers lined up.
Massachussets: Quincy:
Angle shot bow of wasp / Mrs. Edison holding bottle / Mrs. Edison breaks bottle on bow of Wasp and splashes man's suit / Front view Wasp Down slipway / General view 21 planes flying overhead / General view ship in water after launch
Navy - Active; United States of America
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