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1942 DEFENCE / AT SEA: Floating workshop performs miracles by way of repairs to maintain destroyer
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1:53Now PlayingDate: 28th December 1942
Location: MISCELLANEOUS SEAS
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: REPAIR-SHIP KEEPS DESTROYERS AT SEA
AT SEA:
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Allied Destroyers alongside Depot Ship.
LTV two men looking over gun on destroyer.
LV man welding on deck of destroyer.
CU man welding on deck of destroyer.
SV section of steel girder being hoisted aboard Depot ship from destroyer.
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GV machine shop on board depot ship.
SV section turning on lathe, watched by two men.
CU section on lathe being cut, watched by two men.
LV section on another lathe, turning.
CU section being cut.
LV foundry on ship.
SV Man stoking furnace.
CU flames from furnace.
SV men emptying molten metal into container.
CU emptying molten metal into container.
SV men pouring molten metal from container into moulds.
CU men pouring molten metal from container into moulds.
SV and CU men hammering hot metal - sparks flying.
SV cutting hot metal by means of circular saw, sparks flying.
LV and SV men, dressed in white, cutting and weighing dough
CU kneading dough.
CU putting dough into tray.
CU man switching on electric oven.
CU man taking tray with loaves out of oven.
SV two men putting loaves of bread into sack.
LV torpedo workshop.
CU mechanic working on torpedo.
SV mechanics working on torpedo.
CU mechanic working on torpedo.
SV mechanic turning propellors on torpedo.
SV men cutting planks of wood in woodshop on saw lathes.
CU cutting planks of wood in woodshop on saw lathes.
STV cutting plank in two.
SV turning wood on lathe and moulding into shape.
CU turning wood on lathe and moulding into shape.
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STV showing lifeboats on deck being repaired.
SV men repairing boats.
SCU two men repairing lifeboats.
Various shots of destroyer moving away rom Depot ship.
Ships and Boats, Navy - Active / World War II / WWII
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