A CARRIER COMES HOME
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Year Published: 1961
Format: 16mm
Description: This WWII film "A Carrier Comes Home" shows an aircraft carrier in port for repairs. A USO welcome home show is performed by Hollywood stars for U.S. Navy servicemen and shipyard workers. It features stars such as Danny Kaye, Dale Evans, Dick Powell and Yvonne de Carlo. It opens with images of a naval vessel getting patch work done (:34). The shipyard employees get word of a carrier arriving from the Pacific front (:38). Dick Powell and Dale Evans are seen (:52). Dick Powell was a tenor singer who also hosted the ‘Dick Powell Show’ airing on NBC from 1961 to 1963. Dale Evans was the third wife of Roy Rogers. The pair starred in feature films and television series such as ‘The Roy Rogers Show’. The servicemen enjoy a welcome home show (1:19). Dick Powell begins singing (1:47). The Canadian actress; Yvonne De Carlo performs a number in a slinky black outfit (2:55). Yvonne was known for her role as Lily Munster on ‘The Munsters’. ‘The Munsters’ ran for two seasons in 1964. Dale Evans (3:50) and Danny Kaye also deliver songs for the troops (4:19). Danny Kaye stared in films such as the 'Secret Life of Walter Minny’ released in 1947. The film concludes as the aircraft carrier heads back out to sea for another mission (6:04).
Transcription
we've been work was hot plenty hot by the time we finish tossing our stuff we've put our own personal brand on part of the Jeff Navy and Air Force and we've taken a few slugs doing so here we were in drydock getting a patch job there were workers all over the deck what they weren't fixing we were polishing up for our next session with the boys from Tokyo while all this is going on word is passed to the Hollywood victory committee that a damaged flattop is home for repairs so up from the film town comes a double O two names and give us a show on the spot Danny Kaye dick paul day 11 Yvonne De Carlo will flock of it for most of them this was their first time on a flat top and there are like a small town gang taking their first look at the big city the commander shows him around including a gander at our scoreboard that proved that we hadn't been out trolling for Barracuda then below in a hangar deck while the flight deck was still crawling with welders riveters and repair man we got a welcome home show that did more for us than a double dose of vitamins here's some samples of what went on Dick Powell open the show I've got a lot of a little medley of some old songs i've done it picks it up and doing him for so many years i see so many fellas down here really they look so young 17 18 years old i know that if you remember these songs your mother must have carried you to see the show and I only hope you'll remember the boys oh baby what I with they stand you oh if you have to take a lickin carry on when talking it won't give up over the sea it may there were Oh I am big is shining shutting out Johnny Oh again then Paul brought on something you dream about but you couldn't find on a hanger deck once in 10 years Yvonne De Carlo wait love away oh all the music i have I don't know what else I guess possibly do for you and another one for the personal log day 11 oh man how that little lady rapped us up they'll be down little brain work to do there were other blocks up and finally Danny Kaye with a session of special numbers that included this I have a song they used to doing a show called let's face it a couple of months ago and it's called melody and forend and in this particular song it's the story of a select eep and the time he gets his questionnaire in his physical examination and assigned to a class coming out there I will sing hey young pop you know the duck hospital Eddie did you beat the song because community because someone gave him gone I guess Chrissy be like ask again bro the mailman he did you two meet for someone give him gone to get to see we look at the hollows of the faith in him doe questionnaire to give him to get to see realistic they are also the way of saying he's definitely living for silent even garlic if we look at the campus of the bays and also dr. do business a peeler hiya doc palace of the flame you're saying to keep community purse on the game John just to say we have a holly anything mr. injury to the fine specimen all know to get get you did everything for say we didn't go under guscott Lee be look at the game flat fee he could give me some our get the in the car haha to give him go on the gospel see me to get UK a hold of the pain anybody ever out of the plane say engineer them he can give them he can you get your money well we're shipshape again and back on duty but wherever we go and whatever happens that victory committee sure gave us something to talk about besides breakfast in bed yes sir
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