U.S. Navy: bomb handling--handout

Item Description
Title
U.S. Navy: bomb handling--handout

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 2

Sound or Silent
Silent

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WLTX-TV News Collection


Date
1967

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Probably filmed in 1967.

Content Description
Various scenes of ordnance crew loading bombs onto a McDonnell-Douglas A-4 "Skyhawks" aboard the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS "Constellation" (CVA-64). Closeup hand writting slogan onto bomb. Exterior; day: airplane being positioned on flight deck of aircraft carrier. Interior: crewmen move bombs onto elevator. Exterior; day: crewmen remove bombs to airplanes, install bombs, set fuses. Airplane catapult launched. Aerial views of airplane dropping ordnance over North Vietnam. Shots of explosions. Hanout from United States Navy. See script file. Color print is visibly faded.

Geographic Location
Vietnam.


Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Skyhawk (Jet attack plane)
Aviation.
United States. Navy.


Contributor Name
USN (2550-67-40)
WNOK 0000


Creator Name
WIS-TV (Production unit)


Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Donor
WLTX-TV


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Silent. Acetate. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate.

Citation
U.S. Navy: bomb handling--handout. (WLTX-TV News Story 2.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
01:19

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2017-08-07

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/