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CHAPTER 001
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5"/54 CALIBER MOUNT MARK 42 SERIES (MODS. 0-6)
OPERATION. FILM A OF SERIES SHOWS HOW AUTOMATIC GUN LOADING MECHANISM WORKS AND HOW THE CREW OPERATES THE ENTIRE MOUNT. BOTH ANIMATED DRAWINGS AND FILM SHOWING STEP BY STEP PROCEDURES. |
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ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS GUN AND SHELL FEEDER MECHANISMS, LOCATED BELOW DECK, HOW THEY WORK.
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CHAPTER 002
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DECK GUN SEEN FIRING AT RATE OF 160 ROUNDS PER MINUTE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. SHELL CASINGS EJECTED ONTO DECK AFTER EACH SHOT. GUN SEEN BEING ELEVATED TO 85 DEGREES MAXIMUM AND LOWERED TO MINUS 15 DEGREES.
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SEAMAN SHOWING THREE METHODS OF GUN CONTROL BY PULLING LEVERS AND SETTING SWITCHES.
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ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWING CREW OF 16 SEAMEN NEEDED TO OPERATE GUN INCLUDING FOUR IN GUN HOUSE, ONE IN CARRIER ROOM, ELEVEN MEN IN AMMUNITION HANDLING ROOM.
FIVE ADDITIONAL MEN IN POWDER MAGAZINE. |
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CHAPTER 003
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS 5" 54 CAL. GUN FIRING FROM DECK TURRET, GUN HOUSE, EJECTING SHELLS.
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SEAMEN MAINTAIN A RAPID RATE OF LOADING SHELLS INTO ROTATING LOADER DRUMS, BELOW DECK.
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GUN CAPTAIN WEARING HEAD PHONE SET, SETS SWITCHES ON PANEL IN GUN HOUSE. VIEWS OF MEN HANDLING PROJECTILES PLACING THEM IN LOADER.
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CU VIEWS OF LOADING MECHANISM AT WORK.
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CHAPTER 004
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ANIMATED VIEW OF LOADING PROCESS.
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CARRIER ROOM CONTROL MAN WEARING HEAD SET AT CONTROL PANEL CONTROLLING ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS.
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CU SINGLE ROUND BEING LOADED INTO SLIDE AT TURN OF SWITCH.
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CHAPTER 005
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CU TILT UP FROM SWITCHES TO FIRING LEVER. GUN CAPTAIN TURNS LEVER TO FIRE POSITION. ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW SYSTEM FUNCTIONS AUTOMATICALLY WHILE FIRING.
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WITH GUN IN MANUAL CONTROL, GUN CAPTAIN REMOVES A PROJECTILE AND REPLACES IT WITH SPECIAL ROUND.
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CHAPTER 006
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CU VIEW OF EQUIPMENT INSIDE, OUTSIDE GUN HOUSE.
VARIOUS VIEWS OF MEN AT CONTROLS. MORE ANIMATED OF GUN HOUSE AND FUNCTIONS. |
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CHAPTER 007
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MOUNT CAPTAIN WEARING HEADPHONE SET, CONTROLS ENTIRE GUN CREW, AT HIS STATION AT PANEL IN GUN HOUSE. CU HAND OF CAPTAIN SETTING SWITCHES, LEVERS.
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CHAPTER 008
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"ARLEIGH BURKE"
CAMERA FOLLOWS CAREER OF ARLEIGH BURKE FROM CAPTAIN OF SMALL DESTROYER FORCE NICK-NAMED "LITTLE BEAVERS" IN SOUTH PACIFIC, TO ACTIONS IN GULF OF TOMPKIN, LANDINGS IN LEBANON. BURKE WHO ROSE FROM RANK OF CAPTAIN DURING WWII TO CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1955, SUPERVISED MODERNIZATION OF US NAVY. ANIMATED DRAWINGS OF SEA BATTLES WITH JAPANESE NAVY. |
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U.S. NAVY DEPARTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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LONG LINE U.S. DESTROYER SQUADRON AT SEA DURING WWII.
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NAVY GUN CREWMAN LOOKS SKYWARD FROM DECK OF U.S.
CARRIER UNDER ATTACK BY JAPANESE BOMBERS. JAPANESE PLANE PLUNGING TO SEA IN FLAMES |
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UNITS OF CAPTAIN BURKE'S DESTROYER SQUADRON 23, "THE LITTLE BEAVERS" AT SEA. CU PLAQUE GIVEN TO BURKE WITH NICK NAME ON IT.
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LANDING CRAFT OF INVASION FORCE HEADING FOR SHORE ON JAPANESE FORTRESS ON RABAUL.
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MONTAGE ANIMATED DRAWINGS BURKE'S DESTROYERS AND JAPANESE WARSHIPS BATTLING. SHIPS ON FIRE, EXPLODING.
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CHAPTER 009
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ADMIRAL HALSEY ON BRIDGE OF WARSHIP WITH OTHER OFFICERS.
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MONTAGE TORPEDOES FIRING FROM TUBES ON DESTROYERS.
ANIMATED DRAWINGS ENEMY DESTROYERS EXPLODING. DECK GUNS LIGHT UP NIGHT AS THEY BOMBARD ENEMY. IRIS SHOT SHIP SINKING. |
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CAPTAIN ARLEIGH BURKE
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REAR ADMIRAL ARLEIGH BURKE BEING SWORN IN AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, WASHINGTON, DC, 1954. BURKE MAKING ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT PODIUM.
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CHAPTER 010
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AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND OTHER SHIPS OF FLEET IN STRAIGHTS OF FORMOSA DURING GULF CRISIS.
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MARINES LANDING ON SHORES OF LEBANON
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CHIEF OF OPERATIONS BURKE, PIPE IN MOUTH READS COMMUNIQUE AT MEETING WITH STAFF.
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FLAG OF GREECE IS HOISTED ON U.S. WARSHIP AS QUEEN FEDERIKA OF GREECE ATTENDS CEREMONY.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS ADMIRAL BURKE VISITING A VARIETY OF SHIP INCLUDING NUCLEAR SUBMARINE.
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CONING TOWER OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINE SLOWLY RISES OUT OF ICE IN ARCTIC.
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MONTAGE MISSILE FIRING FROM CRUISER AT SEA. GUIDED MISSILE BEING FIRED FROM PLANE IN FLIGHT; HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER SEA AS IT HUNTS SUBMARINES,
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AERIAL VIEW POLARIS MISSILE BREAKING SURFACE OF WATER AFTER BEING FIRED FROM SUBMERGED SUBMARINE. ROCKET LAUNCH FOR SPACE EXPLORATIONS.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS OF ADMIRAL ARLEIGH BURKE.
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