U.S. Navy: bomb handling--handout

Description: 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/