| An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1749 |
| Catalog #: | 426125 | |
| Clip Number: | 426125-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-052-02 | |
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| Location: | Brooklyn, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Audience LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York MILITARY: Navy, USA TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Construction & Repair TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Docks & Shipyards | |
| Description: | The closing of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in special ceremonies, marks the end of a 165 year era of ship building and repair, and closes the gates of one of the world's greatest shipyards. Some 70,000 men and women worked in the Yard during the peak employment years of World War II. The yard's closing is an economy move. New York Naval ship yard at Brooklyn in its final hours. MS - A gala ship launching, a large ship leaving its berth. MLS - Naval ship yard. MS - Ship builders waving to the camera walking up the plank of a ship that their working on. CUS - Ship welder working on a new ship. MS - Four welders working on a ship's project. MS - More workers working in the inside of a new ship. CUS - Welder working on the ceiling of a ship. High Angle Shot - Ship yard with a lot of bellowing smoke. MS - A freak fire aboard the ship 'Consolation" firemen fighting the fire with their hoses. Medium CU - President Johnson's two daughters, Lynda Bird and Lucy Baines and their escorts attending a ship's launching. MS - Lynda Bird Christening a ship. MS - The official closing of the Naval ship yard, over 1000 people attending, military and civilians. MS - Lowering of the American Flag. Camera Panning - Naval Yard. | |
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