| Modification of Oil Tanker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1807 | |
| Catalog #: | 518674 | |
| Clip Number: | 518674-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-DFS-16-102 | |
| Timecode: | 02:14:55 - 02:18:14 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Restoration & Repair LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Cargo, Oil & Gas Tanker TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Docks & Shipyards | |
| Description: | Master 1807 - Tape 2 GV of tanker/cargo ship moving toward camera. GV profile pan of tanker with "Gulf Oil" painted on the side. Animation of ship showing how it will modified and stretched to become a longer ship. Aerials of shipyard with ships docked. Aerial of dry-dock with men at work. MS men working. GV ship building at dry-dock. MS man welding. GV crane lifting section of ship. Animation showing how parts of the ship will be moved onto another, there is a recycling of parts. Illustrations showing tanker at dry-dock, the front end of the boat will be severed, then the dry-dock will be filled with water so the deck of the boat will lift and moved by floatation. With the water level still high at the dock, a longer deck is moved in. The water is emptied from the dock and the new deck is attached to the front of the old tanker. More illustrations showing how the back end of the tanker will also be mortified using the same technique. GV finished tanker cruising in water. | |
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