| WASHING DAY ON A STONE FRIGATE American sailors doing laundry and cleaning cots. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5125 | |
| Catalog #: | 366151 | |
| Clip Number: | 366151-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 79 K | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:23 - 01:20:37 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DOMESTIC LIFE: Laundry LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc MILITARY: Navy, USA | |
| Description: | World War One. Military. US Navy. Sailors (American?) wash day. GV pan over many sailors; sitting on cots or doing other things; with duffle bags; bedrolls all over etc. --lots of white; from the sailors' uniforms and from sheets;etc. Closer shot of several sailors at work; washing cots or benches; some men have hoses; others are scrubbing with spunges. CU shirtless man; bending over & scrubbing cot; another man behind him pours a bucket of water on his back; but he grabs another bucket & turns almost instantly; so it ends up they're both throwing water on each other. Then he sort of joking throws the drops at a guy with a hose. Funny. Next; shot of a bunch of sailors standing along a counter w/ sloping top; all scrubbing uniform shirts and hats; some looking toward camera & grinning. Pan on sailors hanging up wet uniforms on clothes line. CU sailor with eagle mascot. Navy. Cleaning; birds. | |
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