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Men throw oil abatement product on water with flammable products and move on the deck of USS Compton offshore Newport.

The oil abatement product on the surface of water with more being sprayed. Crewmen dump bags of the abatement product into the hopper of the machine. Crewmen on the fantail. The product being sprayed on water. Life lines in the foreground. Two men stand by ready to use a flame thrower in an attempt to light the oil. The flame thrower is turned on. It throws flames over the water surface with no effect. Officers and men talk over the fantail of the destroyer. Two crewmen work around gear in card board boxes on the deck. Four crewmen on the deck of USS Compton. A man with a bucket which is used to dump kerosene over side. A man with a bag of the oil abatement product pouring it out over the ship's side. Men pour the product over the side. Military people and civilians near the life lines. Smoke on the water in the background. An officer lights a torch using a piece of wood and throws it over the side to float on water. A flare floats on the surface and burns. The flare burns in the midst of the oil abatement product on the surface with an attempt to set the product on fire along with the oil. An officer throws an object on water. An officer along the deck edge. An orange flare in the hand of an officer. Men on focsle of USS Compton. The flare burns on water as men continue to light the oil abatement product and oil. A man at the deck edge plays a flame thrower down over the water surface. Officers enter. A man holding a flame thrower looks over the side.

Location: Newport Rhode Island

Date: 1970, May 20

Duration: 3 min 49 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

An oil abatement product is thrown in water and a HH-3F helicopter photographs a fire on the water offthe shore of Newport.

An oil abatement experiment aboard USS Compton (DD-705) off the shore of Newport, Rhode Island. A small civilian tanker laying oil on the surface of water for the experiment resulting in an oil slick on the surface of water. Officers and men on the deck of USS Compton. A United States Coast Guard (USCG) HH-3F Pelican helicopter hovers over the water in the background. Crewmen walk back and forth in the foreground carrying bags of an oil abatement product. The HH-3F hovers close over USS Compton. A bag of the product is handed over to a man on the deck. The man walks off. A USCG patrol boat in the open sea. Oil slick on the surface of water off the side of the destroyer. A man stands looking down over a side in the foreground. The product being dumped over the side from the bags. Grayish powder on the surface of water. Empty bags float on the surface of water. A weather deck passageway. An officer runs down the passageway. Smoke over water on the starboard side of the ship. A fire burns off the starboard bow. Black smoke rises. Men on the weather deck. The smoke fills the area in the background. Men rush with a fire hose. A fire burning on the surface of water. Smoke rises from the fire. The HH-3F circles to photograph the fire. It hovers some distance from the fire. A little bit of smoke drifts from the fire as it stops burning. The smoke hangs over the surface of water after the fire has burned out.

Location: Newport Rhode Island

Date: 1970, May 20

Duration: 4 min 39 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None