The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7th December 1941. Dramatized view of Japanese airplanes in flight over Pearl Harbor. They drop bombs over the target area. Actual footage of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with heavy columns of smoke rising as ships explode. U.S. sailors on the deck of a ship. The activities at a U.S. shipyard. Launching in July 1942 of the SS Ocean Viceroy, built by Permanente Metals Corp in Richmond California for the British Ministry of War Transport. People gather at the shipyard as the SS Ocean Viceroy is launched. A ship convoy underway at sea of various cargo ships and Liberty Ships in World War 2. The U.S. flag flying from a flag pole on a ship. The sailors march on the deck.
Construction of Liberty Ships during World War 2. Sign over entrance to the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, one of the U.S. shipyards where Liberty ships were being constructed. Change of shift in Kaiser Company shows huge numbers of workers leaving at end of their shift . Words on large building read 'Machine Shop'. Traffic passes on road in yard. Views from high vantage point of buildings and ships under construction. Crane and moving parts at dusk. Welders at work on several ships. Cranes against evening sky.
Shell assembly at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California during World War 2. Women riveters at work. Deck plates hoisted aboard Liberty ship in ways. Welders and burners on fore peak assembly. Hoisting after mast on ship in ways. Large crane hoisting and setting in place LIberty Ship midship deck house weighing 75 tons.
Liberty ship construction in World War 2. Midship deck houses weighing 75 tons hoists on board ship in ways at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California. Welders work on bow peak. Men work on after peak. Deck house rose aboard ship by large crane.
Constructing Liberty ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. Shell plates are put through shaping rollers. Torch burns radius holes into shell plates. Parallel burning of shell plates. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
View of cranes and workshops at at shipyards in California during World War 2. Construction of Liberty ship at the shipyard Workers arriving for their shift at the shipyard. Hammer Crane picks up a shell plate. Shell plates are sent to the planers. Flame planers are used to plane shell plates. Machine makes rivet holes in the shell plate.Edges are bevel-burned with an acetylene torch. Holes being drilled with machine. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
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