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United States sailors participate in Shellback initiation ceremony aboard the USS Edisto (AG-89)

Shellback initiation ceremony aboard the ice-breaker USS Edisto (AG-89), under the command of Commander E. C. Folger, USN. The ship was headed for Antartica, as part of the U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Project, a continuation of the 1947 "Operation High Jump." Commander Nutt and Mr Grace serve as officers of the deck during King Neptune's shell back ceremony. Mr Grace uses two toilet rolls as binoculars and looks through them. The crew search for Davy Jones. Mr Boffa , a civilian dressed in a costume, also looks for Davy Jones. Mr. Malcolm Davis of the Washington Zoo is seen. A pollywog officer on the deck. He reports to the officer that they could not find Davy Jones.

Date: 1947, November 22
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043894
The United States begins a series of nuclear shots in the Pacific after Russia's violation of Atom Test Moratorium .

United States resumes bomb research in the Pacific. The United States answers Russia's violation of the Atom Test Moratorium by beginning a series of nuclear shots in the Pacific. Missile being launched. United States aircraft in flight. U.S. soldier looks through the periscope aboard a ship. View of smoke rising from the nuclear tests conducted.

Date: 1962, April 26
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044374
The crew of the whaler Herman rigs out the ice breaker enroute to Herschel Island.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler enroute to Herschel Island. Captain Pedersen on the bridge. He looks through a telescope for an opening in the ice. Ice sheets. The crew rigs out the ice breaker. The ice breaker cuts through the ice sheet as the ship advances.

Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020855
Sailors perform tasks and drills like loading of guns, firing the guns and work on 5 inch gun fire control on USS Yorktown

U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown, CV-10, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sailor looks through binoculars and telescope. A sailor ties a rope. Sailors with various crew jobs stand in a group and talk. They work on instrument and equipment on the ship. The sailors load guns and fire during practice drills. Signal flags being hoisted. Sailors with headphones work on fire control of 5 inch guns. Smoke due to firing. A sailor paints the letter 'E' for "efficiency."

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021554
A Navy butcher, a cook, a pharmaceutical unit and a hospital on USS Yorktown; and sailors enjoying food in galley

Functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown, CV-10, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Housekeeping activities aboard the ship. U.S. Navy sailors on the deck do exercises and lay under the sun. A man plays with a dog (the ship's mascot, named Scrappy). The ship leaves the Panama Canal. Reserve, specialists and pilots eat food. Non commission personnel stand in a mess line and serve themselves food. They sit at a table and eat food. One of the sailors smokes a cigarette. The non commission personnel peel vegetables like potatoes and cabbage. A navy butcher cuts slabs of red meat and a cook at work. A pharmaceutical unit and a hospital on the ship. A tailor, a cobbler and a dry cleaner work on the ship.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021555
General quarters sounded as USS Yorktown pilots gather in flight ready room and take off to attack Marcus Island.

View of general quarters alarm as the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during World War II prepares for attack of Japanese forces on Marcus Island. Men run up and down stairs and close hatches and watertight doors while pilots gather in the flight ready room. The U.S. Navy fliers wear their flying suits and get ready for the attack. A sailor responds to an intercom call to flight ready room three and orders pilots to man their planes. The pilots board the planes. The fighter planes. A radio plotting room to keep track of all the planes. The planes fly low and suddenly climb up. View of Marcus Island. The planes bomb Marcus island. Smoke due to bombardment. The bombing of the enemy boats and supply ships. A ship is destroyed. Smoke on the island. The planes in flight return back after the victory. A sailor nicknamed Smoky tracks the flyers to check that none of them is missing.

Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 5 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021557