A U.S. Navy training film titled ‘Major Caliber Guns & Turrets’ giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Drawings of various guns depict the gun turret of warship Monitor, two 15 inch guns in a ship, and 16 inch 50 caliber gun. Three 16 inch guns on BB-61 class battleship. Structure of gun being explained by an animation showing armored gun house, rotating structure below resting on a roller path. Circular turret foundation supporting the structure. Circular armored cylinder. Powder hoist and gun cradles of a gun house. Shelf plate, pan plate, power equipment for rotating gun located in a pan plate, electric deck used for training of gun, and projectile handling platforms. Projectile platforms which includes two concentric sections, shows projectile ring and fixed stowage. Pointers point to power handling room below projectile platforms. Structure of gun from top to bottom.
A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Three 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns mounted on BB-61 class battleship. Powder handling room of a 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun as operators work out powder handling operations. Operators keep the powder bags moving to the powder hoists. Scuttle operators take powder bags from magazine scuttle and hand them to powder passers. Powder bags being placed in powder car which travels through powder trunk to gun house on top of the gun. Animation explains work of powder hoist as a car travels up through a trunk by means of cable. Projectile ring section as ring operators work under supervision of one petty officer. Projectile ring operator and hoist operator work. Projectile travels up to gun house. Gun house with gun captain, rammer operator, cradle operator, and a primer man. Gun captain at gun which is in loading position. Spanning tray of a gun in position. Rammer operator rams the projectile into the gun. Powder bags being rolled into the gun. Cradle operator raises the cradle and spanning tray. Gun captain turns the ready switch to ready. Gun goes back to firing position. Officer work at control panel. Guns of ship being fired. Gun goes back to loading position. Gun captain opens the breech of gun. Guns on ship being fired. Personnel at work.
A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Animation shows 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns from battleship firing toward shore installations. Guns attack targets at various distances inland. Pointers pointing to 16 inch gun turrets on Iowa class battleship. Guns on ship fire at targets. Smoke rises from gun fire.
TM-61A Matador missile being transported in Tripoli, Libya. An airman removing the canvas cover. Unloading of sections of the Matador from truck. Launching of the Matador.
Sergeant talking into a walkie talkie in Tripoli, Libya. TM-61A Matador missile on launcher in background. Man holds Control box. Sergeant pushes firing button and then ducks down. RATO unit being installed on the Matador. Name on the nose of Matador "Lou Carroll's Follies of 55". Matador in launching position. Smoke coming out. Matador in launching position. Launching of the Matador.
Launching of the TM-61A Matador missile in Tripoli, Libya. Nose section of the Matador. Name reads "Lee's Leaping Lena". Preparations for launching. Officers in foreground are General R E Lee, Commander of the 12th AF, and Colonel Carroll, Commander of the 1st tactical missile Squadron. Nose section of the Matador. General Lee climbs up on stand and leans on the nose section of missile. General Lee and Colonel Carroll talking. Matador being prepared for launching. Matador in launching position. Missile launched .
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