New 20,000 Ton Airplane Carrier Goes Down Ways

Clip: 345624_1_1

Year Shot: 1936 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1517

Original Film: 008-499-08

HD: N/A

Location: NEWPORT NEWS, VA

Timecode: 00:25:59 - 00:26:52

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Jumpy shaky dull in contrast and imagery The 20,000 Ton U.S.S. Enterprise, latest mother ship for the navy's fighting eagles, slides down the ways in a gala launching. Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of the Navy Secretary, sponsors the giant craft.