Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Industiral film about cleaning agents for the shipping industry produced by Wheelabrator - Environmental Ship Hull Cleaning - Materials Cleaning Systmes Division.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Fade in on ship hull. Tilt down to see that ship is in drydock. Super opening titles. Zoom in on worker sandblasting the hull. Workmen wear protective suits, masks, gloves - and they're covered in dust. CU blast stream clearing metal. Cut to worker under hull, working in dusty environment.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
LS aerial view Wheelabrator plant (crazy aerial! - tilts 90 degrees - kind of bounces around). Dissolve to ship in harbor, plate cleaning in foreground - zoom in to ship. Montage of items to be cleaned: plate, anchor chain, huge ship sub-assemblies. Cut to high LS subassembly being moved from factory. Animation of Wheelabrator abrasive wheel. Cut to plate cleaning, and to long shot entire ship in harbor.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
LS ext Wheelabrator Research Center. Group studies plans - men sit around table with charts, diagram on easel - one man demonstrates the drawings on the diagram as the VO narrates. CU Diagrams of Norfolk Naval Shipyards environmental hull cleaning equipment with single closed cycle cleaning head to blast clean and pick up used shot and recycle abrasive, and to remove dust. VS of the unit in operation in research center test on mockup of hull. Custom designed transporter for Norfolk, with cramp and crab steering, all-directional manipulation of the head, and the dust collector with removable hoppers. The head manipulated in a variety of positions. Navy approves the unit.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Cut to high LS unit at Norfolk, in the bottom of the drydock. Aircraft carrier "America" is cleaned. Unit cleans the carrier in 1/8th time sandblasting takes.MS engineer trains yard personnel in meeting - the group of about 10 engineers sit with arms folded looking a little bored. MS driver handling the unit under the ship. Long view under the ship. Inspector checks the cleaned surface. MS engineers in hrad-hats conferring in ship yard. Zoom in to Brad Duncan, Norfolk engineer, who testifies to the advantages. LS unit being put into operation. Inspector checks the unit's cleaning head. Cleaned hull closeup. Overhead shot of unit turning.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Cut to ship in Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Cut to man sandblasting, and pan to the Wheelabrator side cleaner which takes over where the hull cleaner stops. Camera follows the head as it cleans, over rivets, joints, barnacles and plates. Operators in cab. CU cleaning head. View from cab, as operator controls the cleaning head. Destroyer escort Stephen Decatur is cleaned. VS of marine growthas it is cleaned from the side. Cleans through coatings and growth to white metal. CU treated and untreated metal. Long shot painter spraying right after cleaning to avoid oxidation.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Long shot crane lifting entire Wheelabrator unit to drydock. CU view of folded cleaner, ready for transporting. LS side of ship, being cleaned. LS cleaned hull. LS ship in dock, tilt/pan down to cleaning machine working on the hull. MS designers, engineers around meeting table discussion plans, drawings. MS dark classroom with instructor training personnel, in front of blackboard. LS research plant, drawing of new machine - a new hand tool for cleaning, blasting metal. Long shot cleaning unit. Shot of derrick and super end titles/credits.