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Launchings of destroyers USS Fletcher, Radford, Mervine, and Quick; sideways launch of sub USS Peto in Wisconsin

People gathered at bow of USS Fletcher before launch / destroyer moving backwards on tracks, christening group waving, scaffolding on sides / Mrs. Edith Matthes, granddaughter of Rear Admiral William Radford, christens USS Radford by smashing champagne bottle / destroyer moves backwards, sailors on board waving, scaffolding on sides / christening of USS Mervine by Mildred Mervine, great-granddaughter of Rear Admiral William Mervine, people surround her and champagne spray / US flag hangs from scaffolding through which can see ship launch / Mrs. William Roy, niece of Sergeant Major John Quick of the Marine Corps, smashes bottle christening USS Quick, microphones lined up; destroyer begins slide into water / destroyer launching, scaffolding on sides, sailors on deck / submarine USS Peto decorated with bunting at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co / Naval jack flag flying / workers on scaffolding, floor and other structures / Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil with hand on lever stands with other men / sub slides sideways into Lake Michigan with big splash; it rights itself, wood pieces float in water
People gathered at bow of USS Fletcher before launch / destroyer moving backwards on tracks, christening group waving, scaffolding on sides / Mrs. Edith Matthes, granddaughter of Rear Admiral William Radford, christens USS Radford by smashing champagne bottle / destroyer moves backwards, sailors on board waving, scaffolding on sides / christening of USS Mervine by Mildred Mervine, great-granddaughter of Rear Admiral William Mervine, people surround her and champagne spray / US flag hangs from scaffolding through which can see ship launch / Mrs. William Roy, niece of Sergeant Major John Quick of the Marine Corps, smashes bottle christening USS Quick, microphones lined up; destroyer begins slide into water / destroyer launching, scaffolding on sides, sailors on deck / submarine USS Peto decorated with bunting at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co / Naval jack flag flying / workers on scaffolding, floor and other structures / Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil with hand on lever stands with other men / sub slides sideways into Lake Michigan with big splash; it rights itself, wood pieces float in water
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DETAILS

Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
1077252128
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
May 06, 1942
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:07:14
Location:
Kearny, New Jersey, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003332_02_01.mov