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The Navy’S Developments in Vertical Replenishment (1963)

1963 · Short film · 13 min

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This declassified 1963 color film provides a close look at the use of various methods of cargo transfer between naval craft for purposes of “vertical replenishment,” contrasting older methods of high line transfer with modern helicopter delivery methods. The piston-powered Sikorsky H-34, which served both as a transport and ASW platform for the Navy, is featured. (TRT 13:22).Title card: “Unclassified” (0:08). Opening credits denote the participation of the Navy’s Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (BUSANDA), Bureau of Ships (BUSHIPS), and it’s Bureau of Weapons (BUWEPS) and production by the U.S. Naval Photographic Center (0:13). A helicopter hauls a crate of cargo over the sea and onto the deck of a carrier (0:24). Aerial photography of a naval fleet of battleships underway, with a carrier at a distance (0:48). An aircraft carrier in a medium shot and a closeup (1:13). Naval mechanics wearing “dixie cup” hats work on an engine. Men in a machine shop. Cooks, aka Mess Management Specialists, aka Culinary Specialists serve cafeteria-style food to men holding out mess trays. A heavy jacket is unfolded near a stack of cardboard boxes. A battleship fires artillery cannons. A missile is launched, the camera tilts up, struggling to follow its rapid ascent (1:22). Suspended cargo is lowered onto the deck of a cruiser. Men wearing orange life preservers receive it. The fleet in a medium shot (2:03). A net of cargo is moved from ship to ship, via the “low side” method of “high line…

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Running time
13 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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