War Time Ship Building [1917-1918]

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)

Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936

Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1166
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: Shows flag-raising ceremonies at the War Shipping Board Building, Washington, D.C.; beams being shaped for wooden hulled ships; steel bulkheads being forged, raised in place, riveted, and welded; Charles M. Schwab and WSB Chairman Hurley at the launching of the freighter Liberty at a Newark, N.J., shipyard; the launching of the destroyer Dallas and the freighters Coyote and Saccarappa at the Hog Island shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; and the burning of 31 World War I freighters in Mallows Bay, Md., on Nov. 7, 1935.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park
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Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

National Archives Identifier: 24671
Local Identifier: 111-H-1166

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