Dry Docks & Shipyards US Navy Fleet AFDM-2 and 50 similar items

All of our DVD's are zone 0, which means that they play anywhere in the world. About US; Campbell Films is a small American family business dedicated to the preservation of rare, historical films. Started in 2007 by a father and son, team. They have worked tirelessly to digitize, compile and create truly rare and unique DVD's to share with the world. The son went to film school and father is a veteran with the historical passion, so together they assembled the content of Campbell Films. Most likely you'll find things you haven't seen before. We appreciate your business and hope the films bring you as much joy as they do us! Please note; Buy 2 or more of any of our DVD's per order from our collection, and we will add a free DVD along with this order of similar topic. What's on this DVD: Dry-docks and Shipyards This is a collection of films and newsreels on Dry-docks and Salvage Operations on our US Navy Fleet. From floating dry-docks, fixed dry-docks, to shipyards of WW2. Lots of great footage of dry-docks in action, plus the greatest salvage operation the world has ever seen: Pearl Harbor. This is DVD is so very fascinating to see these folks get the job done. We hope you enjoy! 1st Film: "Salvage of the Floating Dry-dock AFDM-2". This film is from the US Navy. During a hurricane in the 1960's a very useful floating dry-dock, AFM-2 broke loose from its mooring and capsized. This film shows how they flipped her back and put her back into service. Great story if you like these kinds of stories. Runtime 31:05 Min 2nd Film: "Pearl Harbor Salvage". This is a unique newsreel filmed at Pearl Harbor during and after the sneak attack on Dec. 7th, and the salvage operation that took place to save many ships that the Japanese never thought would sail again. Runtime 8:12 Min 3rd Film: "Salvage of USS California BB-44". Amazing film footage of the USS California BB-44 brought back to life. The film shows BB-44 first pumping out lots of water and then being taken to dry-dock for a complete overhaul. In the process she looses her old "Birdcage" towers. Runtime 6:22 Min 4th Film: "1966 Dry-dock of the Battleship New Jersey". This is a shorter version of the USS New Jersey being brought out of mothball. In 1966, it was decided that the mighty ship would be needed in the Vietnam war, so she was re-activated, put into dry-dock and refitted. Great re-birthing of the mighty ship! Runtime 12:05 Min 5th Film: "Jeremiah O'Brien in Dry-dock". This is over 20 minutes of great footage of the SS Jeremiah O'Brien being brought over to a floating dry-dock to meet USCG safety standards. We had the privilege to film the process. My Son was on board and I was on the ground. We took over 3 hrs of footage of the Jeremiah and reduced the film to 20 minutes. Great stuff. Runtime 14:01 Min 6th Film: "Dry-dock Newsreel". This is a collection of newsreels on dry-docks and shipyards mostly during WW2. 1st – 1931, Old Ironsides in dry-dock, 2nd - 6 LST’s in a Dry-dock, 3rd - Brizalian Battleship in drydock, 4th - Launching USS Astoria, 5th - Man overboard, 6th - Destroyers launched, 7th - Jeep Carrier Launched, 8th - Liberty ships launched, 9th - Women Riveters, 10th - Navy's new ships, 11th - SS Normandie in Dry-dock, 12th - Last Liberty ship launched, 13th - Navy Sea Crane, 14th - Floating Dry-dock in Pacific-CL-55. Runtime 19:07 Min 7th Film: "Seabees Build Harbor at Normandie ". This is a Navy film on how the Seabees built the D-Day harbor also known as the Mulberry Harbor. Runtime 12:30 Min Product No CFDVD078 Thanks for Looking!!! If you are a Veteran, or have a family member that has old pictures, slides, or 16mm /8mm film and you can't afford to get them transferred, contact us and I'll do it for free. As a vet, we support our troops, and our goal is to save old film for future generations.