• Short Summary

    New American Navy ship USS Halsey commissioned at dock in San Francisco.

  • Description

    San Francisco, California, United States of America (USA).

    Title reads 'USS Halsey is Commissioned'.

    GV. One of the great ships of the World War II, the guided missile frigate USS Halsey at dockside in the San Francisco Naval Dockyard. Various shots of a ceremony on dock in which top naval officers, Secretary of Navy and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz are present to commission the USS Halsey. The ship is now equipped with missiles for modern warfare.

    (Comb.F.G.)

    Date found in the old record - 25/07/1963.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    3139.14
    Media URN:
    88442
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1963
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:50:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:31:36:00 / 01:32:26:00
    Canister:
    UN 3832 F

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