![]() The film begins in Pearl Harbor on 19 October 1943 this can be dated by the presence of the ships seen moored. Also, other destroyer film clips tend to be short and directed at other nearby - and presumably more interesting - ships. This motion picture is remarkable because routine life aboard destroyers in World War II was not the subject of the same intense filming as, say, activities aboard aircraft carriers. Modern titles have been added and a scene showing collision damage to Abbot ( explained elsewhere on this site) has been slightly edited, but otherwise the film is original. It is from that duplicate that this Internet version is produced. Although the original film is believed destroyed, a 16mm duplicate was made in the 1950s. Someone in Destroyer Squadron 48 - probably a crewman aboard Kidd - filmed routine life aboard Fletcher-class destroyers of the Pacific Fleet in 1943. ![]() Your browser does not support the video tag. ![]()
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