Big Mo Moves
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Mo (Missouri) Free. DESCRIPTION: For fifteen days the Mighty Mo was stuck in the mud on the Thimble Shoal off the Virginian Coast. At last, after great effort, the 45,000 ton Missouri began to move. SHOTLIST: KS. MS "Missouri" stern. Aboard ship looking along her deck. Ammunition (shell) being unloaded from battleship. Dusk shot of tugs around her steaming away. Various shots of them hauling & pushing "Missouri". Almost dark shot of tugs & battleship. Signal being hoisted aboard battleship after being refloated. Port & starboard lights on all the craft around battleship. Cut-in - SCU Captain Brown commanding the "Missouri".
- Keywords
- Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military
- Locations
- Virginian Coast; Thimble Shoal
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 53187
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 90
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