USA / DEFENCE: US recondition forty-nine destroyers for service (1939)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit US Reconditions 49 Destroyers which are veterans of the Great War. Mrs. Edison, Wife of? Full Description: USA: San Diego: General view of about 20 destroyers tied up in dock side by side / bows in line / funnel of destroyer / General view lowering funnel and semi view putting funnel into place / Angle shot looking thru funnel going into place / hoisting torpedo tube / sailor directing derrick / torpedo tube being lowered on deck of Destroyer / Elevated view of destroyers lined up. Massachussets: Quincy: Angle shot bow of wasp / Mrs. Edison holding bottle / Mrs. Edison breaks bottle on bow of Wasp and splashes man’s suit / Front view Wasp Down slipway / General view 21 planes flying overhead / General view ship in water after launch Navy - Active; United States of America Background: US Reconditions 49 Destroyers