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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Consider becoming a channel member This late 1940s color film pays tribute to the Elco patrol torpedo boat (or PT boat), which helped secure Allied victory in World War II. A look behind the scenes at the Elco factory in Bayonne, New Jersey shows men and women at work in the production of a wood-bodied naval craft (TRT: 30:17). Opening titles: “Electric Boat Company, Elco Naval Division Presents, Giant Killers, The Story of the Elco PT Boats, Photographed and Directed by Wallace Van Nostrand, Film Compiled and Edited by the Princeton Film Center, Narrated by Van Deventer” (0:06). An Elco PT Boat barrels toward the camera in a montage from several angles (0:45). Henry Sutman, Executive Vice President of Elco at a desk with model ships (1:18). PT-10 and PT-13, early 70-ft test models (1:36). Irwin Chase, Managing Constructor of Elco. A
