Launching of AGOR 14 R/V Melville, July 19, 1968 [videorecording].

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United States. Naval Oceanographic Office. Launching of AGOR 14 R/V Melville, July 19, 1968 [videorecording].

Launching of AGOR 14 R/V Melville, July 19, 1968 [videorecording].

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The accession consists of a one reel color silent film depicting the launch of an AGOR 14 (Auxilliary General Oceanography Research) oceanographic research vessel named MELVILLE at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on July 10, 1968. The vessel was built by the U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The film includes shipyard scenes, images of three vessels including R/V MELVILLE and a U.S. Navy Ship S.P. Lee. The film shows the crowd at the launching and workers using a crane to launch the vessel.

1 reel ; 16 mm. film print (30 minutes)

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