CAPTAIN BARTLETT'S PRE-WAR FILM OF THE ORIENT

1939 CAPTAIN BARTLETT'S PRE-WAR FILM OF THE ORIENT, ca. 1935 - ca. 1939. ARC Identifier 77408 / Local Identifier 428-NPC-5219. CAPTAIN BARTLETT'S PRE-WAR FILM OF THE ORIENT1) Street scenes in unidentified Asiatic city. (SV)2) MS Natives carrying material on their shoulders up rock stairway.3) MS Thousands of turtles in turtle pool.4) MS Buddhist temple in Saigon, French-Indo-China.5) LS Harbor of Saigon; ships in harbor. (SV)6) HA LS Craft underway in harbor of Saigon; bow of ship in FG.7) LS Temple in Saigon (good).8) LS Oriental structures; people walking along streets and other street activity.9) LS Natives in sampans (good).10) LS Buddhist temple.11) LS Race track; people in stands watching the ponies galloping.12) LS Harbor scenes; stacks of unidentified warships in FG.13) LS Large sampans underway; freighter tied up to pier in BG.14) MCU Fakir.15) HA LS Shellback initiation aboard the MARBLEHEAD.16) HA LS Stern section of the USS MARBLEHEAD.17) MCU Man in old type aviator's uniform skylarking. (SV)18) HA LS Bow sealion of the MARBLEHEAD as men are having shellback initiation. (SV)19) LA MS Superstructure of the MARBLEHEAD.20) MS HA Men in tank of water covered with oil.21) MCU Rickshew drawn by bicycle.22) LS Buddhist temples in Saigon (very good). (SV)23) LS Ruins.24) LS Buddhist priests; dressed in colorful s; ruins in BG.25) LS Oriental ruins.26) LS Rock wall with old design carved on it. (SV)27) PAN Down the rock wall.28) LS Oriental buildings; PAN, up to tree.29) MCU Bicycle drawn rickshaw.30) LS Oriental ruins.31) LS Buddhist temple (very impressive).32) CU Buddhist statue.33) LA MS Top of spire of temple.34) LS Temple; priest in frame dressed in ornate robe.35) MS Four Buddhist priests in robes; temple in BG.36) LS Whole group of Buddhists.37) MCU Cobra pit on farm.38) MCU Man reaches down and picks up Cobra.39) MCU Removing poison from cobra.40) MCU Coil of Cobras as they goback into hut.41) MS Sign, XX King Cobra.42) MCU Man working around cobras.43) MCU PAN King Neptune court.44) HA MS Captain being initiated as shellback.45) SV Men dumped into vat as part of shellback initiation.QUALITY: FAIR Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. (09/18/1947 - ?) Made possible by a donation from Public.Resource.Org

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[jdemeulenaer123]

Very good historical vid. Do you have more to show us...?

[navyclock]

Outstanding

My uncle was on the USS Houston CA30

Asiatic Fleet.

Very cool ceremony of crossing the Equator.

Neptune, the Royal Baby