https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2b106459-b75a-4764-8e12-84538fd56cad Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This black-and-white film by Sound Masters, Inc. circa 1943 titled “Explosives” is reel 5 of a US Coast Guard training film about the handling and stowage of ammunition and explosives, such as grenades, bombs, torpedoes, etc. It explains the correct labelling, shipping, boxing, and unboxing considering various classifications of explosiveness to ensure safety when handling and stowing ammunition and explosives. A barge vessel (00:10). A cargo of explosives and ammunition being loaded onto the vessel (00:24). The cargo stowage (00:50). Metal cans of smokeless powder are loaded onto pallets (01:54). Views of the stowage of the smokeless powder in a type B magazine (03:05). One metal can of smokeless powder used for bulk shipments (03:17). Its safety features and opening mechanisms are demonstrated by an ammunition inspector (03:24). G.P. AN-M44 1000 lb bombs are loaded from containers onto the vessel using a forklift (03:58), and a sling (04:32). G.P. AN-M44 1000 lb bombs in a nested stowage (05:01). G.P. AN-M44 1000 lb bombs in a crate stowage (05:15). One G.P. AN-M44 1000 lb bomb (05:33). An ammunition inspector packs arming wires and veins in a cap (05:46). He then packs the tail fuse (05:55), then the nose fuse (06:15). The wires, veins, and both fuses are packages within the fin assembly for transportation (06:46). The fin assembly kits are unloaded (07:04). Bomb fuses packed in circular metal cans are loaded to stowage (07:54). A G.P. AN-M30 100 lb bomb is checked by an ammunition inspector (08:25). A Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 mod 8 torpedo is assembled (08:57). A Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 mod 8 torpedo disassembled and boxed for shipment (09:37). A box with MK 4 mod 1 exploder mechanisms (10:15). The warhead is boxed for shipping (10:29). Other types of packed explosives and ammunition, including 105 mm and 75 mm ammunition (11:00). An inspector shows the packing of 75 mm chemical ammunition (11:09) and 75 mm fixed ammunition with TNT loading (11:40). The inspector is unpacking a 155 mm propellor powder charge (12:00). A 155 mm separate loading shell (12:33). Many 155 mm loading shells are loaded in a tray for shipping (13:27). Many 155 mm loading shells in egg crate type of stowage (13:43). 60mm TNT mortar ammunition unpacked from containers (14:02). Two armor piercing shells, one crated and one uncrated (14:45). Boxed .30 caliber ammunition (14:54). Boxed .30 caliber machine gun belts (15:29). Boxed .50 caliber ammunition (15:43). Boxed .20 caliber ammunition (16:00). The box is secured with a wire end led seal (16:24). Boxed M9A1 grenades (16:37), fragmentation hand grenades (17:17), and fuse types and blasting caps (17:32). Views of a fuse (18:07). Views electric blasting caps (18:29). Boxed ammunition (18:49). Boxed anti-tank mines (19:15). Boxed spotting charges (19:42). Views of the markings on the boxes with various types of ammunition (20:04). Boxed ammunition for cannons with solid projectiles (20:12). Boxed pyrotechnics ammunition (20:39). Boxed green star blinker aircraft signals (21:11), red star cluster aircraft signals (21:17), high burst ground signals (21:23), single star red aircraft signals (21:28), drift signals (21:34), and aircraft flare and parachute (21:40). Boxes are readied for shipment on a pallet (21:49) and are then lifted onto the cargo vessel (22:32). Boxes are unloaded from freight cars to be shipped on the barge vessel (22:54). The Coast Guard are observing the unloading and stowing of boxed ammunition (23:49). One marked box to be stowed in the deep tanks of the vessel (24:48). Coast guards cover the stowage with hatch covers and a tarp (25:15). A sailing vessel transporting explosives is burning (25:45). A coast guard is reading his two copies of the codes of regulations when handling explosives (26:35). Admiral Russell R. Waesche, commander USCG, speaks about handling (29:15). “The End” text overlay and credits (32:39). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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