- Title: P-16-70
- Summary: LAST OF OUR FULL-RIGGERS: OUR LAST FULL RIGGER, NAUTICAL HISTORY OF BALCLUTHA.
- Description:01:51:36 - SHIP GRAVEYARD. LOTS OF SHIPS IN RUINS ATTACHED TO DOCKS. 01:52:04 - FULL RIGGER MASTED SHIP IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY MUD FLAT. 01:52:10 - MONTAGE OF DOOMED SHIP'S DECK 01:52:21 - LOW ANGLE TALL SHIP AT DOCK 01:52:26 - DIRECTOR OF SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME MUSEUM (CARL ???) AND MEN LOOKING AT PLANS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHIP WITH IDEA FOR RESTORATION. 01:52:43 - CROWDS OF WORKMEN GO ONTO SHIP TO RESTORE IT. 01:52:59 - USING SUPER PRESSURE WATER HOSES TO CLEAN & STRIP PAINT. 01:53:10 - MONTAGE WELDING ON SHIP. 01:53:20 - OLD SHIP'S CARPENTER JOHN RANKIN EXAMINING THE OLD BLOCKS RIGGING GEAR. 01:53:43 - MEN CLIMB UP RIGGING. 01:53:46 - CLEANING AND REPAIRING. 01:53:49 - WRAPPING TAPE 01:53:54 - SANDING RAILINGS 01:53:58 - MEN PULLING DOWN ON ROPE. 01:54:03 - HOISTING MAN WITH BUCKET UP TO TOP OF MAST. 01:54:15 - CRANE LIFTING & CARRYING MASTS AND OTHER LARGE PIECES ONTO SHIP FOR RESTORING. 01:54:23 - MEN WORKING ATTACHING METAL MASTS TO CABLES FOR CRANE TO LIFT. 01:54:28 - CRANE CARRIES METAL POSTS OVER TO SHIP 01:54:41 - LOTS OF MEN PUSHING ON CAPSTAN WHEEL WALKING IN A CIRCLE. 01:54:44 - MEN LOOKING UP AS MAST POLES ARE ATTACHED. 01:54:53 - PAN DOWN FULLY RESTORED SHIP. 01:55:05 - CU MEN PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES ON SHIP RESTORATION: SANDING, PAINTING, TIGHTEN SCREWS, POLISHING. 01:55:15 - HIGH ANGLE FULLY RESTORED SHIP. 01:55:20 - MAN CLIMBS DOWN RIGGING OF SHIP PAST AMERICAN FLAG. 01:55:24 - BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED FULL RIGGER SHIP 01:55:33 - MASTHEAD ON BOW OF SHIP 01:55:37 - CROWDS OF PEOPLE ON DOCK AT CHRISTENING CEREMONY 01:55:46 - WOMAN WHO WAS BORN ABOARD SHIP RE-CHRISTENS SHIP. 01:55:56 - WORKERS PULLING IN ROPES. 01:55:59 - MAN WITH MEGAPHONE ON DECK OF SHIP 01:56:02 - SHIP IS TOWED OUT OF HARBOR. 01:56:16 - AIRPLANE FLIES PAST SEEN THROUGH SHIP'S RIGGING. 01:56:19 - LITTLE KIDS ON BOW OF SHIP'S DECK AS IT SETS SAIL FOR MOORING DOCK. 01:56:21 - LOOKING DOWN AT WAKE ON BOW. 01:56:23 - SAILORS ON DECK POINTING OUT INTO DISTANCE 01:56:25 - TRAVELING UNDER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. 01:56:28 - MEN STEERING SHIP'S WHEEL 01:56:30 - LOOKING UP MAST TO AMERICAN FLAG. 01:56:32 - ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER VESSELS AS THEY PASS UNDER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. 01:56:41 - AMERICAN FLAG IN FRGD WITH SHIP BEHIND. 01:56:45 - EXTERIOR DECO BUILDING OF SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME MUSEUM. 01:56:50 - TOURISTS WALKING AROUND ON SHIP, TOURING SHIP 01:57:02 - BOY LOOKS THROUGH PORTHOLE. STICKING HIS HEAD THROUGH PORTHOLE. 01:57:06 - PEOPLE LOOKING AT EXHIBITS IN MUSEUM ON BOARD SHIP 01:57:10 - CHILDREN LOOK AT OLD COMPASSES IN MUSEUM. 01:57:20 - THREE BOYS SITTING IN LARGE POT OR SOMETHING IN MUSEUM 01:57:26 - LOOKING AT EXHIBIT ABOUT SHIP 01:57:38 - CU FEMALE FIGUREHEAD ON BOW OF SHIP 01:57:40 - FULL RIGGER BALCLUTHA AT DOCK
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-16-70