An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
The closing of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard, NYNSY) in a special ceremony marks the end of a 165 year era of ship building and repair. Some 70,000 men and women worked in the yard during the peak employment years of World War II.
An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
Various shots of the inactive New York Naval shipyard in Brooklyn.
An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
Spectators with flowers crowd around as a gala ship (large ship) is launched and leaves its berth. The same ship is seen when a bottle of champagne being broken across it. People waving from onboard the ship. MLS of ship's launch from naval ship yard from a distance. Ship builders waving to the camera as they walk up the plank of a ship that their working on. High Angle shot of a new ship being built. CUS - Ship welder working on a new ship. Four welders working on a ship's project. More workers working in the inside of a new ship. CUS - Female welder working on the ceiling of a ship.
An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
High Angle Shot - Ship yard with a lot of bellowing smoke. A fire aboard the ship "USS Constellation." Firemen fighting the fire with hoses and cranes.
An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
Medium CU - President Johnson's two daughters, Lynda Bird and Lucy Baines and their escorts attending USS Austin s launching. Lynda Bird Christening a ship.
An Abandoned Giant: Brooklyn Navy Yard Closes After 165 Years
The official closing of the Naval ship yard with over 1000 people attending including military and civilians. Naval Officers in uniform stand at attention observing the ceremony. A seated audience watches as the American Flag is lowered. CU of a man in sunglasses watching. The flag is than handed to W.F. Petrovic. Panning shot over inactive shipyard.