Motion Picture MP76-65
Hannibal Victory
Administrative Information
Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1089 feet
1140 feet
Running Time
30 minutes 15 seconds
31 minutes 40 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
U.S. Maritime Commission
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description
A film about how railroad car wheels travel from their factory in Hannibal, Missouri, to a ship (the S.S. Hannibal) in San Francisco, then to the Philippines.
Date(s)
1945
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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture
Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:30 | Scenes of paddle-wheel riverboats, Hannibal, Missouri, Huck Finn, etc. | |
| 3:30 | How railroad car wheels made trip from factory in Hannibal to West Coast, February 1945. | |
| 4:45 | S. S. Hannibal - a “victory ship” in San Francisco. Loading train engines. | |
| 9:15 | Setting sail and voyage, showing crew at work, other shipboard activities. | |
| 30:15 | End of Reel 1. | |
- Reel 2
| 0:00 | Voyage continues. | |
| 0:30 | Pass Hawaii. | |
| 2:00 | Voyage continues. | |
| 4:00 | At Enirvetok. | |
| 8:30 | Voyage continues - in convoy. | |
| 10:00 | At Leyte. | |
| 11:00 | Voyage continues. | |
| 17:15 | Off load at Lenguya Gulf. | |
| 25:00 | To Manila and off load. | |
| 28:00 | Railroad equipment is assembled and rolls. | |
| 31:00 | Ship “up anchor” and sails. |