Test firing a torpedo, 1942

copy negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
1942-02-26
Kodak safety film
4 x 5 in.

4 x 5 Kodak safety copy negative taken from a positive movie film. Image by Rosenfeld and Sons, taken for the Elco Naval Division, in Bayonne, New Jersey, February 26, 1942. View of an unidentified PT boat, seen test firing a torpedo. Image is grainy, as negative was copied from a Rosenfeld movie film, (now housed in Mystic Seaport's Film and Video department). Stamped on original negative sleeve: "103415F / ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY / ELCO NAVAL DIVISION / BAYONNE, N.J.". NOTE: Original movie film is housed at Mystic Seaport in the Film and Video Department. The film is currently not cataloged or dubbed -- this is raw footage. For further information please contact the Film and Video Department at: 860.572.5383. Fees may be incurred.

1984.187.103415F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection