# "LET'S JOIN THE NAVY!" U.S. NAVY 1930s PROMO BATTLE CRUISER USS TUSCALOOSA PANAMA CANAL 43884a

This mid-1930s U.S. Navy promotional short, filmed by Paramount Pictures, shows off the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, a New-Orleans-class cruiser (heavy cruiser). The ship would later serve in WWII (Pacific theater). Sub-topics of the film include: life on a Navy ship, flag signaling / signal practice, passing the Panama Canal / electric mules at Panama canal, Navy seaplanes, and Navy formations. Title: “Let’s Join The Navy! Come aboard and see what life is like on one of Uncle Sam’s modern cruisers…the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa…” Narrated by Alois Havrilla; Paramount Pictorial (0:06). USS Tuscaloosa moves quickly in open ocean near Atlantic coastline (30 knots) (0:17). USS Tuscaloosa crew asleep in foldable bunks (0:40). Sailors wake up, stow bunks (0:45). Sailors emerge on deck, begin cleaning, sweeping (“brush brigade”) (0:55). Ship kitchens aboard USS Tuscaloosa, setting dishes from crates, serving food (1:17). Sailors sit down to meals on ship (1:25). Officers in uniform on bridge look out through binoculars, stand at wheel, near signals (Navy ship technology) (1:34). Sailor studies indicators/ship gauges while turning wheel (1:50). Wake of the ship (1:55). Anchor being dropped near Panama Canal (2:05). Sailors gather at bow, look out at Colon Harbor / Panama Canal entrance on Atlantic side (2:10). Electric mules being rigged to battlecruiser; sailors prepare ship to move through canal locks; frantic activity on deck of USS Tuscaloosa (2:26). Lock opens at Panama Canal (2:37). Electric…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/43884a-lets-jointhenavy-vwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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