# READY ON ARRIVAL VIETNAM ERA U.S. NAVY / MARINE CORPS CHINA SEA FILM 78714

Made in 1966, READY ON ARRIVAL shows the activities of the United States Navy's aircraft carriers & the crews who man them. The USS Independence CV-62 is the carrier featured. Carrier aircraft making attack runs over Vietnam are shown at the start of the film, landing on carrier decks at mark 1:00. At mark2:55, 4500 men are on the ship, they make it run; engineers, doctors, pilot, aircraft mechanics, fire men. They all help in running the ship. They work 14hours a day. They handle tons of explosives, works, and mechanics work all day keeping all the aircrafts ready when needed. At mark 5:10, they plan on their missions and how they get in the actual attacks; debriefing each other. At mark 7:20, the aircrafts are taken out every 30seconds as they move out to attack. As seen at mark 9:00, each crafts engages in air strike by firing their missiles. At mark 10:01, they arrived back on the ship. These are the ingredient of an air strike. At mark 11:35, there is a carrier on board delivery plane which brings mails and occasional visitors. They are also loaded with outgoing mails on its way back. At mark 12:45, there are engineers communicating. 4 boilers and 45,000 men need fresh water in great quantities for their preservation. At mark 13:40, the crew men are fed and it could be seen their cafeteria. At mark 14:20, their clothes are been sewn and washed. The work of the ship can be hard and tedious, but there is always a time for them to have privacy as seen at mark14:45. Noise…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/78714-ready-on-arrival)
- 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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