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A sailor sights through an optical instrument on board ship

Name: A sailor sights through an optical instrument on board ship
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:53:14.420Z
Duration: 32 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)
Description: Close up, a fair-haired sailor in a cap with a ribbon and a star on its band screws up his face at the eyepiece of a large round optical instrument, a cable hanging from its housing, while the arm of a second man turns a handwheel below; rigging lines run down behind them. The source mentions Soviet warships in the Baltic.

Close up, a fair-haired sailor in a cap with a ribbon and a star on its band screws up his face at the eyepiece of a large round optical instrument, a cable hanging from its housing, while the arm of a second man turns a handwheel below; rigging lines run down behind them. The source mentions Soviet warships in the Baltic.

Period: c. 1938–1940
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE010408
Length: 0' 32"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 735,486,804 bytes

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