sbchelldiver Review of Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy (1934)

A Priceless & Poignant Historical Document

[9/10 · 19 December 2007]

This film is an unintended historical document.It shows the daily and very ordinary goings-on aboard a typical battle wagon in the 1930's.Only that, because U.S.S. Arizona was at the moment available for filming,now we can see this as a poignant reminder of a great ship & its gallant crew,some of which would still call her home on Dec 7 1941.Note Also that much of the action on board centers round the vicinity of turret 1,where the big explosion would happen,and which remains to this day the only complete remaining turret aboard ship.Also to watch all the pomp used then,frock coats fore&aft hats&all,leggings in boot camp,full uniform for maneuvering dirigibles(a rigid ship,e/o aboard in full uniform,no jumpsuits mind u,dates the way it was)U.S.S. Macon on Moffet, then on Mines Field(Angelenos dig it up well;that prairie is now LAX!)But a/a BB39.I,m from Ponce in PUR,& in 1931 she visited us bringing Herbert Hoover with her. So for this and the other reasons,and many more,I consider this a priceless historical document.What do YOU think? Carlos Aneiro