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    SAN FRANCISCO Page 72 SAN FRAN. - ITEM 33 SHOT FROM CAMERA ABOARD DESTROYER MOVING INTO SAN FRANCISCO BAY, LARGE PART OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IS BEHIND IT. CAMERA IS ABOUT 15 FEET IN FROM STERN, WE OPEN ON EXTREME WIDE ANGLE VIEW SHOWING STERN OF SHIP IN FORE- GROUND AND THE WAKE OF DESTROYER, SAILOR MOVES INTO PICTURE ON LEFT AND DOES SOME ACTION BUSINESS ON DEPTH CHARGES THEN CROSSES OFF AND OUT TO RIGHT. CUT TO: CAMERA ON BUILDING BESIDE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, MS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY WITH DES- TROYERS CENTER THEN ZOOM IN FOR SHOT OF DESTROYER OVERALL BUT FILLING FRAME, CUT BACK TO: STERN SHOT OF DESTROYER, AS WE HEAR AUDIO OF SPEAKER SOUNDING GENERAL QUARTERS, PAN CAMERA FROM STERN UP ALONG SIDE DECK OF SHIP TO SHOW MEN RUNNING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. VOICE OF NAVY: My job is on the destroyer escort, The USS Grady. We are steaming through San Francisco Bay on a training mission. They call us "The Tin Can Squadron" of the United States Navy, A tin can is a depth charge in case you didn't know it already* But we know why we keep training. The Air Force keeps it clear up there, the Navy keeps it clear below, (LOCAL AUDIO OF MEN RUNNING AS THEY SHOUT, ETC.) (CAPTAIN'S VOICE ON SPEAKER:) CUT TO; CAMERA ON CAPTAIN: SHIP'S BRIDGE. WE , , SEE OFFICERS AND MEN IN Commence firing, ACTION. MAN AT STEERING WHEEL IF POSSIBLE, ETC, OTHER MEN CRISS-CROSS BRIEFLY IN FOREGROUND TO HYPO ACTION AND MOOD OF GENERAL QUARTERS * CAMERA DOLLIES PAST THIS MS SCENE TO LOOK OUf:?╟╓OVER