Giant Killers Metadata

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Title

  • Alternate Title Giant Killers: The Story of the Elco PT Boats
  • Main Title Giant Killers

Creator

  • Director: van Nostrand, Wallace
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Director/Cameraman
  • Compiler: Princeton Film Center, Inc.
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: Compiler/Editor
  • Other: Deventer, Van
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Narrator

Contributor

  • Other: Kelly, Thomas A.
    Contributor Info: Supervisor
  • Sponsor: Electric Launch Company
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Elco Naval Division
  • Sponsor: Electric Boat Company
    Contributor Type: Organization

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This film shows the material and manpower that go into making Elco PT boats.
  • Physical Description: 1 film (30 min.) : col. ; 16 mm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Torpedo-boats.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Electric Boat Company.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - New Jersey - Hudson County - Bayonne
  • Start Date: 1939
  • End Date: 1949

Collection

  • Name: Gordon Knox Film Collection
    Code: GKFC

Institution

  • Name: UNT Media Library
    Code: UNTLML

Rights

  • Rights Holder: The Estates of Gordon and Nancy C. Knox

Resource Type

  • Video

Format

  • Video

Identifier

  • Call Number: MP 1483 v.48
  • UNT Catalog No.: b3819359
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc13636

Note

  • Display Note: Presented by Electric Boat Company, Elco Naval Division - from beginning credits
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