ABOARD FLAGSHIP AT SEA Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2388 111 SOURCE: AFCF (POA-36) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 800' ea Silent 2388 ABOARD FLAGSHIP AT SEA, Aug & Sep 1944 (no location) CU, naval officers aboard ship mark Progress Chart. Seq: Aboard ship: Initiation of "Pollywogs "into "Shellbacks. 11 (This is a traditional ceremony aboard ship when it crosses the equator) Seq: Initiation of Brig Gen Bell of the 81st Div. LS, MSs, CUs, Negro troops of the 81st Div dance on deck as orchestra plays. HS, two sailors paint admiral's barge aboard ship. CU, MS, man signals with blinker light from bridge. LS, sailor on ship looks thru binocs. Maj Gen Paul W Mueller climbs down ship's ladder and gets into barge. MS, Gen Mueller stands next to officer in barge en route to Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, N.Y. ERB/lzw Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities