ACTIVITIES ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE AT SEA, PACIFIC AREA Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2425 DC SOURCE: AFCF (POA-36 (1590-4)) 425 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 849' ea Comp, Push-Pull ACTIVITIES ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE AT SEA Pacific Area - 21 Aug - 21 Sept 44 MSs, mechanic makes last minute check on plane, pilot take seat and straps himself in. Pan to another pilot seating himself in cockpit of plane. HSs, several fighter planes on deck of ship warming up. In bg, other planes with wings folded. Voice off screen says "Start your engines. Keep clear of propellers." HSs, fighter planes start to taxi down runway. One plane is loaded with torpedo. One plane fails to start and crewmen rush out and move it aside. RVs, looking out to sea as fighter planes taxi down runway and take off. HSs, fighter plane is raised on elevator and then pushed off. Elevator drops below deck. HSs, planes on deck unfold their wings as they taxi into position. NOTE; Planes in footage are Helldivers, SB2C; Hellcats, F6F and Corsairs, F4U. Sound is mostly background. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities