GEN EISENHOWER ABOARD USS DES MOINES(CA-134) & ROOSEVELT (CVB-42) Part 2

Description

Summary: MLSs, MSs, ext, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower talks with Adm Robt B Carney and VAdm Matthias B Gardner on flag bridge of the Des Moines. MLS, signalman sends message with blinker light. ELS, USS Leyte moves left to right at sea, its blinker light flashes. MS, sailor using blinker signal. MSs, Des Moines bow moves through the water. MCU, Eisenhower at ship's rail. LSs, Eisenhower, Carney, at rail. Both men with Gardner, chat on deck. LS, MS, Eisenhower talks with Carney; Navy photog, men, look on in bg. MLS, Eisenhower photographs Carney and Gardner with his stereo camera. LSs, MLS, sailors, marines, in formation on deck; Eisenhower, Carney, Gardner chat. LS, HA, H-5 copter rises from deck, flys left. LS, USS Roosevelt at sea; rail of Des Moines in fg. LSs, carrier aircraft in air. Planes dive in rocket runs at sea. Rocket, MG fire strikes water. LSs, Eisenhower, other, stand by copter on deck; Eisenhower takes a picture. (NOTE: Emulsion digs intermittent through reel.) Sailors fall in formation; marines in formation. LS, carrier plane lands on Roosevelt. LS, other planes circle above it. LSs, destroyers move right to left in heavy seas. A destroyer at sea. LSs, H-5 lands twd camera on deck of Roosevelt, sailor crouches, runs to secure it. Eisenhower steps down is greeted by Gardner. LSs (some underexposed), the two men walk twd camera, enter cabin followed by Navy officers, an ARMY Officer. LS, sailors assist Eisenhower in donning life jacket. Eisenhower and Carney board H-5 as Gardner salutes. H-5 rises moves away from camera. LS, Gen Pearson and USN Capt Anderson of SHAPE talk with Gardner on ship. (NOTE: Emulsion digs intermittent through reel.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities