US CARRIER TASK FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 2

Description

Summary: MSs from another ship of carrier Princeton and other vessels in task force. LS, Japanese plane; heavy flak nearby. MSs, LS, Princeton burning. LS, spectacular explosion of aircraft carrier Princeton. MS, burning Japanese plane drops bomb near carrier; plane falls into water close to vessel. MSs, LSs, tracer fire near Japanese planes attacking carrier. Mss, destroyer and other ships firing AA guns. CUs, pilots aboard carrier reporting to intelligence officers. MS, Hellcat (F6F) with one wheel missing. Good shots, several angles of planes landing on deck of carrier. CUs, pilots on deck near planes. MSs, crews wheeling 1000-lb bombs on carrier deck.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities