US NAVY CARRIER FRANKLIN Part 1

Description

Summary: "Chronology based on action reports. Picture identification difficult because lack of caption sheets; accuracy cannot be guaranteed". 02/1945 - AVs, USS Franklin, aircraft carrier, arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Short scene, men unloading from carrier. 03/19/1945 - Enemy Bombs Hit Excellent scenes, huge billows of smoke rise from foreward deck. Sailors battle the blaze. Series Violent Explosions Begin. VS taken from aboard USS Hickok, DD-673, as explosions occur on USS Franklin. USS Miller Alongside Short scene, USS Miller alongside burning ship. Magnificent shots, men fighting fires on deck of carrier. Portion of flight deck as broken through and men fighting fires in lower level are visible. Sante Fe Alongside To Take Off Wounded. VS, wounded are removed from deck of carrier and transferred to USS Sante Fe. Most Terrific Blast of Morning. LS, explosions aboard carrier. Slate (Note: All explosions are made from ships distant from CV-13. Impossible to shoot film aboard during detonations.) Sante Fe Returns; She Had Been Forced by Explosions to Sheer Off. Excellent scenes, listing carrier in fg; men aboard Sante Fe in bg fighting fire with spray from Sante Fe decks. Until Dark. Father O'Callahan, Paying No Heed to Explosions and His Own Great Peril, Attends the Dying. MCUs, Father O'Callahan, Navy chaplain, saying prayers over dying man. LS, explosions aboard carrier. USS Hickok Rescues Personnel Cut Off by Fire on Fantail. Excellent scenes, litter case is transferred from carrier to Hickok; other men jump from fantail of carrier to awaiting ship. Two men land in water but are rescued.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities