Stock Footage, Carrier USS Hornet, Various Locations

Description

DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT NEWSFILM RELEASE A OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 1969 OXford 76161 Number 219-69 Footage: 42' 16mm Color Master Room 2E 773 Time: 1:11 STOCK FOOTAGE: U. S. NAVY'S AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS HORNET (CVS-12) CHOSEN PRIME RECOVERY SHIP FOR APOLLO 11 SPLASHDOWN (Official U. S. Navy Film Released by the Department of Defense) This film shows various views of the U. S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare air- craft carrier, the USS HORNET (CVS-12), which has been selected as the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 11 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean this month. President Nixon plans to be aboard the carrier to welcome the three astronauts home after their return from man's first landing on the moon. SEQUENCES FOOTAGE VIDEO 20 (a) USS HORNET underway with aircraft on flight deck 19 (b) Deck activity aboard the USS HORNET 3 (c) USS HORNET underway at sea NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY. This motion film released to NBC-TV is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and newsreel pool members. It is to be forwarded within 72 hours to: DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Ave., New York City 10019, telephone CIrcle 7-3220, where it will be available to non-pool members and other authorized agencies which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The original release film must not be cut in any manner.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases