TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION AT SEA TO USS MASSACHUSETTS Part 2

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TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION AT SEA TO USS MASSACHUSETTS Index.No. 11565 Prod.USS MASSACHUSETTS Date 4/25/45 (103ft 16mm) (258ft-35mm)1) LS CV in silhouette, DD firing BG.2) LS Suicide plane crashes in water, BB's underway BG, far BB is of South Dakota class.3) MS Midships of ammunition ship alongside, ammunition is passed loose in cargo net.4) MS Single shell in sling hoist, DD underway BG.5) MS Various views of 16 inch shells being hoisted from ammunition ship to deck of BB (SV).QUALITY----FAIRADM NIMITZ VISITS OKINAWA 16MM 55' Index No.11702 Prod. USN, CINCPAC Date 5/1/45 (35mm 137')1) CU GEN. BUCKNER & HODGE standing in front of jeep.2) CU ADM. NIMITZ comes ashore from small landing craft control boat & is greeted by GEN. BUCKNER & HODGE.3) CU ADM. NIMITZ shakes hands with line of Army men.Index No. 11641 Prod. USS ESSEX (CV-9) Date 4/28/45 Length 112' & 280' USS HANCOCK BURNS1) MS USS HANCOCK underway smoking & burning (SV).2) GV USS HANCOCK underway burning, CL underway astern of her.3) MS USS HANCOCK underway burning & smoking furiously, smoke FG (GOOD).4) CU USS HANCOCK smoking, CL passes BG.QUALITY----GOOD CLASSIFICATION--CONFIDENTIALIndex No. 11816. Prod. USN (113th NCB) Date 3/45 Length 35mm-121' & 16mm--51'SEABEES WORK ON BEACHHEAD, OKINAWA1) MS Bulldozer constructs ramp up to bow of beached LST, Okinawa Island.2) MS-MCU PAN, Marine life growing in shallow water.QUALITY----FAIRQUALITY: FAIR

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities