CV"S HIT BY SUICIDE PLANE; JAPANESE RESCUED FROM WATER Part 1

Description

MS LS "Frances" flies through flak, is hit, & burns.MS PAN A CVL & two CV"s underway during enemy air attack; much flak in sky; second CV is hit and explodes.CU Commander wearing anti-flash paint smokes a pipe.CU Japanese prisoners fished from water; swimmers assist Japanese prisoners from water.MS CU Japanese suicide "Zeke" crashes close off portquarter of USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6).LS IOWA class BB underway.MS Suicide plane hits ESSEX-type carrier (probably USS YORKTOWN) amidships.MS CVL underway burning.LS Great explosion seen on horizon.MS PAN IOWA class BB underway.MS Floating object in water (probably an aerial torpedo).MS GV Gun fire directed toward torpedo attempt to explode it (SV).CU Japanese swimming in water.CU Swimmer pulls Japanese toward side of ship.<*>The "logging-in" card gives the producer as USS MELVIN (DD-680). A companion roll (No. 11842), which was produced by the USS YORKTOWN, is now found combined with No. 12992 (GUN CAMERA).QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities