AIR ACTION, JAPANESE PLANE SHOT DOWNINDEX NO. 11883 PROD: USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) DATE: 4/17/45 FTG: 1411 Part 3

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1) GV Night shot: 20 and 40mm tracers going through air.2) GV Twenty and forth millimeter tracers strafe Japanese plane, it crashes in water near CV, underway.3) LS Cleveland Class CL underway doing rapid fire with AA guns.4) LS Large splash off bow of CV, underway.5) DA Gun crew trains quad mount 40mm gun.GOODINDEX NO. 11790 PROD: SAN JACINTO (CVL-30) DATE: 4/45 FOOTAGE: 102" PRESENTATION OF AWARDS1) MS Much flak in sky.2) MStoCU MANY VIEWS OF presentation of awards to officers and men on flight deck.GOOD to POORGROUND ATTACKS AND CONVOY AT SEAINDEX NO. 11754 PROD: USS HORNET (CV-12) DATE: 4/16/45 FOOTAGE: 100"1) AV Many fires burn on ground targets, n fg.2) AV Convoy of six APA"s on surface of se3) AVtoCU Pilot in cockpit of TBM.QUALITY: FAIR

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities