USS FRANKLIN AFIRE & CARRIER ACTIVITIES Part 3

Description

1) AV Strafing shot of ground installations in small harbor.2) AV Plane rockets seen flying through air.3) AV Rocket explosion.4) AV Sugar dog is strafed by machine gun fire.5) AV Lighthouse is strafed by machine gun fire.6) AV Bomb explosions rise from installations.7) AV-MS FRANKLIN on fire, large explosion rises from midships.8) LS Many explosions aboard USS FRANKLIN.9) AV Smoke columns rising at sea.10) LS FRANKLIN as smoke dies down & fire is brought under control.11) MS Cleveland Class CL underway, TBM passes, FG.12) MS TBM lands with wheels up.13) MS-CU DD-539 coming alongside for fueling.14) MS CVL launches aircraft, CV passes BG.15) MS Good silhouette view of CL.16) MS-CU Fueling at sea of AO.17) CU Fuel lines break between ships.18) CU F6F takes wave off, later lands.19) HS F6F wings are folded & planes are spotted forward on deck-SV.20) MS Plane under heavy AA fire, crashes & burns at sea.21) LS Japanese plane under heavy AA fire dives into sea just missing CV-SV.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities