FIRE FIGHTING AND BATTLE DAMAGE ABOARD USS BUNKER HILL Part 1

Description

1) GV Looking forward on flight deck as fire rages forward, dense column of black smoke, corpsmen treat casualties FG on fantail.2) GV-Pan Fire fighting; detail play hoses on burning planes forward & on smoking island, fire seen burning inside island at hangar deck level, exploding tracer ammunition is seen flying through dense smoke columns.3) MS Men carry casualty wrapped in blanket forward on flight deck.4) CU-Pan Island as fire rages, fire fighting details at work FG.5) CU Gunners man 20mm guns during fire, dense smoke BG.6) HS Looking aft on starboard side of ship as men climb outboard ladder.7) HS Gunners at their post and quad mount 40mm guns during fire, smoke BG.8) HS Looking down on quad mount 40mm position on starboard side on ship as rescue party assists men through porthole.9) HS Bow of USS WILKES-BARRE alongside the USS BUNKER HILL as men on the USS WILKES-BARRE play hoses on the smoking side of the USS BUNKER HILL.10) HS DD-687 USS Vhlmrnn (DD-687) underway alongside playing fire hoses on burning USS BUNKER HILL.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities