CARRIER OPERATIONS ABOARD USS MIDWAY (CVB-41) Part 1

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1) HA MLS AJ on flight deck, with engines running. 2) HA LS AJ taxiing onto cat. 3) HA LS Rear view, AJ on starboard cat and catted off. 4) HA LS AJ being readied and catted off, port cat 5) HA LS F2H-3B being towed onto cat. 6) HA LS F2H-3B catted off port cat, another plane in FG. 7) LS AJ approaching and landing on flight deck. 8) HA LS F2H-3B landing, right tire blows out. 9) HA LS F2H-3B landing. 10) LS AJ taking a wave-off, as seen from port cat. 11) LS AJ lands, tail hook breaks off, AJ smashes into the barriers (cameraman ducks). 12) LS AJ, which has lost tail hook, crashes into planes on forward part of flight deck. (SV) 13) LS Island structure of USS MIDWAY (CVB-41). 14) MS F2H-3B on cat, island in BG. 15) MS F2H-3B on port cat, as seen from catwalk. 16) LS F2W3B on cat, crewmen in FG. 17) MLS F2H-3B getting turn-up signal, then "go" signal plane is catted. 18) LS AJ approaching and landing on f1ight deck. 19) MS AJ taxiing up flight deck. 20) MS F2H-3B on starboard cat. 21) MS Bridle going back down to end of cat. 22) LS F2H-3B on port cat, crewmen around plane. 23) LS Same, plane is then catted. 24) LS AJ taxiing up onto port cat. 25) MLS AJ turning up on port cat, cat officer giving him turn-up signal. 26) MLS F2H-3B towed onto cat by tractor 27) CU Bomb rack under F2H-3B. 28) MS Bomb in rack under starboard wing of F2H~3B. 29) LS AJ approaching and landing on flight deck. 30) MS Island of ship, F2H-3B in flight in BG. 31) MS F2H-3B landing. 32) MS F2H-3B comes out of arresting gear, taxies forward. See also numbers 9578 and 9815. QUALITY: GOOD

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities