President Truman Fishes, General Eisenhower Welcomed Home, Attacks on USS Bunkerhill Part 3

Description

1) MS-CU Pres. Truman exits plane at Olympia, Wash, & is greeted by governor, visits governor's mansion. 2) MS Pres. Truman gives Congressional Medal of Honor to Army Private. 3) LS-MCU-CU Pres. Truman fishing from row-boat-SV. 4) AV-LS Running shot: Cars drive along snow-lined road. 5) LS MS Gen. Eisenhower exits plane in his home town, greets Mother & wife. 6) LS-MS Eisenhower parade, spectators, reviewing stand-SV. 7) LS CV underway, planes overhead. 8) AV Gun camera, Japanese ship & plane being strafed, city bombed-SV. 9) LS Splash near bow of CV (improperly described in sound track) 10) LS-DA F6F barely pulls up off port bow of carrier. 11) LS-MS F6F belly tank flames, firefighting, pilot rescued-SV. 12) LS Japanese planes attempt to crash on carrier. 13) LS-Pan Japanese plane shot down, crashes into water & explodes-SV. 14) LS Japanese plane heads for BUNKER HILL stern. 15) LS-MS Smoke rises from burning BUNKER HILL. 16) LS Hospital corpsmen handle casualties. 17) LS Cruiser Wilkes-Barre alongside, playing hoses on BUNKER HILL. 18) LS-MS Survivors being helped out of water into DD-SV. 19) LS-DA Burial at sea of BUNKER HILL casualties. 20) LS BUNKER HILL in drydock. 21) MS Holes in flight deck, bomb hole-SV. 22) CU Capt Sykes & executive officer of BUNKER HILL. 23) LS-MS Pilots' ready-room showing damage. 24) LS-MS Score board on carrier island as man chalks up ships sunk. 25) LS-DA Crew at quarters on flight deck salute. QUALITY: GOOD. SOME BLOTCHY. FUNGUS.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities