USS MONTPELIER (CL 57) Part 2

Description

1) MLS USS MONTPELIER CL 57 AT ANCHOR.2) HA MCU CREW MEMBERS STANDING RANKS ON STERN DURING PRESENTATION OF AWARDS.3) HA MCU ENLISTED MEN IN RANKS DURING PRESENTATION OF AWARDS BY ADM AARON S. MERRILL AND CAPT WILLIAM D. BROWN.4) CU SEVERAL MEN WATCHING CEREMONIES.5) HA MS CREW OF MONTPELIER AT ATTENTION.6) HA MS ADM AND AIDS ARRIVING.7) HA MS ADM MERRILL STANDING ON STERN ADDRESSING CREW.8) CU ADM SPEAKING TO CREW.9) HA MS TROOPS LISTENING TO ADM.10) CU ADM A. W. FITCH PINNING NAVY CROSS AND LEGION OF MERIT ON ADM MERRILL AND CAPT. BROWN. NARE hao Atiles11) CU CAPT BROWN AT ATTENYION SHAKES HANDS AND SALUTES FITCH.12) CU CAPT BRCWN& ADM MERRILL.13) MS ENLISTED MEN AND CHIEF DURING CEREMONIES.14) MCU OPEN HATCH ON FIVE-INCH MOUNT.15) MCU BRIDGE OF SHIP; FIRE CONTROL CAPTAIN SPEAKING INTO PHONE.16) LS SHELL FIRE SPLASHES NEAR SHORE LINE OF CHOISEUL ISLAND.17) MS FIVE-INCH GUN MOUNT ABOARD CRUISER.18) HA MCU ENL'D MEN ASLEEP ON DECKS OF SHIP.19) LA MS OFFICERS SEATED ON BRIDGE.20) MS OPEN FIVE-INCH MOUNTS.21) LA MCU PART OF 40MM GUN MOUNT.22) LS AUSTRALIAN CRUISER UNDERWAY.23) MCU ENL'D MEN TALKING. SV24) LS AUSTRALIAN CRUISER UNDERWAY: MAN BY FIVE-INCH GUN IN FG.25) CU PLAQUE SAYS USS NASHVILLE CL 43;.26) MS BIG GUNS ON CRUISER.27) LS NIGHT SCENE; AUSTRALIAN CRUISER UNDERWAV. SV28) MCU GUN CREW OF 40MM GUN TALKING. NIGHT SCENE. SV29) MOU LOOKOUT SCANNING HORIZON WITH BINCCULARS. NIGHT SCENE.30) MCU OFFICER WITH SEXTANT TAKING READING. NIGHT SCENE.31) HA MS GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS GOING DOWN GANGWAY UNDER PIER FROM USS SOMERS DD 381. SV32) MS TRUCK CARRYING PRISONERS COMING DOWN PIER ESCORTED BY JEEPS; VARIOUS MILITARY PERSONNEL.33) MLS USS MEMPHIS CL COMING INTO EIER.34) MCU SAILOR PATROLING DOCK.35) MLS USS SOMERS COMING IN TOWARDS PIER.36) MS ITALIAN AND GERMAN PRISONERS GOING FROM SOMERS TO PIER.37) MCU GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS WALKING DOWN PIER ESCORTED BY MARINES.38) MCU SEVERAL PRISONERS IN BACK OF TRUCK TALKING.39) MS PRISONERS WALKING INTC STOCKADE AT IBURA FIELD IN RECIFE, BRAZIL.40) MS PRISONERS INSIDE OF STOCKADE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities