MARINE FIGHTER PILOTS, ESPIRITU SANTO Part 1

Description

1) MS F4U parked in sandy area as pilot jumps down from cockpit; plane captain greets pilot.2) MS Plane captain standing by tail section of F4U; small dog sitting on tail of a/c.3) MS Pilots being briefed in front of Operations office by LT. K. A WALSH, USMC.4) CU Pilot"s Mae West showing drawing of F4U in flight on front of it.5) MS Pilots running off after briefing.6) MS Pilots entering briefing room.7) MS Pilots running from briefing room carrying flight gear.8) MS Pilot climbing in cockpit of F4U; palm trees in BG. SV9) CU Pilot in cockpit putting on helmet.10) ECU Pilot buckling chin strap.11) LS Looking down flight path as F4U"s are taxiing toward camera.12) MS F4U"s taxiing. SV13) MCU Patient in hospital bed laughing and applauding.14) CU LT. LANNY ROSS entertaining patients in sickbay.15) CU Patient lying in bed with arm in sling.16) MCU Patients in beds watching show. SV17) LS CB"s constructing quonset hut in tropical area. SV18) MCU CB putting screws in steel beam. SV19) MLS Truck, stuck in mud, pulls out and drives off; oil tank in BG.20) MS Three enlisted men in truck; oil drum in BG.21) LS Looking down road lined with palms as enlisted man in whites approaches camera.22) MS Quonset hut beside road as jeep passes in FG; palms in BG.23) LA MLS CB"s working on frame of building.24) MS Looking down row of quonset huts.25) CU Sign: "Mess Hours".26) LS Looking down road at small hut; sign on palm tree reads, "U.S. Naval Base Hospital No. 3".27) CU Hospital sign.28) MLS Front of quonset hut showing officer and enlisted men entering.29) CU Sign; "U.S. Naval Base Hospital No. 3, Admin. Office".30) CU Painted bomb on steps of quonset hut.31) MCU Patient sitting up in bed. SVTITLE: F4U CRASH LANDING, NAS, N. Y.32) MS F4U with British markings making "pancake" landing on flight strip.33) MS Fire fighters reeling out hose from fire truck; PAN to another fire truck and F4U.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities