NIMITZ DAY IN WASHINGTON SCENES AT AIRFIELD Part 1

Description

1) MS High-ranking Navy officer getting out of automobile at NAS, Anacostle.2) MS MRS. CHESTER W. NIMITZ & three daughters waiting on field.3) MS R50 taxiing to standstill ladder is run to door, ADM NIMITZ descends & shakes hands with high-ranking Navy officers on field Navy band, BG.4) CU ADM NIMITZ, his wife & daughters enter automobile.5) CU ADM NIMITZ seated in auto, waves to crowd.6) MS Enlisted man at base of flagpole runs up five star Fleet Admiral"s flag.7) MS Group of Waves, standing before operations building at NAS, Anscostia, come to attention.8) MS US flag flying from pole, hundreds of planes in formation, BG.9) LA MS Nimitz Day ceremonies held on Monument grounds.10) LS PAN Washington Monument & crowds gathered in front of platform.11) MS/CU MRS. NIMITZ & daughters pose on platform, holding flowers presented to them by group of school children.12) MS Hundreds of planes in sky, flying in formation, spelling out: "NIMITZ."13) MS ADM NIMITZ riding in auto, waving to crowd.14) CU ADM NIMITZ on platform on Washington Monument grounds waving to crowd (SV).15) CU MAJ BOYINGTON, marine flyer.16) MS/CU Detachments of Marine, Navy, Coast Guard enlisted men, Waves & Spars parading past camera.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities