Japanese PLANES SHOT DOWN BY TASK FORCE DURING RAID ON TRUK ISLAND Part 2

Description

1) LS Flak explosions on horizon; PAN to CVL on horizon (slightly fuzzy); Japanese aircraft crashes near USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24).2) MLS Burning Japanese plane on water, portion of BELLEAU WOOD underway (SV).3) MLS Stern view of CL underway firing guns.4) LS Flak explosions on horizon, flak exploding near Japanese plane airborne.5) LA LS Flak explosions in sky, CL underway firing guns.6) LA LS Tracers firing at unseen aircraft.7) LA LS Japanese plane diving, explosions near aircraft (jerky pan).8) HA MS NG.9) MS LST underway at sea.TITLE: Salerno, Italy: Normandy, France.10) MS Looking down starb'd side of USS SAVANNAH (CL-42), main batteries firing on Salerno Beach.11) LS Sunset at sea; portions of gun and superstructure in FG, lookout with binoculars in FG (SV).12) HA MS Two German aviators being put into small boat aboard DD, Navy officers accompanying Germans.13) HA MS Whale boat with Germans and Navy officers getting underway from DD.14) LS Starb'd beam view of shipping at anchor in harbor, barrage balloons overhead off coast of Normandy; PAN.TITLE: Soloman Islands15) HA MCU Enl'd man greasing landing cable aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22).16) GtoA LS Formation of fighter aircraft airborne.17) MCU Men installing bombs on underside of TBF (SV).

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities