16041 PROD: MOVIETONE SUBJ: LAUNCHING LSD FOOTAGE: 400" Part 1

Description

1) MS LSD being launched; it slides down the ways sideways.2) GV Workers driving wedges from beneath the hull of the USS Doyen.3) MS Ship as she is launched, oil wells of Long Beach seen in the bg.4) CU Open-end stern for handling LCVP"s.16315 PROD: USS YORKTOWN (MOVIETONE) SUBJ: HITS ON FLIGHT DECK 100"1) CU Damage caused by direct hit on the flight deck of the Yorktown2) CU 1-1.3) MCU Dead personnel lying around the deck near 1.1 gun mount.16363 PROD: FOX-MOVIETONE SUBJ: ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS 150"1) MCU Aircraft flying overhead dropping bombs into the water.2) MCU 1.1 firing. (SV)3) MCU Forward turrets firing aboard cruiser.16364 PROD: MOVIETONE SUBJ: AMERICAN TANKER TORPEDOED 74"1) LS Ship burning on the horizon.2) LS Ship burning on the horizon; DE in the fg.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities