SOUTHERN CRUISE OF USS SARATOGA (CV-3), PACIFIC AREA, 1929 Part 2

Description

1) CU Groups of ships" personnel aboard USS SARATOGA (CV-3), Jan. 24, 1929 as the ship prepares to cross the equator. SV2) CU Initiation ceremonies at Order of Shell Backs.3) CU Personnel dressed in various costumes.4) CU Several cartoons. SV5) MS Ships" officers and Admirals lined up in whites, watching initiation ceremonies. SV6) MS Initiated personnel, sailors with socks on necks, oil dobbed on them, paint on faces, hair cut off. SV7) LS DA Flag bridge of USS SARATOGA as old style bi-plane fighters take off from Panama Canal. SV8) LS DA Lighter aircraft lined up on flight deck preparing to take off (planes probably old Curtiss bi-plane type). SV9) CU Col. LINDBERGH and ships" Captain inspecting flag deck of USS SARATOGA; ships" crew and officers in BG. SV10) CU Adm. H. A. WILEY, Comdr.-In-Chief of US fleet and Col. LINDBERGH pose for picture.11) CU Col. LINDBERGH in cockpit of plane; prepares to take off from the USS SARATOGA. G SV12) LS Plane leaves ship and is escorted by two fighter craft.13) MS UX Comdr.-In-Chief, Adm. WILEY and officers on bridge of SARATOGA.14) LS DA Groups of fighter craft on flight deck of SARATOGA, motors warming up, preparing to take off, SV15) LS DA Fighter aircraft lands on deck of SARATOGA; interesting shot shows obsolete type of arresting device.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities