OPERATION HI-JUMP FLAGS: USS MT. OLYMPUS(AGC-8) COMING UP THE POTOMAC & ANACOSTIA RIVERS: ADM. RICHARD E. BYRD & SEC.OF NAVY, ADM.CHESTER W. NIMITZ GREETING EACH OTHER AT NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, D.C Part 1

Description

1) MCU Raising and lowering of ADM"s flag ADM"s flag & American flag flying raising of colors strong wind blowing making flags fly between king posts.2) MCU Sun bathers on deck. Sailors playing with dogs.3) LS Enroute to Washington, D.C., USS MT. OLYMPUS (AGC-8) passing under Morgantown Potomac River bridge.4) LS Sailors salute as ship passes Washington"s tomb, (slightly UX).5) DS Camera boat with news photographers coming alongside MT. OLYMPUS as it comes up the Potomac.6) MS Sailors looking at shoreline along Potomac & Anacostia rivers.7) LS MT. OLYMPUS pulling into Navy Yard - crew on deck at quarters, SV.8) DS ADM. Richard E. Byrd leaves MT. OLYMPUS, greets Sec. of Navy, ADM.Chester W. Nimitz they are standing in front of & speaking into a microphone it is raining.9) CU ADM. Byrd & Sec. of Navy aboard MT. OLYMPUS.10) DS ADM. Nimitz leaves MT. OLYMPUS.11) DS Crowd on dock at Navy Yard standing in rain.QUALITY GOOD (Rainy day, exposure good for rainy day)

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities