BIKINI ATOLL (PARAMOUNT NEWS) Part 1

Description

1) CU Globe map showing Bikini Atoll, animated ships in target area.2) MS USS SARATOGA, USS INDEPENDENCE, USS SAN FRANCISCO, NAGATO, PRINZ EUGEN; USS PENNSYLVANIA, USS NEVADA.3) MS B-29s on airfield on Kwajalein.4) CU Alphabetical letters on tail of planes designative B for bembing. W for weather, etc.5) MCU Men being briefed before take-off.6) MCU Bombs & pilet of Dave"s Dream.7) SHS Taken from plane looking down on many photographers standing around planes before take-off.8) MS Interior shot: Many photographers operating cameras from inside plane.9) CU Lenses on camera.10) MCU Men working on weather instruments. they release balloon.11) MS USS MOUNT McKINLEY, Vice-admiral Blandy & other officers abeard.12) MS-Pan Many different type planes, trucks on USS INDEPENDENCE flight deck.13) MS Interior shot: Men securing ships, degging down the hatch, etc.14) CU Feet going down stairs. MS USS MT. McKINLEY.15) MS Interior shot: Men work & study charts, men writs weather conditions on blackbeard.16) CU Pilot W. P. Swampscett & bembardier, they take off in B-29 Dave"s Drsam.17) MS B-29 in flight. MS Officers on ground look up at sky.QUALITY Good.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities