BATTLE OF MIDWAY MN-1433 Part 2

Description

1) CU CDR JOHN FORD standing next to another Commander (dressed in khakis), cenversing.2) CU CDR FORD signing a clip beard & giving it to Lieutenant.3) HA MS Ammunition werking party on barge; several 5" shells stacked on barge; enlisted men on barge are wearing dungarees, some are stripped to waist; men place shells in carge netting; crane hoists netting, loaded with shells; Pan, carge netting passing to top.4) HA MS Ammunition barge; men stacking ammunition into can.5) HA MLS Down side of unidentified ship, two 5" guns firing strbrd. (ship is underway at very high speed). VG6) HA LS AT type ship behind camera ship, portion of camera ship to right (ships are underway at sea).7) HA MS Two 3" anti-aircraft guns firing.8) GtoA LS SBD type aircraft diving (SV) (SBD is dive bomber.)9) GtoA MLS SBD flying to left; Pan, to left with plane.10) HA MS Spar is towed behind camera ship; machine gun bullets ricochetting in the water near spar.11) CU 5" gun pointing skyward, man, wearing sound powered phones, sits by gun; CVA type carrier, BG.12) MLS CVA type carrier underway.13) HA MS Down catwalk of camera ship, several 20mm guns being manned by crews, are fired skyward.QUALITY GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities