FEATURETTE "COMBAT LAUNCH, USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) South China Sea Part 1

Description

1) MS Red shirts on flight deck area, A-4E aircraft parked in right BG, red shirt approaches in FG, moves out of scene at left, others in BG moving bombs on bomb carts. G 2) MS Ordnance men under port wing of A-4E aircraft preparing to lift bomb. 3) MS Three red shirts around port wing of aircraft, one bomb already on pylon. G 4) MCU Four ordnance men lifting bomb to pylon under port wing. G 5) CU Yellow shirt talking on lip mike. G 6) MS E-2A being launched from #1 catapult, leaves scene at right, flight ceck crew in left FG looking on. 7) CU Catapult officer giving rev-up to A-4E aircraft on #1 catapult in mid BG, launch signal is given, A-4E is launched out of scene at left, A-3B is parked in mid BG in front of island structure. VG 8) CU Catapult officer giving signal for launch of A-4E on #1 catapult, plane leaves scene at left. (SV) VG 9) MS PAN to left, A-4E aircraft being launched from #1 catapult and airborne from deck. G 10) MS Swish PAN to right, A-4E being launched from #2 catapult. G 11) MS A catapult officer crouched down on deck, A-4E launched in mid BG; swish PAN to left, A-4E airborne off deck. (SV) VG 12) MS A-1E being launched; PAN to right, aircraft airborne with load of bombs. 13) MCU Catapult officer, left hand raised, F-4B on #1 catapult in mid BG, signal for launch is given; PAN to left, F-4B launched with after burners. (SV) VG 14) MCU Purple shirts refueling F-4B belly tank. G 15) LA MS Pilot standing on top of ladder looking down into cockpit of A-4E, brown shirts underneath aircraft. G 16) MS Green shirts working over catapult area, island structure in left BG. (SV) G 17) MS Brown shirt unfastening chain tie-down. GtoF 18) MCU Two radar men, green shirts, working on nose radar of F-4B, radar is exposed. (SV) VG 19) MS Pilot manning his A-4E aircraft, brown shirt stands on deck at bottom of ladder, tail of aircraft is facing out board. G 20) MS Tractor backing A-3B down over deck. G 21) MS A-3B being respotted tractor backing aircraft down between E-2A & A-3B parked at right BG. VG

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities