APOLLO 7 ARRIVES NOB, NORFOLK ABOARD USS ESSEX (CVS-9) Part 2

Description

1) MLS Port beam view, USS ESSEX underway in Hampton Roads, tugs along port side; ship is sending message by signal light from signal bridge; weather very hazy; ship makes way toward Pier 12, NOB, Norfolk, Va. F-P 2) LS Port bow view, ESSEX making turn toward Pier 12 NOB, Norfolk, partly seen in FG. F 3) MLS Starb'd bow view, ESSEX heading in to pier. G 4) MS Starb'd. bow view, ESSEX, tugs off port bow; ship moving very slowly. G-F 5) MLS Side view, YTB pushing along starb'd. quarter of ship; pan R showing crew on flight deck at quarters for entering port. F 6) MS Down port side of ESSEX, ship moves ahead slowly. F 7) MS Telephoto view, band playing on flight deck, forward of island. F-P 8) MS Unidt. small units of men on flight deck. F-P 9) MLS Down starb'd. side, USS ESSEX, easing up to Pier 12. F-P soft, scratch 10) ECU Side view, island structure. F 11) HA MS Mobile crane moving brow in place to ship's quarterdeck. G- F 12) HA MS Men standing inside hangar, elevator is lowered, APOLLO 7 seen in hangar bay. G-F 13) HA MS APOLLO 7 in hangar bay, civilians and military personnel seen around capsule. G-F scratches 14) MS Tractor towing APOLLO 7 out of hangar bay onto deck edge elevator; pan L to crane hook hanging into scence from top, tractor places capsule under hook. G-F 15) MS APOLLO capsule on trailer. F 16) HA MLS Overall view, deck edge elevator with APOLLO 7 being hooked up to crane hook; crane is on pier LFG. G 17) MS APOLLO 7 capsule; liquid running from bottom of capsule. G 18) LA MS USS ESSEX blowing tubes, black smoke comes from stack. G 19) HA MLS Crew working around capsule on forward deck edge elevator; ship's crane is being hooked up to capsule. G-F

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities