SAIPAN INVASION; BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND; USS MINNEAPOLIS UNDER ATTACK BY AIRCRAFT Part 3

Description

1) LS Saipan under bombardment, planes dive, bombs burst.2) GV DDs, CAs pass; burning Is. BG.3) MS 14" guns trained.4) GV OS2U lands, taxis in slick, recovered.5) HS OS2U catapulted from BB.6) GV Transports in transport area.7) LS USS MINNEAPOLIS under bomb attack, explosion from near miss-SV.8) GV Ships fire, flak bursts in air-SV.9) LS Smoke columns rise from Is., BB passes FG-SV.10) MCU 6 gun (14") salvos-SV.11) MS-Pan CAs pass in formation, ships fire.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities