AIR ACTION IN THE PACIFIC; Japanese PLANE CRASH DIVES ESSEX, REMOVAL OF DEAD FROM GUN PITS OF ESSEX, & FUNERAL SERVICES ON USS ESSEX Part 1

Description

1) GV-CU CV smoking & firing AA guns, flak bursts in air BG.2) MS DD unlerway firing AA guns, flak bursts in air BG.3) MS USS WASHINGTON (BB-56) does rapid fire with AA guns (good).4) GV 5" battery on USS ESSEX firing AA guns.5) HS Crew on deck play hoses on spot where Japanese plane (suicide) crashed.6) MCU Jamage lone to flight deck & gun pits on USS ESSEX by Jan plane.7) MS Scenes of wreckage, 20mm gun pits showing charred bodies.8) CU Corpsmen remove charred bodies from 20mm guns pits.9) MS Damage done to flight deck & 20mm gun pits-SV.10) HS Corpsmen carry bodies across flight deck on stretchers.11) HS Corpsmen & bodies on stretchers lowered on elevator.12) HS Damaged SB2C jettisoned over side.13) HS Corpsmen carry body on stretcher.14) MS-CU Funeral services on hangar deck-SV.15) MS Funeral services on USS ESSEX, bodies committed to sea.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD, SOME UX.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities