SCENES ABOARD AMPHIBIOUS FORCE FLAGSHIP Part 1

Description

1) GV Interior of plotting room on USS ESTES (AGC-12) as staff officers plot progress of Okinawa operation using charts and operations plan. Teletype screen on bulkhead, BG (SV).2) LS Shoreline of Okinawa showing shell bursts and smoke columns near the beach.3) CU Teletype screen as message appears: "Suicide boats hidden in inaccessible caves along beaches."4) MS New York Class BB from starboard quarter as signal hoist is raised on halyards.5) CU Letter in hands as officer reads letter, turns pages. Series of pictures of suicide boats in caves enclosed.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities