AIR SEA RESCUE Part 1

Description

1) AV Task force underway, CVE seen with planes spotted on deck.2) AV-CU CVE underway.3) AV Shoreline, large smoke column rises from harbor entrance.4) AV Large fires burn on small islands, harbor entrance.5) CU Raft being pushed out door of plane, crew member climbs in & pumps raft up-SV, raft pushes off from side of plane, three men using paddles.6) HS-CU Injured man is removed from hatch of plane & put into rearming boat.7) CU Injured man.8) CU Injured man"s face showing burns & lacerations.9) CU Sign reads "Mark, Okinawa Seaman."10) LS-Pan Okinawa shoreline.11) LA-CU Three men standing on wing of plane.12) CU Man in forward hatch of PBM, 13) MS Approach to men in life raft & two men in a native cance.14) CU Four men in life raft & two in native canoe.QUALITY: FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities