Burial at sea Part 1

Description

1) MS BB underway. 2) HS From island, F6Fs land, rocket from one comes away & slides among parked planes. 3) HS-MS Parked F6Fs on flight deck, warming up. 4) HS F6Fs taxi into position, take off, starting signal officer at left. 5) HS-CU F6F crashes on deck, noses over, plane crew jettisons belly tank. 6) MS-Pan Funeral services on deck, body draped in American flag, crew & officers at quarters. 7) MS Chaplain reads burial service. 8) MS Honor guard presents arms. 9) MS Body committed to sea. 10) CU Cake commemorating 17,0O0 landing on USS YORKTOWN. 11) CU Pilot gets out of plane, baker brings cake to Adm. Radford; Adm. Radford & pilot admire cake. 12) LS Evening shot: Ships in column on horizon (good color) 13) MS DD underway, CVL BG. 14) MS-Pan CA, New Orleans class, underway, BB BG; also shows DD, CVL & BB & other ships underway. 15) MS U.S. flag flies from sponsor on USS YORKTOWN. 16) MS SB2C in flignt. 17) MS CA, DD, & CV underway in line.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities