USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) and USS Franklin (CV-13) hit by Japanese suicide attacks Part 1

Description

1) LS PAN Ships in far distance. 2) LS 40MM gun crew firing at Japanese planes. 3) MCU Japanese plane, shot down, crashing nearby; carrier underway. 4) LS Plane crashing next to carrier. 5) LS Japanese suicide plane diving into island of USS FRANKLIN (CV-13). 6) MS Plane burning on flight deck of ship. 7) LS Suicide planes diving on carrier. 8) MS PAN AA fire and tracers being fired at Japanese planes. 9) LS Smoke columns rising from carrier burning in distance. 10) MLS Planes taking off from undt. carrier. 11) LS Huge explosion on carrier. 12) LS Suicide plane, spinning down in flames and crashing in ocean. 13) HA MS F6F's on flight deck moving forward for take-off. 14) HA MLS Burning planes on flight deck of ship. 15) MS Fire fighters putting hoses on burning planes (SV). 16) HA LS Fire fighters attempting to extinguish fires. 17) HA MLS Planes burning on stern of undt. carrier. 18) MS PAN F6F catapulted off carrier. 19) HA MLS Planes burning on stern of carrier. 20) MS F6F's taking off. 21) MS Big hole in flight deck of carrier. 22) LS Ship burning in distance. 23) LS Plane coming down in flames. 24) LS AA and tracer burst around Japanese plane; plane explodes into flames. 25) MS Huge splash next to carrier. 26) MS Stretcher bearers carrying man on stretcher 27) HA MS Corpsmen carrying patient on stretcher. 28) MS Men feeding hose down hatch. 29) MS Corpsmen placing patients on elevator. 30) LS Japanese plane coming in and making a pass on carrier; tracers and AA blasting away; Japanese plane is hit and explodes into flames. 31) MS PAN Japanese plane crashing into water. 32) MS Plane crashing into water. 33) LS Japanese plane diving on carrier; plane burst into flames and dives into water next to carrier.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities