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USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) Kamikaze Attack; Salerno, Italy: Normandy, France; USS Independence (CVL-22)
About this film
United States Naval Photographic Center film #1587 National Archives description"1) LS Flak explosions on horizon; PAN to CVL on horizon (slightly fuzzy); Japanese aircraft crashes near USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24).2) MLS Burning Japanese plane on water, portion of BELLEAU WOOD underway (SV).3) MLS Stern view of CL underway firing guns.4) LS Flak explosions on horizon, flak exploding near Japanese plane airborne.5) LA LS Flak explosions in sky, CL underway firing guns.6) LA LS Tracers firing at unseen aircraft.7) LA LS Japanese plane diving, explosions near aircraft (jerky pan).8) HA MS NG.9) MS LST underway at sea. TITLE: Salerno, Italy: Normandy, France.10) MS Looking down starb'd side of USS SAVANNAH (CL-42), main batteries firing on Salerno Beach.11) LS Sunset at sea; portions of gun and superstructure in FG, lookout with binoculars in FG (SV).12) HA MS Two German aviators being put into small boat aboard DD, Navy officers accompanying Germans.13) HA MS Whale boat with Germans and Navy officers getting underway from DD.14) LS Starb'd beam view of shipping at anchor in harbor, barrage balloons overhead off coast of Normandy; PAN.TITLE: Solomon Islands15) HA MCU Enl'd man greasing l…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Avenger (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Belleau Wood, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Japanese, USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), World War II, USS Independence (CVL-22), Search And Rescue Operations, USS Independence, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands, USS Savannah (CL-42), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Kamikaze Pilots -- Japan, Salerno, Battle Of, Salerno, Italy, 1943, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Salerno, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, German, Aviation Ground Crews
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