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Crew At Quarters, Hoisting Of Colors Aboard The USS Independence (CVL-22), 04/22/1943 & Naval Air Station (NAS) Adak, Alaska
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film #805. Description doesn't match film. National Archives description: "1) MS group of enl'd men in whites standing in ranks on the flight deck of the independence (CVL-22). 2) MCU department head and other officers lined up listening to the executive officer . 3) MLS pan across flight deck of the Independence showing entire crew at quarters. 4) CU enl'd man hoisting the colors. 5) CU Marine Capt. walking towards camera; group of Marines in BG. 6) MS contingent of Marines standing at attention with rifles; they bring the rifles to inspection arms; they fall out. 7) MS pan of an F6F landing aboard the Independence. 8) MCU colors aboard the Independence being hoisted; pan up as the colors reach the top. 9) MS group of enl'd men in whites standing in ranks. 10) mcu colors being hoisted. (sv) 11) LS unident. British biplane circles over the Independence. 12) MS crew of the Independence at quarters on the flight deck. 13) HA MS crew at Catholic mass on the hangar deck of the ship; chaplain in FG. 14) CU radiosonde transmitter. 15) CU man's hands attaching radiosonde transmitter to a weather balloon. 16) GTOA LS transmitter attached to the end of a long line…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, USS Independence, Rites And Ceremonies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Navy, USS Independence (CVL-22), Aircraft Accidents -- Alaska, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands, Aircraft Accidents, Chaplains, Military -- United States, Ventura (Bomber), United States. Marine Corps, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Naval Air Station (Adak, A.K.), World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Adak Island, United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, Balloons
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