Open Access, 1945-1979
Title
Congressional Inspection of Naval Activities 1 June - 12 July, 1945 (7 of 8 recordings)
Identifier
whitten_16mm_9
Creation Date
1945
Document Type
Open Access Recording
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Description
U.S. Congressmen participating in global naval inspection tour during World War II: Harry R. Shepherd of California (Chair of Naval Subcommittee of the House Appropriation Committee); Noble J. Johnson of Indiana; Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi; Walter C. Ploeser of Missouri; Pete Jarman of Alabama; and Robert A. Grant of Indiana. Department of Navy personnel on tour: Wilfred J. McNeil (Fiscal Director); Rear Admiral Ezra G. Allen (Director of Budget and Reports); Captain Wilbur E. Kellum (Bureau of Medicine and Surgery); Commander Earle D. Chainey (Congressional Liaison Officer, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts), Lt. Charles F. Armstrong (Deputy Assistant Director, Photography Division); and Yeoman 1/c Salvadore J. Da Frenda. 7 of 8 Recordings]. Footage of Naples, Italy (views of city and port); Paris, France (Arc de Triomphe, street scenes, flower vendor, barge and bridge on the Seine River,"Stage Door Canteen" sign, possibly Versailles); Frankfurt, Germany (march of sweepers, destroyed buildings, street scenes, destroyed river bridge); London, England (Thames traffic, destroyed buildings, military officer at a memorial fountain, streets with double decker buses, Westminster Abbey, sign "Hinds Dead Hotes/Luncheon, Teas, Dinners/Fine English Cooking," aerial view of countryside); Glasgow Scotland "Bank of Scotland" sign, street scenes, countryside, women in military uniform beside cars); Edinburgh Scotland (street scenes, Edinburgh Castle); Terceira, Azores (countryside, hay harvest, cattle, women baling hay, crop in field, hydrangea bushes, city scenes).
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Navy Appropriations; World War, 1939-1945; Naples (Italy); Paris (France); Frankfurt am Main (Germany); London (England); Glasgow (Scotland); Edinburgh (Scotland); Terceira Island (Azores)
Relational Format
video recording
Extent
21:56
Original Format
16mm (photographic film size)
Original Collection
Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Finding Aid
Rights
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Comments
container label: Official U.S. Navy Motion Picture Film, Copy # Reel, M.N. # 3, Classif: Part. I