Congressional Inspection of Naval Activities 1 June - 12 July, 1945 (3 of 8 recordings)

Creator

United States. Army

Identifier

whitten_16mm_10

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. 3 of 8 Recordings]. Footage with scenes from Guam, Marianas Islands (aerial view from plane, officers and civilian visitors posing and talking, roads, United States military cemetery); Tinian, Marianas Islands (aerial view from plane, local people, plane landing); Saipan, Marianas Islands (aerial view of fleet at sea, local children, buildings, large march of local civilians with route guarded by soldiers, traffic, beach, sunset, aerial view); Iwo Jima, Kazan Islands (aerial view of fleet and island, jeeps on cliff road, mountain views, display of Japanese flag and weapons, civilian tour conducted by military personnel with exploration of caves, pouring water into basin, American flag on pole, air field and planes in air, aerial view).

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Navy Appropriations; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area; Guam; Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Saipan; Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

17:41

Original Format

16mm (photographic film size)

Original Collection

Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00732/

Rights

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Comments

container label: Official U.S. Navy Motion Picture Film, Copy # Reel, M.N. # 2, Classif: Part. I