HOME MOVIES: U.S. NAVY

Year Published: 1948

Format: 16mm

Description: This silent home movie was apparently shot by a U.S. Navy or Marine Corps aviator. The film begins with images of wrecked F8F-1 Bearcats. We suspect these are part of VF-11, when the F8F-1 Bearcat was assigned to Carrier Air Group One (CVG-1). CVG-1 embarked on USS Tarawa on a cruise from the U.S. West Coast to the U.S. East Coast from 1 October 1948 to 21 February 1949, and this footage likely shows the aftermath of that cruise. The film also contains footage of flights from the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, now Corpus Christi International Airport.

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