Reel Number: 220590-17
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1945,1940s
Country: England,United Kingdom,USA
Location: New York,NYC,southampton
TC Begins: 17:55:32
TC Ends: 17:56:37
Duration: 00:01:05
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Post-WWII - 1945, USA Returning Military: Operation Magic Carpet. Nov45 17:55:35 Low Angle / LA Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) beside dock; men w/ duffle bags on shoulders boarding up gangway. 17:55:49 Large crowd of troops waving goodbye. Sailors & soldiers getting food & eating below decks. 17:56:08 Troops walking on flight deck of ship in rain & wind. CU smiling man in rain gear. 17:56:21 Large sign on dock ‘Welcome Home Well Done’. Soldiers waving. CU faces. Ship docking. Post-WW2; 1940s; NOTE: First of 3 trips by CV-6 to bring military from Europe to USA.