Records of the Army Air Forces. 1902 - 1964. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Subjects" Program Series. 1939 - 1945. INSPECTION BY ADM. NIMITZ

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Records of the Army Air Forces. 1902 - 1964. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Subjects" Program Series. 1939 - 1945. INSPECTION BY ADM. NIMITZ

1944

Summary: 1) 21J67241-317 LS Airfield in bg, staff car on road in fg--Group CS including Adm. Nimitz, King, Hoover & Gen. Tenney & others, wood huts in bg.--Chest CU Adm. Nimitz, others around, 3 shots--longer shot, same--MCS Adm. Nimitz enters staff car, Gen. Tenney driving--staff car leaves, pans with it past barracks--pans with car past silver B-24 in fg, other parked B- 24s in bg. 2) 318-328 M group shot, admirals shaking hands in fg, parked B-24s in bg--Adm. Nimitz boards B-24 photographers. 3) 27N97948-98041 CS in bg.--CSs individual props warming up--MS nice shot of silver B-24 (Adm. Nimitz's private plane)--taxis, turns around, taxis, turns again, taxis back of parked B-24s--CS port wing & engines--Adm. Nimitz & another officer under wing. 4) 25L46098-117 LS line of jeeps carrying inspecting party on road, Ocean Blvd, Kwajalein Is. much destruction visible in bg. 5) 25L46118-142 LS line of jeeps carrying inspecting party on road at R, passing parked B-24s, barracks. 6) 147-169 CS Adm. Nimitz Gen. Tenney & others getting into staff car & jeep in front of Gen. Hale's office--CS into back of staff car, Adm. Nimitz, King & Hoover. 7) 170-197 MS & CS 2 B-24s, silver, parked on runway--CU of insignia on Gen. Hale's private plane. 8) 34D43015-021 MLS parked silver B-24 in fg, B-24s in bg, staff car approaches. 9) 022-073 MS group, Admirals shaking hands, parked B-24s in bg--Adm. Nimitz boards B-24 at L--repeat, followed by others, photographer in bg--several group Chest CSs of Nimitz & others. 10) 074-109 MS jeeps pulling away, engineS on silver B-24 in fg, warming up--CSs, starts taxiing R.

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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...