General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP FLAGS: USS MT. OLYMPUS(AGC-8) COMING UP THE POTOMAC amp; ANACOSTIA RIVERS: ADM. RICHARD E. BYRD amp; SEC.OF NAVY, ADM.CHESTER W. NIMITZ GREETING EACH OTHER AT NAV

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION HI-JUMP FLAGS: USS MT. OLYMPUS(AGC-8) COMING UP THE POTOMAC amp; ANACOSTIA RIVERS: ADM. RICHARD E. BYRD amp; SEC.OF NAVY, ADM.CHESTER W. NIMITZ GREETING EACH OTHER AT NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, D.C

1947

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1) MCU Raising and lowering of ADM"s flag ADM"s flag & American flag flying raising of colors strong wind blowing making flags fly between king posts.2) MCU Sun bathers on deck. Sailors playing with dogs.3) LS Enroute to Washington, D.C., USS MT. OLYMPUS (AGC-8) passing under Morgantown Potomac River bridge.4) LS Sailors salute as ship passes Washington"s tomb, (slightly UX).5) DS Camera boat with news photographers coming alongside MT. OLYMPUS as it comes up the Potomac.6) MS Sailors looking at shoreline along Potomac & Anacostia rivers.7) LS MT. OLYMPUS pulling into Navy Yard - crew on deck at quarters, SV.8) DS ADM. Richard E. Byrd leaves MT. OLYMPUS, greets Sec. of Navy, ADM.Chester W. Nimitz they are standing in front of & speaking into a microphone it is raining.9) CU ADM. Byrd & Sec. of Navy aboard MT. OLYMPUS.10) DS ADM. Nimitz leaves MT. OLYMPUS.11) DS Crowd on dock at Navy Yard standing in rain.QUALITY GOOD (Rainy day, exposure good for rainy day)

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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...

Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...