EARLY 1950s KOREAN WAR HOME MOVIES AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ANTIETAM TASK FORCE 77 32734

This early 1950s color and black and white mixed reel of home movies capture activities of the United States Navy aboard the USS Antietam (CV/CVA/CVS-36), an Essex-class aircraft carrier which served during the Korean War (TRT: 26:18). Homemade opening titles: “USS Antietam in Korea Presents” (0:10). A Sikorsky H-5 or HO3S helicopter (UP-28) lifts off from the carrier’s flight deck. Flight crews assemble around Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter planes. Elevators lift two aircraft from hangars to the flight deck (0:21). A yellow tug moves a F9F Panther (408). A wide shot shows Antietam’s conning tower. Pan to reveal the Sikorsky helicopter at rest. Airmen gather, preparing for flight (1:17). Four fighter planes fly in formation. A grey tug moves a propeller-driven Douglas A-1 Skyraider (2:05). A Skyraider taxis, with wings folded. A Sikorsky helicopter approaches (2:30). A Panther makes a landing, a wire catching its tail hook. A craft with a damaged rudder is examined (2:49). Two planes in flight at a distance