"Bow-On" View of Rocket Barrage
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
"Bow-On" View of Rocket Barrage
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions stamped in ink on verso LC: BP 50 [illegible]
printed in ink on verso: HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 8 P.M.(EWT)/ JULY 19, 1945/ FILE NUMBER: 49878/
NAVY WARSHIPS WEATHER 'DIVINE WIND'/
CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE, COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY"/
"BOW-ON" VIEW OF ROCKET BARRAGE-- Hissing, flaming rockets streak from their/ launchers aboard a Navy rocket craft toward Jap installations on Okinawa./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
printed in ink on verso: HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 8 P.M.(EWT)/ JULY 19, 1945/ FILE NUMBER: 49878/
NAVY WARSHIPS WEATHER 'DIVINE WIND'/
CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE, COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY"/
"BOW-ON" VIEW OF ROCKET BARRAGE-- Hissing, flaming rockets streak from their/ launchers aboard a Navy rocket craft toward Jap installations on Okinawa./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
