Curtain Comes Down
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Curtain Comes Down
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 1
printed in ink on verso: HOLD FOR RELEASE/ UNTIL 8 P.M.(EWT)/ JULY 19, 1945/ FILE NUMBER: 49876/
NAVY WARSHIPS WEATHER 'DIVINE WIND'/
CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE, COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY"/
CURTAIN COMES DOWN-ON KAMIKAZE- Horizon-blanketing screen of U.S. Navy anti-/ aircraft fire protects the "FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY" against Kamikaze attacks/ off Okinawa. Splashes in water mark the hail of descending particles of AA/ missiles. Many other larger splashes marked the watery graves of Japs shot down./
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: 49876/
NAVY WARSHIPS WEATHER 'DIVINE WIND'/
CLIPS FROM U.S. NAVY, MARINE, COAST GUARD FILM "THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY"/
CURTAIN COMES DOWN-ON KAMIKAZE- Horizon-blanketing screen of U.S. Navy anti-/ aircraft fire protects the "FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY" against Kamikaze attacks/ off Okinawa. Splashes in water mark the hail of descending particles of AA/ missiles. Many other larger splashes marked the watery graves of Japs shot down./
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./
