Sea burials of American sailors during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Wounded men are carried off. Many dead bodies sewed up in canvas are ready for burial at sea, aboard a U.S. ship. A church flag flies above colors on the ship. Men attend a Catholic mass aboard the ship. A photographer stands behind his movie camera on a tripod. Burial crew carries bodies draped in American flag. Flags are removed and bodies are slid off the board into the sea.
Wounded marines are taken care of by medics and doctors during a Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. personnel wade through surf and head for a beach. Two photographers carrying movie camera and speed-graphic take pictures during the battle. Several marines run over the beach area. A dead marine is carried on a stretcher. Medics take care of a wounded marine. He is being assisted from a landing craft. Men aboard a ship, look down over the side-- many of them wearing bandages. Wounded assisted from landing craft into another boat. The photographer shoots movies. A wounded Marine is removed from boat to a ship on a pallet. Doctors tend to the wounded marine in an operating room.
United States submarine sinks Japanese boat in the Pacific. Submarine bombards the boat. The boat catches fire. Smoke arises due to the fire on the boat. (World War II period).
Two survivors from U.S. Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) on raft as the USS Register (APD-92) comes alongside at sea in the Pacific Theater. Two weary sailors floating on a raft are rescued. Several survivors are carried on deck on stretchers. Survivors on USS Indianapolis transferred on stretchers from deck of APD-92 to LCP alongside.
U.S. Army troops departing San Francisco, California for the Philippines, aboard the SS Etolin, before World War II, in the Pacific. The Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay as seen from the ship passing under the bridge. Passengers seen in life jackets during mandatory first emergency ship drill. Ship flags and a smoke stack. A man reads a book while relaxing on a sun lounger. Views from ship as it arrives in port of Honolulu. View of the Aloha Clock Tower on Pier 9 at Honolulu Harbor. Lifeboat suspended from davits. Troops sun bathing on the deck. Army officers conversing with the ship's Captain.
United States Navy fleet maneuvers in the Pacific, during the period between the World Wars. Numerous battleships are seen. Curtiss SOC "Seagull" Scout-Observation Planes launch from the battleships and join up to fly in formation above the ships.
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