A print is put into a tray of developer. A U.S. Coast Guard photo technician developing a photograph in a laboratory dark room. He washes the print in the tray and then removes it. He picks up and examines the print. A Coast Guardsman, wearing a tropical pith helmet, carries a photographic print up the stairs of a wooden building with the sign: 'Radio Photo' on it. The room contains radio equipment. A Coast Guard technician, wearing a headset, places the print on the drum of a telephoto transceiver, where it spins. He does this several times.
Two U.S. marines in combat gear (without packs) stand at railing of a Navy Attack Transport ship (APA) as it transits a channel in World War 2. Tropical-style dwellings are seen on shore. Numerous U.S. warships seen in a bay. Sailors and marines stand at the railing of the APA underway. White caps on the water. U.S. warships in the convoy viewed from stern of the APA. A United States Coast Guard photographer, on deck, looks through the lens of an Eyemo Q movie camera.
View of open bridge of a U.S. Attack Transport (APA). The Coast Guard Captain is conversing with another officer. The helmsman is at his station. View to port shows bow wave of the ship. A marine and Coast Guard telephone talker stand by the ship's 3"/50 caliber gun. (World War II period).
Activities aboard Attack Transport Ship (APA) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Three crew members seated, one looks at a book, the other two talk. A marine under a small piece of canvas on the deck reads a book. Crewman in cap and dungarees, wearing a headset, sits as lookout. Two crewmen dressed in loud shirts (for Equator-crossing Pollywog Initiation) invite another to sit for a haircut. He tells them to take off only a little, and sits in the chair. The would-be barber places a cloth around the initiate's neck and begins soaping his head with a shaving brush and mug.
Floating dry docks for repairs shown in the Pacific Ocean. Panels of dry dock carried in a ship. U.S. Navy Floating dry dock in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A U.S. Naval officer salutes. Sailors salute as U.S. flag is hoisted at the dock. At time 00:33 to 1:00 light cruiser, USS Cleveland, CL-55, arrives at floating dry dock and is raised out of the water. A fleet oiler(AO)is shown raised out of the water in the floating dry dock.
United States Marines advance during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. DUKWs advance towards sandy beaches as a fire in wooded area burns. Soldiers crawl through the wooded area. Amphibious vehicles keep arriving on the beach. The marines walk out of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVP) on the beach.