View from a ship of a parachute descending over the Pacific Ocean. Four U.S. carrier-based fighter aircraft seen in formation overhead. Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) underway. A U.S. destroyer passes in front of the hospital ship. A sick sailor, on a stretcher, is transferred ship-to-ship by means of lines and tackle rigged between the ships.
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.