A U.S. Navy training film titled 'Medicine in action : Pacific enemy number 2 Malaria' about controlling and curing malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean with U.S. troops aboard it. Coast of a Pacific island as waves wash the shore. Natives in a village. A man cleans a rifle outside a hut. Anopheles mosquito, malaria vector. A U.S. Army doctor takes a blood sample of a native. Sample being observed under a microscope. Children with swollen stomach as they suffer from malaria. Children in the village. A man with enlarged liver. A U.S. doctor examines soldiers suffering from malaria as they lie in beds.
A U.S. Navy training film about controlling and curing malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A U.S. military personnel pours out insect spray in a cup as native children look on. He sprays the interiors of a native hut with the insecticide to prevent malaria. Natives get lined up as they are being given Atabrin pills. Men, women and children take the pills to prevent malaria. A native village. United States soldiers suffering from malaria lying in hospital beds. A poster reads 'Man made malaria' It informs about the breeding places of mosquitoes.
United States Marine Corp photographers take pictures with 35mm movie camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. View of sunset. Huge explosions at night during night battle against Japanese enemy. Next scene is day time with Marines in many foxholes and bomb craters in exposed battlefield area on Pacific Island during combat. Two Marines hunched over and moving between positiions. Marines receiving enemy fire. Several scenes showing combat photographers (some dramatized) taking up positions in ditches and fox holes to record combat action with still cameras and motion picture cameras. Actual battle scenes of Marines pinned down by incoming enemy fire on an Island. Marines coming ashore on landing craft at beach area and marching in a group up a road. Marine combat cameramen in a ditch capturing action with motion picture movie camera. Titles of films are seen next on screen, reading 'With marines at Tarawa', 'Memphis Belle', 'Fighting Lady' and 'The True Glory'. Marine photographers check and clean parts of motion picture camera. Marine types on a portable typewriter beside him.
United States Marine Corp photographers take pictures and film surroundings in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bomb damaged church with its broken bell. Native boy feeds a pig. Native women look at the destroyed church. Photographer speaks with native children and shows them his still camera. He takes pictures of young native women. Women wash clothes outside straw huts. American flag on a pole in the foreground.
United States Marine Corp photographers with 35mm motion picture camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Marine photographer boards ship with a tripod and movie camera. United States Marine Corps troops walk up gangplank to board the ship. Sailors handles lines and removes lines from bitts. Photographer films Marines from a ship deck. The ship departing from the harbor.
United States Marine Corp cameraman filming with motion picture camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Marine photographer films on a ship's deck with a tripod and movie camera. United States Marine Corps stand on ship's deck. Fleet of ships underway. Commanding officer on ship's deck. Two Marines speak over a telephone. Marine reads a letter. Crewman plays with monkey seated on barrel of a gun. Three crew members sleep beside one another.