Slate reads: "The Union Castle Steamship, 'Galician' from Capetown to Southhampton, was on August 15th, when off Teneriffe, signalled to stop by the German Cruiser, 'Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse.' Next slate reads: "The 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,' had been transformed from a liner, whilst at sea, six heavy guns and 24 machine guns being mounted." A brief view from the "Galician" of the German four-stacker auxiliary cruiser, "Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse." The next slate reads: "Bearing down on the 'Galician' at a speed of 24 knots, the cruiser signalled to the liner to 'Heave To.' The marconi operator sent out the 'S.O.S.' distress signal and the cruiser ordered 'Cease communication or we will sink you." Two officers photographed on deck of the "Galician." View of the Cruiser near the "Galician." Boat carrying German boarding party arrives at the ship and they climb the ladder to board. A German sailor seen aloft at the "Galician's" mast, disabling her marconi wireless antenna. A torn white ensign (missing a canton) flies from the mast. Captain and officers of the "Galician" pose for photographer (marconi operator). Slate lists British military personnel aboard, who were taken as prisoners of war. One of them is photographed. The German boarding party leaves the ship taking their prisoners with them. The German Cruiser seen departing. Civilian passengers and crew aboard the "Galician," pose celebrating their relative good fortune.
U.S. Army soldiers of the First Cavalry Division cross small stream bridged with a canoe. Soldiers walk down the bank of Cainte river. A bulldozer pulls a string of trucks across the river. Soldiers march across an open field. (World War II period).
View from the air as U.S. aircraft bomb and strafe Japanese planes lined up at an airfield in Okinawa during World War 2.
United States Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in formation over Quadalcanal during World War 2. Ground crew works on U.S. F4U Corsairs. Pilots converse 'Nylorac' written on an F4F Wildcat plane number 17. F4U Corsair taxis and in flight. F4F Wildcat stand in line on field, one plane is named 'Susan'. A pilot gets out of a F4F plane. A gas truck passes. TBF Avenger aircraft in large formations overhead.
Bombardment of Okinawa, Japan by the Allies during World War II. Shells burst on the coast and smoke columns rise. Allied naval artillery bombards the coast. Artillery fired and explosions occur at the beach. A LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) bombards the beach. LCI fires a rocket and smoke rises. A LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway as a cameraman takes motion picture.
United States Navy ship underway in Pacific Theater during World War II. A United States YP-415 underway with the shoreline in the background. United States Navy light cruiser anchored at the harbor. A harbor at Guadalcanal. A pig with a flag floats onto the water surface. Overcast sky at dusk. Two United states Navy destroyers tied up side by side at the harbor.
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