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.
Allied soldiers wading up onto a beach in the Pacific during WWII. A soldier crouched on the beach and looking out to sea. A tank emerges from a landing craft and drives onto the beach. Troops run through the jungle. A soldier carries a wounded comrade on his back while another soldier follows. Soldiers hunker down to start setting up their machine guns. A dead allied soldier in a ditch. Planes dive bomb a distant beach area. Spray of sand and water on horizon as bombs hit beach.
Allied aircraft are seen in the skies above, during World War 2. Bombs explode on the ground. German soldier in steel helmet scans skies with binoculars. A British spitfire aircraft is seen in the air and German antiaircraft guns raise white smoke as they fire at Allied aircraft. Closeup of a German gunner sighting his antiaircraft gun. German soldiers firing Quad mounted 4 cm/56 Flak 28 anti-aircraft guns (Bofors 40mm cannon). A British Spitfire aircraft passing overhead. Group of German soldiers pointing at an Allied aircraft struck by anti-aircraft fire. A plane crashes in the distance raising a huge fireball and explosion. Closeup of smoke rising from crash site.
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