View of the Saigon harbor as taken onboard from a vessel sailing off the French Indo-China coast. Sailors stand at the bow the vessel. Several ships can be seen at a distance. A sampan passes by the vessel. Distant view of the port of Saigon.
Pedestrians and vehicular traffic on a street in Saigon,Vietnam. Golden spire of a temple can be seen in the background. Natives in ox-carts and cycle rickshaws. Pedestrians and vehicular traffic outside a tall building. Native sailors in their gondolas gather at an embankment. People at a race track watch a derby.Crowd in stands cheer as the horses gallop.
Scenes of busy harbor in Saigon,Vietnam as seen from the deck of a vessel. Large sampans underway in the harbor. Few natives in gondolas pass by. A large cargo ship( freighter) tied up to pier can be seen in the background of the sampans. Several other vessels underway at a distance.
Initiations rites commemorating sailors' first crossing of the equator( Shellback initiation) being held aboard the USS Marblehead CL-12 off the French Indo-China coast. U.S. Navy sailors dressed in aviator uniforms look through their binoculars standing at the bow of the cruiser. The shellbacks ( sailors who have crossed equator), many dressed in costumes, beat up the stripped pollywogs (sailor's who haven't crossed equator) with wet boards and ropes. Scenes of the stern section of the USS Marblehead. Pollywog sailors pushed into tank of water and black oil. Initiation rite being performed on the deck. Sailors pretend to cut a pollywog with a saw and then let him go as he moves through the initiation rites.
Distant mountain range and clouded skyline as seen from the deck of USS Marblehead CL-12 sailing off the French Indo-China coast. A U.S. Navy sailor dressed in a robe poses for camera .View of the stern of the cruiser.Several vessels underway at a distance.
Man with a cycle-rickshaw on a busy city street in Bangkok, Thailand. Vehicular traffic including many pedicabs and pedestrians on the street. Siam stationary shop can be seen in background. Various scenes of Wat Phra Keow (Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Na Phra Lan Road Phra Borom Maha Rajawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 Thailand). This temple is the royal temple and is connected to the Grand Palace Bangkok of the Thai king. Spires of temples, oriental structures and animal statues can be seen. Several men dressed in white suits pose in these scenes and are probably in the party taking the pictures.
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