Activities aboard U.S. Coast Guard operated Landing Ship Transport (LCT) and Attack Transport Ship (APA) in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. A Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Photographer, carrying a tripod and case, comes up to a gangway, he stops and then walks up the gangplank of the ship. He salutes the colors and then Officer Of the Deck (OOD). The deck of Attack Transport Ship (APA). Sailors lean against the rail. Another view of the photograper arriving, this time from the deck of the APA. U.S. troops in full battle gear, prepare to board Landing Landing Craft Tank (LCT- 1031) on a beach in the background. A gun tub on the bow of the LCT. Several men in the gun tub. Marines without packs go up a gangway to board the transport. OOD and marines pass in the foreground. A man walks up the gangway carrying a mail sack. The gangway removed from the pier. Personnel aboard look over side of the APA from the rails. The photographer sits with sailors and photographs the departure. Several sailors on the pier mug for the camera.
U.S. ships at D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach area of Iwo Jima. Gun crew of USS Bayfield fires 5inch on fantail. Man works on a boat. Convoy in silhouette. Convoy behind Bayfield. (World War II period).
U.S. official film about the capture of Borneo Oil Fields in Asia. Japanese board captured river boat Burong. Man looks through binoculars. Trees beside the river. Reflection of clouds in river. People stand besides the river. Japanese sail down river. Boat arrives at village dock. Tribal people in native dresses and ornaments. Rifles displayed, soldiers look and collect arms from the locals. Japanese officer addresses villagers. (World War II period).
United States Marines visit Mount Vesuvius in Italy. The marines climb the side of the mountain and walk through the smoke from the lava. Mount Vesuvius erupts. A man puts a stick into the hot lava. Hot billows of smoke rise.
A film titled 'Razon' by the Strategic Services, United States. Dropping of a 1000lb 'Razon' bomb or VB3. Man attaches the bomb's Razon tail. The tail Contains a Radio receiver fed by an antenna. Power supply is a 24 volt battery. A technician with a automatic Gyro stabilizer, the primary unit. He inspects the control rudders and elevators. He attaches a 600,000 candle power flare to the tail cover. The bomb is rocked during inspection. A control stick and transmitter used to check the rudders and elevators. The completed bomb with Nose arming tail arming. Technicians wheel the bomb on a carrier. (World War II period).
U.S. Strategic bombing survey film about the situation in Japan after nuclear bombing. Physical science report on Hiroshima. Film titled 'Radioactivity'. Aerial view of fields. Damage in Hiroshima. Buildings damaged by the blast, damaged sidewalk, and destroyed trees and vegetations. Scientists walk through rubble, one stops and picks up some debris for tests. Animation shows places from where samples are collected. Man mixes the dirt to be examined. Sample passes through rays. Bone powder examined for radioactivity. Sulfur data demonstrated. Observed place map. Scientists examine the debris. Graph of intensity measurement in time line. Scientists study the damage. Statistics of the damage. (World War II period).
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