United States Marines on an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Marines seated on the beach in bivouac area. A burning building. A wrecked tank in water. The convoy in the background. Dead bodies of United States Marines. More dead bodies floating on the edge of the beach. An oil fire in a distance. A damaged building.
Activities on deck of the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) underway in the Pacific during World War 2. Several marines, wearing flotation belts, stand next to some sailors in helmets and life vests, on the ship's deck in a convoy headed toward Peleliu, Palau Islands, during Operation Stalemate II. Other ships in the convoy can be seen ahead of them. Camera pans across the deck where Marines and sailors are standing in clusters. View from below, of crew members and two Bofors 40mm twin mount anti aircraft guns, silhouetted against the sky. One crew member wears headset and speaks in microphone. A camouflaged Mahan-class destroyer passes the Gunston hall. Sailors spray water overboard, from hoses. Officers and crew members in routine activities.
Cameraman using 35mm motion picture camera takes motion pictures of natives using movie camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A Pacific native climbing palm tree. Small sailboat underway in a shallow harbor. Huts among palm trees on a Pacific Island. Natives cross footbridge with fishing nets and repair the nets. Men watch the native girls dancing. Women and children watch the dance. Natives walk with poles on shoulders. Man plays guitar while two native girls sit and listen to him.
The United States Navy battle fleet nicknamed 'Great White Fleet' that completed a circumnavigation of the globe, underway at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. USS Rhode Island underway at sea. Life boats hanging and crew members aboard the ship.
Italian luxury ocean Liner SS Andrea Doria sinking off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Aerial view of the Italian Liner Andrea Doria lying sideways in the North Atlantic Ocean after its collision with SS Stockholm ocean liner. Photographers take pictures from aircraft window. SS Andrea Doria sinks. Cruise ship passengers being evacuated in life boats.
Italian luxury ocean liner SS Andrea Doria sinking off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Aerial view of the Italian Liner Andrea Doria lying sideways in the North Atlantic Ocean after its collision with SS Stockholm. Damaged prow of SS Stockholm. Passengers of SS Andrea Doria brought to SS Stockholm in life boats. Aerial view of both the ships in the ocean.
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