Battle of Leyte in the Pacific Campaign of World War II in Philippines. A convoy of United States ships arrives at Palo Beach in Leyte, Philippines. Smoke rise with an explosion on the beach. Battleships fire at Japanese enemy on the beach. A convoy of ships underway.
Film 'Sunset in the Pacific' shows United States Marine Corps photographers taking pictures and filming motion pictures in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Night view of a huge explosion. Two photographers shoot still pictures from behind a rock. Marines advance on beachhead. Combat cameraman with a 35 mm movie camera crawls over ground and into a trench. Flood waters flow through a valley, smashing into homes and shacks. Photographers shoot stills with speed graphic. Movie studio camera operator using 35mm motion picture film camera on platform or boom to capture motion picture film images of a American Legion Parade in New York City. Legionaries march with the American flag in hand. Two camera operators film couples dancing in a ballroom, on what appears to be a Hollywood movie set. Band plays in the background. Sailor watches as chief photographer explains working of 35mm movie camera.
United States Marine Corp photographers take pictures and film surroundings in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bomb damaged church with its broken bell. Native boy feeds a pig. Native women look at the destroyed church. Photographer speaks with native children and shows them his still camera. He takes pictures of young native women. Women wash clothes outside straw huts. American flag on a pole in the foreground.
United States Marine Corp photographers with 35mm motion picture camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Marine photographer boards ship with a tripod and movie camera. United States Marine Corps troops walk up gangplank to board the ship. Sailors handles lines and removes lines from bitts. Photographer films Marines from a ship deck. The ship departing from the harbor.
United States Marine Corp cameraman filming with motion picture camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Marine photographer films on a ship's deck with a tripod and movie camera. United States Marine Corps stand on ship's deck. Fleet of ships underway. Commanding officer on ship's deck. Two Marines speak over a telephone. Marine reads a letter. Crewman plays with monkey seated on barrel of a gun. Three crew members sleep beside one another.
US Navy saillor wearing Hawaiian print shirt applies shaving cream to other sailor's head and shaves his hair off, leaving his head bald, as part of Neptune Ceremony initiation aboard the ship. Other sailors look on and laugh. Dog on board comes out of a dog house. Number of puppies with the dog, all of which have small dog houses in a row made by the sailors. Photographer with still camera takes pictures of the dog with its puppies.
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