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U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Squadrons on Green Island Atoll in South Pacific during World War II.

Start of film shows several U.S. Navy PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats clustered around a larger ship close to Green Atoll in the South Pacific, during World War 2. Views from a boat moving past the large camouflaged boat. The camera boat continues moving along the shore, where small tents are pitched. dense jungle covers the atoll. A landing craft (Higgins Boat) moves across the path of the camera boat. Other boats of various sizes are seen, including one with a torpedo on deck and one anchored that has a large tarpaulin tent across it, and clothes drying on a line. A PT boat passes, with crew on deck and some clothes drying on an improvised line. Distant views of several PT boats along the coast. A camouflaged PT boat passes close to the shore. Crew members from PT boat 237 are seen descending a landing net to recover the body of a PT boat captain killed in action with the Japanese. (Reportedly, a motor mechanic, who later joined the crew of Pt 237, identified some of those seen as: blond man kneeling and holding cargo net Is Olson. Slender shirtless man at far right is Bobby Leonard. Man hanging on cargo net is the skipper of 237, Lieutenant Airigo. Man at bottom right of cargo net is Al Navarre.) Camera boat moves toward the shore where a large group of sailors are waiting. Next, sailors are seen loading heavy boxes from a truck, and placing them aboard a boat backed up to the shore. They also unload something from the boat and place it in the truck. Trucks on the sandy shore are servicing PT boat 160, which has a tarp canopy overhead to protect from the sun. Change of view shows jeeps moving near a camp on shore displaying a sign reading: "Camp Tenron." Nearby some sailors stand on a raised wooden structure displaying a large painted sign showing a PT boat racing through the water and reading: "Motor Torpedo Squadrons, Green Islands." One sailor sends a signal by means of a shuttered signal lamp. Sailor ride on a truck carrying 55 gallon drums, as it enters Camp Tenron. A sailor on the raised structure looks through a telescope. Sailors on a PT boat using a line to recover something from the water beside their boat. The boat contains tarps and clothes drying on lines. A PT boat heading out on patrol. Sailor on the wooden platform uses semaphore flags to signal. On shore sailors haul boxes from a pile. Sailors seen on a chow line shaded by trees and a tent. Next, they are seen seated at tables set up under a large dining tent. Closeup of a few eating at a table.

Location: Green Island South Pacific
Date: 1944, March 12
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040964
Battlefield scenes of U.S. Marines combating Japanese forces on Eniwetok Island during World War 2.

Stark battle landscape during battle of Eniwetok. U.S. forces taking cover as Japanese resistance continues. Dead Japanese soldier on the battlefield. Burned body of a dead Japanese soldier half emerged from a fox hole. U.S. marines attack Japanese in a cave entrance with hand grenades. Flamethrowers project a long stream of fire. Fire and smoke seen. A marine walks to a motionless Japanese soldier, pokes at him with rifle, then shoots him. U.S. Marines carry wounded down the beach in Eniwetok Island.

Location: Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944, February
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041028
Isaac Papke attempts swimming from Farallon Island to a beach near Golden Gate

Isaac Papke gets ready for a swim from Farallon Island to a beach near San Francisco's Golden Gate. He swims in water. A Doctor keeps a check on him from a patrol boat. He is watched by men aboard through binoculars. After fifteen hours of swimming he is advised by his Doctor to get aboard the boat. Isaac Papke with his wife on the boat.

Location: Farallon Island California USA
Date: 1965, November 1
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041876
U.S. President Herbert Hoover welcomed by people of Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands

United States President Herbert Hoover visits Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. People gather to meet him at the harbor. Mountains in background. U.S. President Hoover sits in a car. The car passes through a large crowd. President Hoover waves to the crowd. President Hoover watches the dance performances and drills of school children.

Location: Saint Thomas Virgin Islands
Date: 1931, March 30
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041982
Research Bell towed out to M-2 Buoy Jamestown Island in Narragansett Bay, Newport.

Underwater Research bell at Newport shipyard in Newport. Workers on deck handle hoses and lines. Two personnel converse with each other standing in front of Research Bell. The bell lifted by sling. Research bell lowered two blocks from where it was hoisted. Men work around the bell. Raymond Edwards opens the hatch door and enters inside. He does final check up of all equipment. Small tug toes bell on a barge en route to M-2 Buoy off Jamestown Island in Narragansett Bay. Barge with Research Bell aboard towed out to M-2 Buoy.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1963, January 27
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043190
Operations Crossroads, nuclear test "Able" at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean.

Operation Crossroads nuclear bomb test "Able" at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of atoll. White light spreads due to blast. Shock waves in the lagoon. Ships grouped together at anchor. Blast goes off amid ships as it throws out a huge shock wave in all directions. Mushroom cloud forms immediately over the ships.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046793
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