ACTION ON TARAWA.<*>NEW PRINT -8/7/78 Part 1

Description

1) MS Troops ashore on Tarawa, walking casualty passes camera.2) MS Japanese blockhouse burning.3) MS Marines firing rifles.4) MS Marine on stretcher as blood plasma is given.5) GV-Pan Wreckage caused by bombardment.6) LS Fire burning, Marine in foxhole FG.7) LS Troops advance on the double.8) GV Corpsmen carry casualty past camera.9) HS Casualty on litter as corpsmen render first aid.10) GV Marines firing rifles, throwing hand grenades-SV.11) MS Small Japanese tank, advances through cleared area.12) MS Litter casualty is driven past camera in jeep.13) MS Corpsmen tend litter casualty in LCVP.14) LS-MS Marines advance across open area, much smoke BG.15) GV Wrecked LVT off shore in shallow water.16) GV Marines advance through shattered buildings.17) MS Dead Marines on beach-SV.18) GV Slow pan of camping area for Marine, in shell torn section of Tarawa, damaged buildings, shattered trees, etc.19) HS-MS Dead Japanese.QUALITY: POOR, PHOTOGRAPHICALLY; GOOD ACCORDING TO SUBJECT MATTER; VARIES FROM OX TO UX.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities