SCENES ON TARAWA Part 1

Description

1) MS Group of Marines surround pilot on Tarawa airfield.2) MS Marines carry pilot on shoulder.3) MS LCM alongside as litter patients are lowered into boat in large cradle.4) MS Column of Marines wade ashore through Japanese barbed wire defenses in shallow water-SV.5) MS LCM on reef with open bow doors as Marines debark & unload stores.6) GV Working party stacks stores on beach.7) MS Unexploded shell.8) MS Group of Marines pose for Camera.9) MS American flag is raised to peak of flag pole made from stump of cocoanut palm.10) CU Flag flying from top of palm stump.11) CU Men saluting-SV.12) MS British Union Jack is raised to peak of flag pole on second palm stump.13) MS Dead Marines float in water-SV.14) MS POWs cross stream carrying wounded ade on litter.15) MS-CU Column of Marines passes camera.16) CU Feet of marching Marines.17) MS-Pan Ration dump on Tarawa beach as many Marines mill about.18) MS-Pan Large grave in which bodies are partially covered.19) MS Chaplain conducts burial ceremony, burial at sea, body is dropped over the side, Marine Guard fires three volleys.20) Sunset scene, smoke from burning fires silhouetted against sunset.QUALITY: POOR, OX TO UX.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities