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Rolling Up The Pacific Bases, 01/13/1947 - 01/19/1947
About this film
Partially legible slate with "Tahiti, New Caledonia" and "Date: 13 Jan 47" Men and crane load drums into ship. Partially legible slate with "Tahiti, New Caledonia" and "Date: 14 Jan 47" Crane loads cargo. Illegible slate. 2 Men stand and talk. Group of men exit building and enter another building. Group of men stand outside and talk. Car (with 2 stars) pulls up and. Sign on building: "US Army Exchange, Middle Pacific, ... Branch Exchange, MID 207-2" Slate: "Photog: Sgt. Chang, Place: New Cal., Date: 15 Jan 47" Officers and civilians in suits stand outside building. Slate: "Photog: Sgt. Chang, Place: New Caledonia, Date: 19 Jan 47" Shots of military cemetery and a native-style church. Close up of cross in cemetery. Name and tag have been removed from cross. Scene on deck of ship. Jeep driven on deck. Military truck being unloaded on deck. Crane lifts truck tires and other cargo from rear of military truck. Extracted from the US Army Film "General Mark W. Clark Returns To Vienna From The United States Austria ; Rolling Up The Pacific Bases, 11/04/1946" No National Archives description. National Archives Identifier: 20134 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my upload…
Directors & creators
United States. Army
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War II: Postwar Issues, United States. Navy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- New Caledonia, Soldiers' Bodies, Disposition Of
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