Now showing
Tarawa, 1943
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film # 1176, Tarawa, 1943. Final reel has a film of Navy officers visiting Ibura Field (now Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport), Brazil. National Archives description: 1) CU Japanese coastal gun on the island of Tarawa which has been wrecked; PAN over area showing the wreckage, the trenches and dugouts. SV (Lenses obstruction to R of frame) 2) HA MS Marine in a foxhole shaving. 3) LS Large group of marines gathered about the edge of an airstrip, around an F6F-3 aircraft. SV 4) LS Landing craft on the beach at Tarawa in a lagoon; wrecked Japanese boats seen along beach along with many marines. 5) LS Looking out into the lagoon showing various types of small craft underway- 6) LS Coastline showing USN landing craft along beach. 7) LS Marines running along dock area carrying packs and small guns. 8) HA MS Dead marine lying along the pier. 9) MS Marines walking away from camera up a pier. 10) MCU Marine given plasma by his buddy while on stretcher. 11) MCU Marines standing and sitting around on beach; ammo crates are stacked nearby. 12) CU Small fire in a hut. 13) LS Explosion among palm trees next to a building. 14) MS Group of marines in…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, Tarawa, Battle Of, Kiribati, 1943, World War, 1939-1945, Hellcat (Fighter plane), World War II, Ingram, Jonas H. (Jonas Howard), 1886-1952, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, Knox, Frank, 1894-1976, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Omaha, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, USS Omaha (CL-4), World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious Operations, United States. Navy, United States. Army Air Forces, Brazil, United States. Marine Corps, Ibura Field (Brazil), Prisoners Of War -- United States
More from this pool