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Newsreel: Life Aboard Merchant Ship; Marines Land, Solomons
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Listed at National Archives as 16086 Prod- Paramount Subject - Life Aboard Merchant Ship 748" . National Archives description: 1) LS-MS-CU Men checking emergency supplies in small boat (SV). 2) CU Faces of crewmembers (SV). 3) LS-MS CU Mess cooks preparing meal in galley. 4) LS-MS Crane lowers life-raft into position on mount. 5) CU W/O inserts light-tipped airscoop in porthole (SV).6) MS-CU Crewmembers eating dinner (SV).7) MS Mess boys serving dinner plates (SV).8) CU Men eating.9) MS-CU Merchant Marine commander is served and eats. 10) CU Captain is served. 11) LS-MS Merchant ship underway; locomotive lashed on deck. 12) LS-MS Merchant ship underway (SV). 13) LS Running shot: Many ships in harbor (SV). 14) LS-MS Tanker at anchor. 16088 PROD: PARAMOUNT SUBJ: MARINES LAND, SOLOMONS 100" 1) LS Ships, in convoy, underway. 2) LS-DA Marines enter landing barges. 3) LS PAN Planes in flight. 4) LS Landing barges on way to beach; ships firing in bg. 5) MS Preparing AA positions on beach. 6) LS PAN Palm grove with tents. 7) MS PAN PBY lands on runway. 8) LS PAN American flag hoisted; officer salutes As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War II, Newsreel, Merchant Marines, World War, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands, Merchant Mariners -- United States, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945
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