Seabees The World Over Reel 1 of 5

Seabees The World Over Reel 1 of 5 Rear Admiral B. Moreell at desk presents re Bureau of Yards & Docks and the increase in Seabees numbers since Pearl Harbor attack - ‘The Navy’s Fighting Construction Men’. 16:03:06 AVs Japanese planes over Pearl Harbor, Midway, Tahiti? Civilian US workmen pre-war. Pearl Harbor attack reenacted - Japanese planes drop bombs; explosions at naval base; wounded carried on stretchers and fire. Hoisting Stars & Stripes. 16:05:31 Flow of men out of train platform and queuing up for recruitment into Construction Battalion - ‘Seabees’; training scenes; briefing; malaria prevention; obstacle course; landing on beach; pass in review. Seabees singing; boarding train and embark on large transport ship. 16:07:44 Map shows Dutch harbor in Pacific Aleutians. Ship in harbor with snow-capped mountain. Seabees w/ surveying equipment. Explosion; steam shovel and bulldozer; hammering and sawing. Lumber yard. AV pan over Northern naval base. Seabees repair destroyer; fixed destroyer at sea, rejoins task force. Seabees / troops on deck. WWII. Pacific War.