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WWII - 1944, Pacific, US Navy: Submarine Skate & POWs; 1948 Sinking of BB-36; Seabees

Reel Number: 250066-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: Solomon Islands,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Munda Field,New Georgia Island,Pacific,SOLOMON ISLANDS

TC Begins: 10:20:11

TC Ends: 10:26:11

Duration: 00:06:00

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, Pacific, US Navy: Submarine Skate & POWs; 1948 Sinking of BB-36; Seabees LS Water spout reaching down from the clouds, into the surface of the ocean, sucking up the water. 10:20:33 Two unid. fighter-type aircraft in flight. MS Looking off the starboard bow deck of a submarine, USS SKATE (SS-305); w/ life raft off starboard bow. LS Looking towards the shoreline; PAN, showing a small island. CU Two men on deck looking thru binoculars. Explosions going off on the beach area in distant BG. 10:21:25 Japanese man on sinking raft holding onto line; searched by crew on SKATE. 10:21:59 LS Sampan burning far off side of sub & sinking. 10:22:27 May be 31Jul48, aerial over USS Nevada (BB-36) battleship used as target practice, smoke coming from ship on fire; two streaks, wakes of torpedoes approaching in the water from distant BG. Explosion from torpedo strike. Battleship leaning to starboard; another torpedo strikes it on the starboard side throwing up a gush of water. BB still on surface smoking; bomb explodes in the water in BG off the beam; ship slowly sinks w/ oil slick. 10:24:53 Seabees / CBs at work constructing flooring for a building at Munda Field; part of Munda Harbor in BG. MS & MCUs. 10:26:06 CBs using shovels in digging a trench at the Munda Field area. Pacific; WW2; Navy Battles; Construction; Weather; Ocean Storm; Tornado: Naval Construction Battalion; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good Color; NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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