WWII - Color, 1943, Pacific: Battle of Kula Gulf, Night & USS Helena Survivors. ca 06Jul43

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1943, Pacific: Battle of Kula Gulf, Night & USS Helena Survivors. ca 06Jul43 MS CL underway. High angle / HA sailors stack empty shell casings on deck. 08:25:33 CU Lookouts, 20mm gun crew stand by. High angle / HA Crew wash deck. 5" AA manned. 08:26:15 Ceremony at sea: seamen lined on deck; MS Adm. Ainsworth & officers. Ainsworth shakes hands w/ officers. 08:27:04 View from above of whaleboat loaded w/ Helena survivors, pulls away. MS officers looking at & signing paperwork on shipboard. Officers watch USS Strong (DD-467) approaches, passes mail & leaves. 08:28:28 Transferring men, CL to DD. MS Helena survivors on stretchers & walking assisted over gangway, island foliage in background. 08:30:26 High angle / HA 5" AA manned. Empty shell casings thrown; piles empty casings beside rail. Ships underway. 08:31:45 MS Night firing, flashes, many salvos. 08:33:10 High angle of PT approaching, passing,. 08:33:27 MS USS Helena (CL-50) survivors leave destroyer USS Nicholas (DD-449). Men waiting on deck. 08:34:35 MS Night: 6" turrets fired. Good flashes. NOTE: Sold at per reel price. Very good color. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk