WWII - Color, 1943, Tarawa: Convoy Underway, Bombardment of Tarawa. Nov43

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1943, Tarawa: Convoy Underway, Bombardment of Tarawa. Nov43 LS-Pan convoy of Attack Transports / APs & Battleships / BBs underway on horizon, past SOC planes on catapult in foreground. 14:20:46 Low angle / LA of signal flags & USA flag flying near bridge. 14:21:10 MS USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway; MS USS Colorado (BB-45) underway. LS-Pan BB, CVE, & APs in convoy (fast & uneven pan). 14:22:50 Black. 14:23:03 LS Cruiser / CL & 2 Destroyers / DDs bombarding Tarawa. LS Smoke columns rise from Tarawa Island under bombardment. CL & BB bombard Tarawa. 14:23:33 LS Fire burns on beach of Tarawa Island, smoke columns rise. MS High angle / HA16" guns on USS Maryland (BB- 46) bombarding Tarawa. MS Tarawa Island under bombardment, shells burst in air, island almost obscured by smoke. MS-Pan Tarawa Island under bombardment. 14:25:04 MS CL bombards island. 14:25:21 MS Depth charges explode in water, minesweeper circling; Cruiser firing WW2 Naval Battle; Operation Galvanic; Invasion; Pacific War; Islands; NOTE: Battle of Tarawa largely fought 20-23Nov43 & was first American offensive in the region. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk