I see four men standing close to each other, two well illuminated and quite clear, the other two poorly lit so they are seen in sillhouette. What they are calling Noonan must be a man with no shoulders or arms and indistinct legs.
He is facing the camera yet unlike the other two men looking the same direction, his face is dark with heavy shadows.
Looking at the ground behind one of men is duffle bag, possibly a mail sack. “Noonan’s body” looks a lot like that white bag and there is some sort of sign partially blocking Noonan’s “face”. Rather than a man I would say thats a mailbag vertically hanging on a hook.
The seated figure could be male or female you cannot see the face.
Not sure where the maybe 38ft object is on a ship.
I would also say if that is Earhart then Noonan is sitting beside her on the dock (blocked by the fat woman). That person does have their head turned as if speaking to someone next to them.
Now I recognize the ship thanks to the Stamp post. Could be a plane on its deck.
this was before Admiral Byrd's discoveries,
before Operation Dominic/Operation Fishbowl,
before the UN declared it illegal for anyone to go to Antarctica.
The United Nations uses this map for their logo for a specific reason.
Look at how vast the Pacific is:
Earhart didn't have a chance. 
Some years ago, CoasttoCoastAM had a guy talking about this.
By now I don’t remember details. But he went there and talked with people who knew the story.
He said Noonan was injured, and I think did not live long.
But Amelia was taken to a prison and only lived ?a few years.
[ one would think his story would be some place, web or book ? ]