WWII - Color, 1944, Palau: Peleliu - Marines on Beach, Hillside, Airstrip w/ Fighting. 16-17Sep44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1944, Palau: Peleliu - Marines on Beach, Hillside, Airstrip w/ Fighting. 16-17Sep44 VS Marines moving thru dry brush, smoke rising behind. burned hillside covered in ash. Searching hillside for caves. Filling canteens. 15:36:51 View toward tank & coast thru brush; MS Marines beside LVT. MLS Marines w/ furled flag on ash covered hilltop from below. 15:37:14 Dug in position, Marine rifleman firing, planes overhead. High angle / HA from hillside of Marines on road below ash covered barren ground, airstrip in background. LS HA of destroyed hanger, pan right across destroyed trees. 15:38:10 Slate: Sgt L.R. Filson, Peleliu. Roll 14 17Sep44 12:00 A Co 1 Bn 1st Marines Pinned Down by MG fire from pillbox 134 RQ Pan of field from hill. 15:38:24 MS Marines resting on rocky hillside, two on field radio telephones; beginning to move out on ridge. Destruction. HA down slope to dead Japanese ; Marines down past camera. LS moving on rocky ridge. MS on smoking rocks, behind rocks next to dead Japanese . 15:40:10 Bulldozer pulling large artillery thru water on beach, Marines follow; DUKWs moving about. MCU bulldozer, artillery & Marines past out of surf & along beach. 15:40:38 Slate: ?? A Battery 3rd BN, 3rd Amphib. bring gun to emplacement near South tip. 15:40:42 MCU Marines carry wounded past on stretcher, Marines walking past. Stretchers w/ dead on sand & medics tending wounded; loading onto LVT. 15:41:20 Slate: Lundigan Roll 23 D+1 PFC Jim Hendricks Hdgs 1-7 Wounded & Evacuation. Continued loading into LVT & same slate. (pullback in film printing). 15:41:26 LVTs, Marines & supplies at surf edge of beach, pan. Digging emplacement for artillery seen behind. Slate: E Battery, 12AA Special Weapon Set Up At End of Orange 2 15:45. 15:41:48 Marine gun crew talking at base of anti-aircraft gun on beach; view past gun of DUKW into surf. DUKWs & other landing craft moving in water, troops wading ashore. 15:42:21 Slate: D+2 Roll 24 08:00 Orange 2 More casualties. Marines resting beside wounded on stretchers on beach. Destruction & supply dumpo on beach w/ crates, LVT & boxes unloaded, stacked. 15:42:59 Slate: 5th Marines Ammo Dump - Orange 1 Grid 128 W. 15:43:04 Marines following LVT thru torn up sand; pan ammunition crates, gun to upended artillery. 15:43:35 Slate: PFC Edw. F Haneffant, PFC James I Maher of ? Battery 3rd BN, 11th Marines look over their 105mm Knocked ? D+1 15:30. 2nd Slate - illegible. 15:43:43 Marines walking across airfield, pan to destroyed hangers. 15:43:49 MCU over shoulder of Marine firing machine gun; Marines crawling along rocky pile. Plane overhead, tilt down to bomb explosions. Marines beside machine gun looking across airstrip. 15:44:28 Slate: Missen (sic) Explosion MG is A Co 1st Bn 5th - Strayed from their outfit. 15:44:35 Marines prone behind dirt mound w/ concrete building close beyond. WW2; Battles; Fighting; Invasion; NOTE: Battle of Peleliu by 1st Marine Division & 81st Infantry Division. 15Sep - 27Nov44 NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good color & action. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk