WWII - 1945, Pacific: Philippines Fighting; Japanese Weapons on Okinawa; USS Franklin Hit

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1945, Pacific: Philippines Fighting; Japanese Weapons on Okinawa; USS Franklin Hit US 129th Regiment soldiers firing small field artillery from ridge into valley (Baguio) on Luzon; Japanese surrenders; GIs move thru forest past cemetery. Firing into pillbox underneath home on ridge & burning out w/ flame-thrower. Soldiers dig out dead Japanese. 03:10:13 25Apr45 Tank & infantry of 37th Division reach Baguio outskirts & firing; 33rd Division from south & planes dive bombing w/ explosions. Tanks shell from Kazon hill; machine guns firing & other explosions. 33rd Division troops moving down into city past sign: Baguio City Limits. 37th Division tank past women watching; other men & women waving as city taken on 27Apr45. Jap prisoner guarded by pistol walked along. 03:11:40 Man holds up flier: I Cease Resistance. Pan demolished & standing buildings among rubble. 03:11:55 Intertitle: Pacific - Captured Jap Weapons. 03:12:01 GIs on hillside w/ Japanese artillery / field guns & shells. CU powder charge in flakes; men load shells for test firing, load, site & firing. MCU captured Japanese 20mm anti-tank rifle, breech assembly inserted & loaded w/ armor piercing ammunition. 320 mm Type 98 Spigot Mortar / buzz bomb or Ghost Rocket assembled & prepared for firing. War head screwed onto propellant charge held in small bags. Spigot Mortar found on Okinawa detonated by troops of 27th Division Bomb Disposal Unit in field. Grenade on nose lighted w/ long fuse. LS large explosion. GIs inspect crater & pieces of flak. 03:14:49 Truck unloads 45 cm rocket bomb onto launching rack. Several fired & exploding in distance. Group of Type 4 20 cm rocket mortars fired & explosions. 03:15:42 Intertitle: Pacific - USS Franklin. Aircraft carrier CV-13 Leaving harbor & at sea, planes overhead. 02Mar45 CU enormous explosion from Japanese dive bomber, crew fighting aviation fuel fire on deck - large flames & heavy smoke. Distant shot of ship nearly engulfed in exploding flames, many large explosions. Collapsed elevator & deck section, flight deck burning. 03:17:18 Wounded & injured treated on deck by medics. Chaplain Joseph O’Callahan giving last rites. Cruiser Santa Fe (CL-60) alongside spraying decks of Franklin w. debris. Men rescued by Destroyer Hickcox (DD-673) as flames burning above. Breeches Buoy bring injured on stretcher; others jumping to ship & in water. Sailor down net ladder & swimming across. Survivors in life raft. Men pushing engine & debris off & ship thru Panama Canal enroute to New York. View of Statue of Liberty from twisted deck wreckage entering harbor. Ship past Manhattan skyline. WW2 Pacific Battles; Fighting; Catholic Religion; Sell at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk