WWII - 1943, Documentary: Attack Signal

WWII - 1943, Documentary Shows how one defective walkie-talkie can impair battle plans. US task force, cruiser, destroyer, transport on way to attack Japanese installations on Island No 6 northeast of Guadalcanal. Radio room. Land-based bombers. Pilots in cockpit. Bomb door opens, drops, house explodes, smoke from island. Task force offshore. Animated map. Troops on boat to shore communicate with base through walkie talkie. Firing & explosions. Amphibious landing. Japanese soldiers seen through binoculars. Troops battle on island. Defective walkie-talkie breaks down at crucial moment. Crossing island under fire. 11:08:26 Walkie-talkies are rush-ordered for the invasion. Under-Sec. of War Patterson & Gens. Somervell and Olmstead in their offices. Planning meetings for production. Caricature billboards in factories 11:09:28 In factory, manufacturing of extra walkie-talkies. Careless employee makes mistake which led to equipment fault. Explosions. Boat sinking. Production is halted by a mica shortage until a substitute is found. Titles superimposed “Let’s step up production”. CU factory work, boxes loaded out of warehouse, steam train, truck. Back at the beachhead, the message is finally transmitted and the invasion is completed. Atlantic convoy, planes, troops at dusk on island and montage sequence battle. US troops capture Japanese base. and hoist flag. Montage sequence battle and factory work superimposed. Pacific War - WWII Homefront; WW2; 1943;