WWII - 1944, Pacific Invasions: Marshalls Invasion!

WWII - 1944, Pacific Invasions: Marshall Islands Invaded Main Title: Movietone News - Marshalls Invasion! These are the first pictures of the capture of Roi and Namur Islands in strategic Kwajalein Atoll... 16:04:17 Montage: Column of ships / fleet under way w/ tanks on deck. View from circling landing craft of Air & naval bombardment w/ enormous explosions on shore. Troops in landing craft; black smoke from burning petroleum / oil dump. 16:04:43 Marine troops down troop ship nets into landing craft. Bombardment continues as landing craft wait, then move to shore w/ planes overhead. 16:05:23 Troops into water; landing on beach & pushing inland; tanks ashore. Trucks unload from LSTs. Marines in shell crater firing mortar, explosion. Army motion picture cameraman (GOOD). Dive bombers. Marines advance & into shell crater w/ nearby explosion. 16:06:27 Dynamiting Japanese. Marines beside dead Japanese bodies in crater. CU. 16:06:43 Wrecked Japanese airbase on Roi Island w/ shot up planes inspected; reinforced concrete of Japanese block house & bodies. 16:07:02 American & Allied wounded lifted from landing craft on to evacuation ship. 16:07:15 Funeral service for dead on island w/ black smoke rising in background among destroyed jungle. WW2 Fighting; Battles; Pacific; 1940s; Newsreel Cameraman; NOTE: Good summary of action.