WWII - 1945, Documentary: C.O.D. Saipan, 1945 R2 of 3

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Continued... Men firing rifles & machine guns; throwing grenades into jungle. 01:14:21 Wounded treated on beach & loaded into craft to evacuate to ships off shore. Wounded lifted onto ships on stretchers in slings. 01:15:24 M4 Sherman Tanks lifted out of hold, lowered into small LCM landing craft & moved ashore. and engineers blast a coral reef blocking beach. Trucks & jeeps into LCMs. 01:16:30 Two attacking Japanese planes shot down. Smoke, flak, planes in flames into water. 01:17:07 LVT track vehicle aka Alligator, an amphibious vessel, is caught on a reef. Other ships aground & supplies are floated ashore. A make-shift pier is constructed & 155mm artillery towed to shallow water & to shore. DUKWs to LCTs & to shore w/ ammunition. Aerial of existing concrete pier damaged beyond use after capture. Other piers constructed of pontons brought by LCTs & used to unload. 01:19:48 Trucks & heavy dust, oil is sprayed to settle dust. Various transportation including ox-carts 01:20:50 Narrow gage Japanese railway is repaired by Seabees; locomotives & wood boilers repaired. Hooked to cars. Continued... WWII Pacific; WW2; Saipan Invasion Forces; Logistics; Supplies; 1945; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk