WWII - Color, 1943, Tarawa: Landing, Destruction; Dead; Shipboard Briefing

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1943, Tarawa: Landing, Destruction; Dead; Shipboard Briefing Marines boarding landing craft seen from ship above & lowered to water, unhooked & moving away. 10:28:28 Landing craft moving towards shore. 10:28:42 Landing craft being moved from ship deck to lower. 10:29:00 Many dead marines on sandy beach, MCUs. MCU Marine beside landing raft & crates. CU. Marines gathering dog tags, MCU. 10:29:55 Beached boats & LVT on sandy beach; log wall in front. 10:30:15 Amphibious plane overhead. 10:30:22 Pans large smoking Japanese pillbox, building behind. Small fires still burning. Marines moving about. Pan beach w/ small docks & smoke rising from edge of remaining palm trees. 10:31:25 High angle / HA MS marines around wounded on stretcher, waving away flies. 10:31:43 Large pillbox, pan Marines resting beside; walking over debris on sandy beach, ships offshore. Extreme destruction. Large timbered building base, marines past. 10:33:41 Group of marines sitting in shade of palms w/ destruction beyond, pan. 10:34:19 Plane overhead. 10:34:34 Marines digging in; pinned down on sandy beach. Carry wounded on stretcher. Clearing top of pillbox w/ bulldozer pulling logs off; bulldozer over top & pushing dirt & timbers. 10:36:21 Shipboard, Briefing officer w/ pointer standing above large map & Marines watching. MCU of name on map, tilt up to show outline of island. Marines seated around watching. Pacific War; WW2; Horrors of War; Landing; Fighting; Operation Galvanic; Death; NOTE: Battle of Tarawa largely fought 20-23Nov43 & was first American offensive in the region. Sell at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk