WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan: Marine Invasion Landing & Fighting. 15Jun44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan: Marine Invasion Landing & Fighting. 15Jun44 MLS Marines arrive in trucks at dock w/ large troop ship docked. MS Marines on dock, up gangway to board APA / troop transport. 11:27:27 POV from ship leaving harbor, past breakwater. Convoy of APs underway. 11:27:48 Aerial of transport area w/ auxiliary ships & landing craft. LCs underway laying smoke screen; waves of landing craft underway to beach. 11:28:03 Convoy of APs underway from ship. One in front putting out heavy smoke. Aerials over landing craft towards island beach w/ volcano crater. 11:28:35 Ship view of convoy underway. LS of white sandy beach. High angle of tents in camp area & airstrip; Eniwetok. Airfield; ships in harbor BG. 11:29:28 Framed shot of AP underway. Convoy underway. CU reading guide book: Memo On The Marianas. MS other men reading & Marine officers briefing men on deck. Convoy underway. Officer briefing beside relief map, men watching & listening. Officer on bridge watching. Convoy. 11:31:00 Cruiser silhouetted at sunset firing barrage. Daytime pan Saipan under bombardment; explosions; smoke columns rise. 11:31:52 Marines boarding LCVP hanging from davits on AP; lowered & moving toward shore. 11:32:11 Unloading tracked vehicle & half-track truck from ship into landing craft. Marines in camouflage uniforms & blackened faces from ship. MS LVTs exit LST 404 into water. From ship many craft circling in water. MS. 11:34:02 POV approaching white sandy beach, other craft on shore; smoke from barrage rising 11:34:07 CUs Task Force 36 Commander General Julian Smith looking, binoculars. 11:34:28 View of shore & heavy smoke from landing craft. LCI & other landing craft underway in water. Plane overhead. GOOD scenes. 11:36:53 LVT onto shore; DUKW stranded on reef; shell splashes BG. Marines disembark from beached LVT, over side. Explosion immediately behind LVT. LVT up sand, MS Marines over side; digging foxhole. 11:37:41 Burning LVT behind marines; marine gesturing. Marines in background out of LVT. 11:38:13 POV from landing craft. WW2; Battles; Fighting; Pacific; Operation Forager; 1940s; NOTE: Battle of Saipan, 15Jun-09Jul44. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. GOOD action & color. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk