WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Fighting; Captured Airstrip & Planes; Shipboard, Jun44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Fighting; Captured Airstrip & Planes; Shipboard, Jun44 Slate: Jun44, Cpl H.L. McClue, Jr 5th Amphibious Corps Saipan, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division 22:57:38 Marines at base of hillside w/ cable & detonator behind trees, pan over low farm land w/ smoke rising opposite. Pan continues past bomb explosions. 22:58:43 Telephoto of tank parked in open field, smoke rising beyond from behind village. 22:58:57 Slate: same. 22:58:59 Marines & LVTs in brush, marines moving up hurriedly. Marines along beach edge on ground. 22:59:24 Tanks & landing craft thru surf. 22:59:37 Marines in sand at edge of jungle. Heavy smoke close. MS marines moving up in light jungle. MCU dead Japanese, soft focus. 23:00:15 Slate: same. 23:00:18 CU Jap plane wreckage in airstrip emplacement w/ camouflage cloth blowing over it. Pan of more wreckage, hanger or shed. Heavily damaged buildings. 23:01:35 Slate: same. 23:01:38 Pan over heavily pocked concrete buildings w/ smoke in distance. Marines inspect wrecked Jap plane in sandbagged emplacement, CUs & MCUs of plane. 23:02:35 MS of damaged reinforced concrete ??? 23:02:56 Slate: same. 23:02:58 Heavily damaged concrete structure. Badly damaged parked Jap planes, hangers behind. CU of shot up wing, fuselage, planes in front of burned hangers, wing to wing on airstrip. Planes in hangers. 23:04:16 Slate: same. 23:04:18 Destroyed bombers on runway. CUs. Marines inspecting. 23:04:58 Damaged & burned small gage railroad flatcars w/ remains of buildings behind. CU of concrete lined entrance to earth covered bunker. CU unidentified equipment. 23:05:38 View along tow line to ship, other large ships behind. 23:05:56 Marine on deck w/ flag showing to others. 23:06:16 Ship with line to larger ship from deck of larger ship. Marines watching / listening to officer w/ papers. View of small ship. 23:06:56 Marine w/ rifle approaching over bunker, dropping grenade inside & running, explosion. Throwing grenade in another & explosions. 23:07:50 MCU Wrapped bodies on litters / stretchers, one w/ American flag. 23:08:03 Marines milling about on road w/ vehicles on roadside WW2 Pacific Islands; Military; Fighting; Invasion; Battles; Captured Equipment; Horrors of War; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk