WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Fleet off shore; Heavy Smoke on Island; Captured Jap Equipment

WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Fleet off shore; Heavy Smoke on Island; Captured Jap Equipment MS Landing craft circling; transport behind. 12:20:58 CU pulley / winch w/ cables moving thru; LS fleet ships moving across horizon. 12:21:58 Slate: no information. 12:21:59 View up to two manned anti-aircraft gun turrets on ship; firing. 12:22:15 Ships across horizon, several distances. 12:22:53 MS View following transport. LS Line of ships. 12:23:19 Slate: USMC - 4th Mar Div - D-2 #3, Jun44 12:23:21 Bird sitting on line to mast. 12:23:37 LS island mountains w/ huge cloud of smoke rising. Horizon shot, no ships visible. Ship & enormous cloud in distance. IOsland w/ cloud rising. 12:24:40 Slate: same w/ Lt. H. Schlosberg. 12:24:42 MS wagon w/ Japanese wooden tubs & bags. Destroyed small railroad yard; marine officer walking thru debris of railroad tracks & equipment; army truck along road behind. 12:25:10 MCU shirtless GI w/ dogtag around neck driving . MS small gage railroad cars moving on tracks, marines pushing. 12:25:31 CU Marine w/ pipe & wire-rim glasses watching. Marine operating ?? Another on ??. Marines working on Japanese railroad steam engine. 12:26:00 Slate: Same. #5. 12:26:03 Landing craft past others & barges; ships anchored offshore in background. 12:26:22 ECU Marine, CUs marine smoking. CU Black GI; other marines or GIs. MCU Black GI rolling 55 gallon drum & smiling at camera. MCUs White GIs. Black & White riding on ?. 12:27:21 Slate: same, #9. 12:27:24 Pan over boxes & bundles of Japanese papers piled. CUs of bundles w/ Jap characters. Tilt up book case w/ stacks of books. 12:28:28 Marine holding large camera, rotates lens. 12:28:40 Slate: Same, #10. 12:28:43 Marine demonstrating binoculars mounted on tripod. CU. CU of handheld ?? w/ sighting device, filter & electric cable. Marine prone on ground behind rifle or machine gune on bi-pod w/ hand grip on top. 12:29:53 Slate: Same, #14, 12:29:59 Narrow-gage railroad, steam engine pulling flatcar. POV ahead alongside engine towards street crossing, army truck across tracks. 12:30:28 MCU engine backing up slowly WW2 Pacific Islands Marines; Military; Captured Weapons; Invasion;