WWII - Color, 1945, Guam: Mine Clearing Training. 24Jan-04Feb45

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, Guam: Mine Clearing Training. 24Jan-04Feb45 Slate: illegible 24Jan45 Marines run down grassy slope towards camera, jungle behind. Slate: J.D. Wilson Roll 3 13:25 04Feb45 3rd M.D Op III Phase I Training - Guam . Troops advancing after barbed wire. 10:10:04 GIs clearing mines. CUs of mine detector; placing barbed wire circle over mine. Slate: Same: Roll 4, 14:00. Destroying mine field w/ electric charge & prima cord / primacord net w/ 1 block TNT on each mine. 10:11:01 Primacord strung across field, CU attaching TNT. Large explosions. CU marine picks up shrapnel from ground. Tank tread marks across ground. 10:12:34 Slate re tanks have path thru the mine field. CU tracks of tank. 10:12:59 Slate: Same. Roll 5 04Feb45 14:00. Slate: G.R. Handley Roll 22 Time 10:00 04Feb45 3 MD Op III Phase I Training Guam. “Laying Mines & Clearing Mined Areas”. 10:13:17 Marines carrying mines across field. Slate: “Last ? men carrying anti-tank mines.” 10:13:44 CU marines fusing TNT & tying to mine; placing in ground & covering. Marines carry mines & place in row, digging & burying. Slate: “Laying hasty mine field.” “Roll 22 Laying Anti-tank Boobytrap Mines.” 10:15:22 Marine signaling. M4 Sherman tank coming over ridge & across field, mine explodes in front. “Last scenes tank comes over hill, hits mine. Goes w/ Wilson’s Roll 1.” “G.R. Handley Roll 24 04Feb45 training etc. 10:15:52 MS Marines w/ mine detectors passing across field. LS. Using mine detectors, rolling primacord. Marine carrying mine, crater. Marine directing mine detector. CU of detector; laying barbed wire over detected mine. 10:17:39 CU sweeping mines 10:17:53 LS Two M4 Sherman tanks across field, jungle behind. MS past mine detecting. WW2 Marine Training; Pacific Islands; Explosives; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good color & CUs. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk