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Operations In Manila And Intramuros, 1945 Pt1

Reel Number: 220810-10

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Philippines

Location: intramuros,Manila

TC Begins: 17:05:00

TC Ends: 17:17:11

Duration: 00:12:11

Operations In Manila And Intramuros, 1945 Pt1 VS battery of 8” Howitzers firing. VS natives waiting for water rations on Manila street. Filippino boy helps US troops dispense water. Man pushing cart w/ boy and water jugs. 17:07:58: Tanks / self-propelled 105mm Hows. taking up positions in bomb-damaged city square. MCUs tanks firing, one w/ “The Reclaimer”? painted on side. VS city w/ smoke clouds. Bomb-damaged riverside area under attack. US? tanks and Jeeps on streets. 17:11:10: Howitzers firing as in first shot. Infantry running through rubbled streets. Tanks firing, troops loading shells. Streets filled w/ smoke. Loading wounded soldiers onto Jeep for evacuation. Wounded civilians carried on stretchers. VS natives leaving ruined city w/ belongings. 17:14:20: AVs burning and ruined city scenes. Demolished bridge in foreground. US flag flying over wooden tower behind high wall. LS people running through street. LS assault boats move down river. River w/ destroyed buildings and bridge. MS bullet-ridden statues and pillars. 17:16:50: Troops running through square, smoke screen pots burn on right.

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