What Makes a Battle

What Makes a Battle - Armaments production and supply - Pacific War - Marshall Islands Stock piles of war supplies. Montage armament production - factory interiors and transport. Troops boarding transport ships. Transport ships in convoy heading for Marshall Islands - animated map - Aircraft carriers in convoy - planes take off - aircraft in formation - strafing Japanese hangars. Kamikaze planes shot down. Naval guns firing. Ships in convoy - Ships firing at Roy and Namur - 4th Marines climbing into landing assault craft - battle scenes - landing craft heading for shore and on beach ( film jumps ) Troops on beach setting up radio communications - firing shells - troops run between foxholes - troops through jungle - troops helping injured - one with eyes bandaged - casualty on stretcher. Firing rifles under sniper fire. Explosion, dead Japanese soldiers. Beach scenes after battle, supply dump organised. Ships at sea - 7th infantry in landing craft their object is to take Kwajalein. Troops landing on two small islands either side of Kwajalein - stores and ammunition brought ashore. Firing artillery at Kwajalein - piles of shell cases. Infantry hit the beach at Kwajalein - battle scenes - firing. Tanks and artillery move up. Troops using flame throwers. Japanese soldiers surrender - medic treats Japanese prisoner. POW Prisoners of war - damaged aircraft and buildings. Japanese foxhole and artillery. Medics treat wounded American soldiers. Injured on stretchers transferred to hospital ship. Beach littered with bodies of Japanese. Dead US troops laid in rows, details / paperwork - fingerprint taken from body - graves. Funeral service on beach - good shot troops in silhouette firing salute 09:21:31 - 09:22:57 Film Fault on ptc by three star General 09:22:58 Three star General piece to camera “ As General Eisenhowers deputy in ETO .... talks about importance of work done on the homefront - American productive genius. Appeal for fifth war loan. Shots repeated