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Go to HomepageReel Number: H1361-05
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1942
Country: Japan,USA
Location: aleutian islands,attu,Kiska,North Pacific
TC Begins: 11:39:18
TC Ends: 11:48:39
Duration: 00:09:21
WWII - 1942, Aleutian Islands: Japanese Invade, ca 06-07Jun42 Titles. 11:39:25 MLS Japanese battleships underway in Northern Pacific. Bow of destroyer w/ high waves breaking on deck. Two crewmen looking thru binoculars / telescope & sextant on bridge. 11:39:57 Fairly calm seas, pan to frozen deck, showing lifeline & anchor chain of destroyer; heavy seas. Crewmen, wearing cold weather gear, break ice from deck & gun mount. GOOD. 11:41:34 Map of North Pacific Ocean w/ animation of Japanese markers towards Aleutian Islands. 11:42:01 MLS Several Japanese cruisers in formation, underway. Japanese officer handling wheel on bridge. Convoy shots. 11:42:53 Japanese marines in combat uniform, on deck at attention listening to officer. March to disembark. Same marines on landing craft w/ rifles on gunnel, pointed toward shore. 11:43:51 Japanese troops land on shore, up bank & advancing thru swampy grassy tundra w/ flag, machine gun & up hill. Officer beside flag speaking to troops w/ captured Americans listening. POWs searched. 11:44:52 Troops march w/ flag along ridge, snow in distance & bay /harbor seen; many troops in distance. 11:45:42 Japanese troops stand in formation near wooden building & quonset hut of American camp. Ship offshore seen beyond troops at attention. 11:46:13 Amphibious four-engine plane taxiing; naval vessels anchored behind. POV from water around planes. 11:46:57 Title: Japanese. 11:47:05 Pan across anchored naval ships. MS Japanese anti-aircraft guns firing at American four-engined bomber overhead. Explosion in water (from bomb?). Large explosion close to shore. Large plane shot down & crashes and explodes on hillside. The End. WW2; Invasion; Arctic Islands; NOTE: Japanese invaded Kiska on 06Jun42 & Attu on 07Jun42.