WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Marines w/ Jap Equipment, POWs, Dead; Flag-raising, 02-12Jul44

WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Marines w/ Jap Equipment, POWs, Dead; Flag-raising, 02-12Jul44 MS Marines & tanks up road toward camera; CU tanks w/ flame-thrower; MS dead Japanese soldiers. Marine throws grenade from ridge, no explosion. 03:20:14 Marines display large Japanese flag. CU ammunition scatter on ground. GOOD. 03:20:34 Knocked-out Japanese tanks in field. 03:20:55 Pan Marines walk thru shell-damaged building rubble. 03:21:12 Japanese artillery & many dead Japanese in field & by narrow-gauge railroad. 03:22:15 LS pan LCs on beach & in surf, dead Japanese on beach. Marine looks at Japanese motorcycle & sidecar. 03:23:13 Marines inspect damaged bldg & Japanese tanks. 03:23:36 CU Corpsman attends Chamorran child. Marines firing rifles. Dead Japanese. Marines gather Jap rifles, swords & inspect Japanese bayonet fastened to stick. 03:24:58 Marine poses at back of truck. Moving wounded on stretchers on dock. 03:25:06 Marines attend flag raising ceremonies. Problems w/ flag. Marines saluting. 03:26:07 MS Adm. Spruance, Gen. Smith & Gen. Jarman USA & other officers. 03:26:23 Overexposed. M3 w/ 75mm & tanks in front of mountain. 03:26:47 MS marines on tank drink from bottle. Body carried on litter. Children in cave entrance; native women w/ children, girls. (some over-exposed). 03:27:41 Pan mountain side to airstrip at base. Jeep & marines w/ Chamorros. 03:28:13 Japanese prisoner walking; coast & boats moving in water offshore. 03:28:22 MS Marines & Japanese prisoners Others w/ Chamorros or Jap women & children, boarding trucks. 03:29:00 Pan destroyed Sugar Refinery. 03:29:35 Japanese POWs sit on ground w/ women & children. 03:29:44 MS Generals Smith & Jarman, Admirals Spruance & Hill beside jeep study maps; beside narrow gauge sugar company railroad. Tilt & pan mountains above. MS talking at flag-raising site. 03:32:04 Coastal bluff, marines on top, boats offshore. Walking w/ prisoners. 03:32:31 From behind marines & Japanese beside loudspeakers. Small boats offshore above cliffs. 03:32:49 Japanese interpreter speaks in microphone. 03:32:59 Many bodies. Prisoners w/ shovels roll them onto litter & carry from beach. WW2 Pacific Islands; Fighting; Battles; Horrors of War;