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WWII - 1944, USA Government Documentary: Second Battle of The Philippines R2 of 2

Reel Number: 250162-15

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: Philippines,USA

Location: Honolulu,Leyte,Manila,Pacific,Philippine islands

TC Begins: 13:19:14

TC Ends: 13:29:21

Duration: 00:10:07

R2 of 2 Japanese battleships firing broadsides. US baby flattops w/ destroyer escorts firing. Adm. Halsey w/ ?? looking at map, CU of map & plan. 13:20:04 20:17:39 Ships underway; firing; burning plane on CV deck LS Burning ships. CU Map w/ plans marked showing 3rd fleet & Japanese Naval Fleet battle location. 13:20:53 20:18:30 MCU Japanese w/ binoculars on ship bridge; Jap aircraft carriers; aerials of Jap bombers; Jap sailor on deck; pilots to planes & taking off; overhead. 13:21:33 20:19:10 US sailors up ship ladders to battle stations; fighter planes off carriers in low light w/ exhaust flames visible. Day & US fighters overhead, diving on Jap fleet. Strafing; dog flights. GOOD. 13:22:31 20:20:11 Shipboard & US navy move ammunition, firing. Tracers; ack ack; plane hit falling into sea in flames. Burning planes on carrier decks; fighting fires; ship guns firing. US planes crash landing on CV; plane up on elevator, taking off. 13:24:16 20:22:00 Wounded treated on carrier deck, carried off on stretcher. Pilot helped out of plane after crash landing. Carrier guns firing seen from above; grainy of firing at incoming Japanese planes, tracers. Dog fight & plane hit. Planes taking off, bombing of Jap ships. Gun camera footage of ships & dogfights. Explosions. 13:27:00 20:24:51 Japanese sailors in water, on floating wood, in lifeboats. 13:27:13 20:25:05 Night over water, clouds. 13:27:32 20:25:25 US plane landing on CV w/ dead airman, burial at sea in plane w/ chaplain, bugler, men push plane off as men watch. 13:28:54 20:26:48 Fighter planes overhead against clouds; aerials of US fleet, view from ships. End title missing. WW2; Naval Battles; Second Battle of the Philippines; 1944; Oct44; Nov44; Pacific; Sea Battles; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.

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