INVASION OF SAIPAN, MARIANAS ISLAND GROUP Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1501 111SOURCE: AFCF (D-76) ADCFILM: Arch & APC MP 788' ea Silent 1501 INVASION OF SAIPAN MARIANAS ISLAND GROUP 26 June 44 MSs, two US light tanks pass camera, R-L. MCU, jeep with wounded aboard moves toward camera. MS, dead US soldier. LS, long line of soldiers advance across open field. VS, Japanese civilians leave village. MSs, CUs, wrecked Japanese Zero plane at airfield. MS, CU, camouflaged nets covering Japanese planes. VS at airfield: camouflaged planes, wrecked hangars, buildings and wrecked Japanese bombers. MS, Japanese civilians are led across airfield under guard. (Heavy scratches) MSs, CUs, medical aid station activities at front line. Excellent scenes as US soldiers and first aid men help wounded man drink from canteen, assist in blood plasma tranfusion; one soldier strokes the brow of wounded soldier. MLS, US light tank fires on Nafutan ridge. LS, shell smoke rises on ridge. MHS, soldier crawls from foxhole and runs across open terrain. Short scene, tank fires at house in bg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities