AMERICAN BEACH LANDINGS, ANGAUR ISLAND, PALAU ISLAND GROUP, CAROLINE ISLANDS Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 2460 DC SOURCE: AFCF (POA-36) (1590) Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 806' ea Silent AMERICAN BEACH LANDINGS, ANGAUR ISLAND, PALAU ISLAND GROUP, CAROLINE ISLANDS, Sept 1944 MCU, dead soldier sprawled on overturned LVT. (Staged) Head-on and profile shots, soldiers run off LCVP into water and onto beach. LS, side view, LVTs loaded with soldiers lie off beach ready to move shoreward. MSs, CUs, soldiers huddled in LVT as it moves shoreward. CU, tracks of LVT moving in water. MSs, soldier sprawled on beach, presumably dead. (Staged) LS, DUKW in water moves shoreward. Ints of LST, LVT rolls down ramp into water. CU, soldier uses "lip mike" in LVT. RecordGroup 111 CU, MG aboard LVT is prepared for action by soldieÅccession Number III-NAV-210 LS, from sea, smoke-covered beach. RV, soldiers wade ashore from landing craft. MS, soldiers huddled on beach after landing. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2460 DC SOURCE: AFCF (POA-36) (1590) Card 2 of 2 160- FILM: Arch & APC MP, 806' ea Silent AMERICAN BEACH LANDINGS, ANGAUR ISLAND, PALAU ISLAND GROUP, CAROLINE ISLANDS, - CONT' D Sept 1944 - Cont'd LS from ship, convoy at sea. (Some in silhouette. ) MLS, US flag flies from rigging. Ext LSs, warship fires twd shore. LS, side view, LVTs move shoreward. LS, men dug-in on beach. LS, jeep almost inundated in water near damaged landing barge. A few soldiers wade ashore. CU, soldier digs in on beach. LS, men lie on stomachs on beach; smoke in distant bg. Two LVTs in shallow water off beach. (How on LVT is fired offshore.) MS, seriously wounded man lying almost naked on litter is attended to by medic. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number TII-NAV-210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities