"WESTWARD IS BATAAN," AITAPE, NEW GUINEA ; SCENES ABOARD USS HOPEWELL Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2871 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) Card 1 of 2 2871-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 851' ea Silent "WESTWARD IS BATAAN" Aitape, New Guinea; 22 Apr 44 HSs, MSs, Pans, LCMs, LCVPs carry supplies to beach. Soldiers unload supplies from craft. LS, landing craft in choppy surf. FS, four Australian soldiers move cautiously thru tall grass. MS, wrecked Japanese Zero fighter plane. RVs, long line of US troops moves along edge of tall grass near jungle road. Short scene, US tank moves along road. HS, MSs, US troops at rest. MCU, US Intelligence officer speaks with Japanese prisoner. MSs, legs and feet of US soldiers walk past camera. MSs, CUs, Japanese-American G-2 soldier looks over captured Japanese document LSs, MS, motor convoy with US soldiers atop trucks rolls thru jungle terrain. Seq: Native soldiers put on ammo belt and old-type helmets, pose for camera. LS, two P-38s take-off from airstrip. MCU, crew members of P-38s. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 2871 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Proj 3808) Card 2 of 2 2871-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 851' ea Silent SCENES ABOARD USS HOPEWELL High angle looking down into breech mechanism of 5" gun loading practicer. Projectiles come apart and are placed in breech. MCU, small dog, ship's mascot. Ints, sick bay of ship. Pharmacist mate at typewriter, another mate unpacks medical supplies and another sterilizes needle. Ints CIC room, officer and men work at charts and make entry in logbook. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENT ER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities