PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA AND LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3107 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-174) Card 1 of 2 ADC 3107-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 940' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Hollandia, New Guinea and Leyte, Philippine Islands 20 Oct 44 MSs, Vice Adm Thomas C Kinkaid speaks with Lt Gen Walter Krueger on bridge of ship as they watch operations. MCU, soft focus, Gen Krueger looks thru binoculars. LS, soft focus, convoy ships in harbor near Palo. 8 Oct 44 MSs, CUs, Travel shots, truck convoy of 3d Bn, 19th Inf Regt carries troops to docks at Humboldt Bay, Hollandia. D Day, 20 Oct 44 Excellent CUs, faces of soldiers in LCM en route to Leyte. Full screen view, waves of landing craft en route to Red Beach; in bg ships bombard shoreline. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps ADC 3107 107-2 SOURCE: AFCF (A-174) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 940' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS (Cont'd) Hollandia, New Guinea and Leyte, Philippine Islands D Day 20 Oct 44 (Cont'd) Seq: Medics carry wounded man on litter along beach edge; partially visible LVT in bg. MCUs, CUs, wounded soldier on litter, obviously in pain. Short scene, 75mm How is moved into position in junglerarea. VS, crew loads and fires 105mm How. Seq: Puppy is rescued from jungle. MCU, soldier in prone position fires M-1 rifle into foxhole. Short scene, bulldozer moves down ramp of LSM. LS, ramp of LSM is lowered, bulldozer backs off. Travel shot, seq: Gen Douglas Mac Arthur, Lt Gens Richard K Sutherland and George S Kenney with Pres Sergio Osmena in landing craft en route to Red Beach. Gen and party walk thru water onto beach. Record Group 111 RVs, troops unload from landing craft, thru surf to beach. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities