PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 1

Description

Signal Corps DC ADC 3204 204-1 SOURCE: (A-182) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 893' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS Leyte, Philippine Islands Oct 1944 Smoke from artillery shells fills jungle area, MLS, infantrymen a dvance twd Catman Hill thru thick jungle. LS, white phosphorous shells strike hill. CU, soldier speaks into handie-talkie. Seq: 81mm mortar crews fire. Cut to shells bursting on hillside. LHSs to MSs, soldiers pass supplies from hand to hand on way to front line at Catman Hill LS from high point overlooking San Roque Hill and terrain. In fg, soldier seated on crest looks thru binoculars. VS, natives carry ammunition supplies past unidentified village, Seq:. RVs, soldiers lead caribou dragging pine tree thru mud. To R of screen is LVT. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35--11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/rb Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 3204 204-SOURCE: (A-182) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 893' ea Silent PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS (contd) Leyte, Philippine Islands Oct 1944 (contd) MSs, CUs. bulldozer in operation in muddy terrain. VS, 2nd pltn, Co B, 321st Engineers constructs corduroy road over muddy ground. Semi-silhouette shot, two wiremen atop coconut tree string wire. RVs, weasel drives across corduroy roadway. VS, soldier operates signal communications switchboard in shallow trench. Full screen view, group of guerrilla fighters with initialing "MP" on their caps. Follow shot, personnel ammo carrier tows artillery piece. Short scene, tank column advances twd camera. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/RB

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities