JAPANESE TANKS, BINALONAN, LUZON, PHILIPPINES Part 1

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Signal Corps lll ADC 3231 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-195) Card 1 of 3 3231-1 FILM: A RCH & APC MP, 935' 9 Silent JAPANESE TANKS Binalonan, Luzon, Philippines; 17 Jan 1945 LS, wrecked and burning tank in street. A few American soldiers pass. CU, burning tank. MS, CUs of mangled bodies of the Japanese crew. MLS, an American soldier takes a still picture of the burning tank. L & MS of burning Japanese tanks. Three soldiers stand in front of a tank. MS, CU, dead Japanese with a hand grenade clenched in his teeth. CU, MS, American soldiers look into an enemy tank. LS, a village street with two enemy tanks. An American M-4 tank passes burning enemy tank. American soldiers, civilians watching. Two American tanks proceed along roadway from C. Two others are standing to the L and at the R American soldiers are walking twd C. MLS, American troops passing the tank. MS of burning Japanese corpse in remnant of smouldering fire. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 3231 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-195) Card 2 of 3 3231-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 935', Silent JAPANESE TANKS (Cont'd) Binalonan, Luzon, Philippines; 16 Jan 45 American 155 HOWs firing on Binalonan. MS, two men putting fuzes on shells. MS, tank crew loads the HOW just after it has been fired. MS, shell is rammed in, powder charge follows, breech block is closed and the lanyard attached. MS, soldier pulls lanyard firing HOW. The HOW is marked "Boom Town Bay". HLS, four HOWs fire. Cut-ins of men bringing shells to HOW. Soldier pulls lanyard. Ind CUs two soldiers give arm signal to fire. Truck convoy with troops led by tank passes thru village of Menaoag. These vehicles are of the 13th Tank Group of the 103d. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 3231 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (A-195) Card 3 of 3 3231-3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 935', Silent JAPANESE TANKS (Cont'd) Binalonan, Luzon, Philippines 16 Jan 45 (Cont'd) American troops of the 25th Div advance to take Binalonan. They wade across river where bridge has been blown up. Quarter ton trucks ford the river. MS, legs of the men as they walk in water. American troops cross field. The troops advance thru the wreckage of the town of Binalonan. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities