PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC Part 1

Description

Signal Corps Lll ADC 3424 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Marine Corps, ID-16-56) Card 1 of 2 5424-1 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, 988', ea Silent PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC; 29 Sep 1944 (no captions) A soldier's hands passing wire. Three marines up in trees; two appear to be firing rifles. MCU, man fires a MG. MS, marine throws grenade. MS, CU, marine adjusts grenade on rifle and fires it thru the woods. MS, a group of marines behind trees; they are firing Molotov Cocktails (flaming grenade Another man in the group holds one ready. MS, a marine fires rifle, then swings his arms as if to say "I've got him". MS (indistinct), a marine puts sulpha drug on a wound in a man's back. A man with a bandaged head is helped thru the woods. Record Group 111 CU, body of dead Japanese with knife stuck in ribs. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MS, marine fills pockets with hand grenades. Two marines fire rifle grenades from bottom of ravine; other men in bg. MSs, individual marines firing rifle grenades from dense woods. MCU, a marine eating food from a helmet. NOTE: This appears to be a blowup from 16mm. While scenes at times are indistinct it is being kept because pictures were made during actual combat. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF sj Signal Corps 111 ADC 3424 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (Marine Corps, ID-16-56) Card 2 of 2 3424-2 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, 988', ea Silent PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC; (Cont'd) 29 Sep 1944 (no captions) (Cont'd) Cut-ins, marines from vantage point in woods throwing grenades. A soldier adjusts grenade on a rifle. Another soldier fires it. CUs, food being dished out at field mess. LSs, marines on road near a phosphate plant. Marines walk along a road; some have dogs on leashes. A few marines eating. A power shovel dumps coral into truck for airfield construction. Truck dumps load of coral. Engineer's equipment working on the airfield. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 End Slate: 9/22/44 NOTE: This appears to be a blowup from 16mm. While scenes at times are indistinct it is being kept because pictures were made during actual combat. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities