PELELIU ISLAND OPERATIONS, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3438 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (US Navy OPR Rel 105-00R-5-881) Card 1 of 2 3438-1 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, 809' , Silent PELELIU ISLAND OPERATIONS, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC ( no captions) WW II 1944 LS, smoke in bay. LS, great number of landing craft in bay; smoke around several landing craft. A landing craft as smoke envelops it. Smoke around several landing craft. Record Group 111 LS, a great number of landing boats. Accession Number III-NAV-210 LS, clouds of smoke over island under attack. Brief shot of plane in flight. Pan and then ELS of smoke rising up from hits on the island during invasion. MS of men at small gun aboard ship. LS, smoke covering landing craft; a small boat sending up smoke. LS, smoke from shell hits near island. View from moving craft of a great number of landing boats offshore. A number of them are plainly seen and filled with troops. LS of the sun hitting the water in the late afternoon; a few ships are seen in the bg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj Signal Corps ADC 3438 DC SOURCE: AFCF (US Navy OPR Rel 105-00R-5-881) Card 2 of 2 438-2 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, 809', Silent PELELIU ISLAND OPERATIONS, PALAU GROUP, WEST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC (Cont'd) (no captions) WW II 1944 (Cont'd) MLS, officers at rail aboard ship watch the bombardment; in extreme distance smoke moving up. LS, warship firing twd the shore away from camera. Cut-ins, island covered in smoke. Other sections of it with smoke rising from different points. Ships also seen in the shots. Back on bridge of vessel with officers watching the shore. CU, Maj Gen Smith, US Marine Corps, watches the bombardment. In the second part of the shot thru binocs. (Gen's face not seen in full.) Cut-ins, other officers on ship watching bombardment and invasion. HS, looking down from ship into dukw as wounded men are transferred to the ship on litters. 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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities