ACTION ON THE FRONT LINE APPROACHING NAHA Part 2

Description

Summary: Seq: Marines in battle of Sugar Loaf Hill. Men advancing over ridge, running along riverbed, through open fields, crawling forward, throwing grenades, riflemen firing, machinegunners firing; tanks passing camera, tanks shelling Japanese positions, firing machine guns from atop tanks. Explosions on hilltop. Seq: Burning village. MSs, CUs, marine bucket brigade attempting to extinguish fires. Seq: Removal of casualties while under fire. Men run forward to remove wounded from area. CUs, air-cooled MG is fired. RV, marines firing rifles. LSs to MLS, marine in top turret of tank fires mounted MG. VS, single file of marines rushes across open terrain marines climb embankment, and advance across open field. One can be seen crawling across ground. Short MLS, still cameraman taking pictures of machinegunner. MCU, air-cooled MG is fired.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities