KWAJALEIN ISLANDS INVASION Part 2

Description

1) MS LCVP loaded with troops; smoke rises very high in bg from an explosion. G2) CU Four Marines sitting up against a wooden fence eating "K" rations. G3) CU Wrecked Japanese property. G4) MS Dead Japanese prisoners. G5) CU Twin gun. G6) MS Fortifications; lone Marine looking over the fortifications. G7) MS Battered Japanese fortification, pock-marks in the cement building.8) CU Battered doorway to the Japanese fortification.9) MS PAN Wrecked Japanese fortifications, caused by the invasion(SV). VG10) CU Marines carrying a wounded man on a stretcher on by the camera; beach area in right bg. G11) MCU Battered fortification; large area blown open by shell fire. G12) CU Marines assisting in the movement of fuel drums.13) MCU Wounded man being carried on a stretcher by four Marines; much debris in the bg, palm trees stripped of any leaves. G14) MS Fire burning in the bg amid the palm trees; PAN right of the battered trees.15) MS Stripped trees; few Marines are moving through the area in mid bg. G16) MS Japanese prisoner being taken down toward the shore, given a shove by one of the Marines; amphibious ships in the bg out at sea; debris is laying about. G17) MCU Light tank moving inland. G18) MLS Tank moving by a fortification. G19) MLS Heavy tank moving over the hills in the battered area on Kwajalein. G20) MS Battered fortifications.21) MLS Man using a flame thrower on an area. G22) MS Japanese fortification pillbox. G23) MS Japanese vehicle, turned over on its side; palm trees are stripped of any leaves. G24) CU Japanese truck overturned. G25) CU Battered pillbox, shattered by gunfire. G26) CU Japanese tank burning in the jungle. G27) CU Marine coming down cargo netting. G28) LA MS Marines disembarking over the side and on down the carge netting into the landing craft from the transport. G29) LA MS Cargo net of supplies being lowered into the LCM.30) CU Landing craft underway with troops. G31) LS Landing craft in the water; huge explosion in the bg; smoke rising high in the air from the beach area (SV). VG32) LS Column of smoke rising into the air like a ball of smoke, rising from the beach. G33) HA MS Wounded man in the stretcher being hoisted aboard from a landing craft onto the camera ship; several of the treeps are on deck, looking on and waiting to assist.34) HA MS+ Wounded man being lowered to the deck.35) HA MS Men carrying the wounded man off to the sick bay. G36) CU Men on board the ship looking out over the water toward the ships in the bg and smoke rising in the distant bg off the horizon.37) HA MS Wounded personnel on an LCVP alongside. G38) CU Men in landing craft alongside the transport; troops are disembarking in the bg, down the netting. G39) LA CU Troops disembarking down the netting. G40) MCU Troops advancing over the battered, pock-marked area, bayonets fixed. G41) MS Marines advancing over the battered area; lone Marine lays prone on the ground in fg. G42) CU Dead Japanese laying on his stomach. G43) CU Dead Japanese laying on his back. G44) MCU Japanese prisoner being led down the beach, stripped naked, his hands high in the air.45) CU Japanese prisoner being led past an LVT on the beach.46) MCU Live shell laying on the beach; red flag marking the shell; troops are being waved away from the shell by one of the men.47) CU Japanese prisoner, stripped naked, sitting on the beach, talking to the interrogator. G48) MCU Medium tank moving inland over the beach, past several of the troops. G49) MS Beach area; landing craft, men on the beach area at Kwajalein; trees are stripped of the leaves. G50) MCU Men on the edge of the beach handling supplies; several troops are in the area. G51) CU Men handling a stretcher. G-F (short scene)52) LS DD underway; landing craft in the fg; huge explosion in the bg from the beach area. G53) LS Large column of smoke rising from the beach area. G54) MS LCVP loaded with troops, heading toward the beach in bg; smoke rising from the beach in the bg. G55) LS Smoke rising from hits made on the beach in

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities