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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
SAIPAN INVASION; BOMBARDMENT; FIRES AND SMOKE COLUMNS ON BEACH Part 1
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1) MS Muzzles 14" guns fire. DD, CAs BG.2) GV DD alongside, men heave on line.3) MS Transfer wounded men at sea from USS BRAINE to USS NEW MEXICO.4) MCU Bridge USS BRAINE.5) LS Explosion on beach.6) LS CA fires, smoke columns on Is. BG-SV.7) LS Is. at sunrise-SV.8) GV MS 14" guns fire, signal hoist FG.9) MS GV CA-SV. Is. under attack, OS2U passes BG.10) LS Navy photographer uses F-56 camera.11) MS Men look thru binocs.12) LS Is. under attack, BB fires.13) CU Man sleeping on deck.14) LS Smoke columns rising from Is., OS2U passes-FG.15) MS OS2U catapulted, plane passes FG.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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