INVASION OF SAIPAN: MARINES ADVANCE; PRISONERS; FIRST AID Part 3

Description

1) MS Marines advance; Marines carry supplies-SV.2) MS Marines crawl forward on bellies, tank BG.3) LS Cruisers & BBs bombard-SV.4) AV Town of Saipan.5) GV-MS Views of wreckage; Japanese prisoners.6) GV Japanese prisoners & civilians in enclosure.7) LS-Pan Auxiliary ships & LCs in harbor-SV.8) MS "Tank-dozer" pushes pile of dirt.9) MS Bulldozer cuts path thru jungle.10) MS-CU Damaged half-track; land mine-SV.11) MS Trucks with rocket launchers drive down road.12) GV-MS Marines advance across open field-SV.13) MS-CU Communications center in trench.14) MS Officers discuss map at command post.15) GV-MS Group of Japanese civilians taken prisoner-SV.16) MS Wounded men given blood plasma & first aid-SV.17) MS 3LVTs on road.QUALITY: FAIR TO POOR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities