INVASION OF SAIPAN: LAND ACTION & CIVILIAN PRISONERS Part 1

Description

1) GV Frame shot: Bullets hit ground & buildings, marines cautiously advance.2) HS Marines advance across open fields-SV.3) MS Men prepare ammunition & fire pack howitzer SV.4) LS Group of buildings under artillery barrage; shells burst-SV.5) MS-CU Knocked-out LVT-SV.6) MS-CU Knocked-out U. S. tank & dead Japs.7) MS Japanese civilian prisoners under guard.8) MS Japanese prisoners carry Japanese dead.9) GV Japanese prisoners in enciosure; some wounded.10) GV-MS Rockets launched from trucks-SV.11) LS Rocket barrage explodes in open area.12) GV Tanks & Marines advance across open field.QUALITY: FAIR TO POOR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities