ACCESS FOOTAGE

Description:

1944/09/15
Peleliu - D-day - Orange Beach
MS cargo net raising 105mm ammunition from inside ship to landing craft.
CU sailor with earphones on, checking out the ammunition
MS cargo net being raised from the deck of the ship
CU winch raising cargo net, slightly UX
MS PAN fast jerky LCIs leaving the ship
MLS LST with the front gate open, camera PANs from LST to LVTs and LCIs going ashore
MLS LVT going ashore
MCU sailor operating blinker in BG, sailor using field glasses and receiving from another direction
LS landing craft going in to Orange Beach. LST moving across foreground
US into the gun tower of sailors watching the beach
LS craft on the way to the island, planes flying overhead and divebombing, shell hits on island

03:40
1944/09/16
Peleliu - Orange Beach
US Marines climbing down rope net into landing craft LCI goes ashore and there is gun fire above the heads of men on LCI, AA but closer to shore and LVT at the beach area.
MLS LVTs running in wake of landing craft on which photographer is
MCU two Marines faces aboard LCI
LS landing craft going in to shore
LS-PAN R to L
MS LVT rolling up on the beach, stops at edge of sand, Marines jump out
MCU dead Japanese
CU Japanese face, blood all over
CU Marine being given first aid, shell hits in the back
MCU tank knocked out. Tank was salvaged, very good effect as cameraman is right in front of the tank as it rolls out of the ditch and almost in to camera.
MS two Marines picking up the body of a dead Marine and they lift the body on to the tank.
CU Marines face as he looks at the dead Marines body
LS PAN SLOW knocked out equipment
MS Marines pinned down
MS Marines dug in at edge of beach
MCU Marine working on map
CU Marines hand filling in one map
MS communications center, API post and CP
MS LVT coming through water
photog: Wolfkill

08:32
1944/08/23
Russell Isles -7th Marines briefing
MS PAN Marine walking to a tent, two Marines walking in to tent. Two Marines walk out of tent with papers in hand
MS Marines in tent
MS Marines laying situation map out on grass
CU Marine intelligence book cover of Peleliu Operation
CU Marines examining a situation map and pointing out positions on map
CU hands pointing out places on map
MS Marine with war dogs, also group of Marines in formation. Marines walking along edge of road towards camera, war dogs with Marines, men are armed with M1 rifles.
MS Marines walking down road towards camera, they are armed with Carbines and M1 rifles
MLS Marines go in to jungle
MCU Marine setting off red signal flare
photog: Alan R Gray