ACCESS FOOTAGE

Description:

this film was scanned from the NARA reference copy (127_G_178) which contained more footage than the 178 intermediate

1944
Peleliu - Flag raising
Various Marines salute and buglar blows bugle
photog: Roy Morris

01:00
1944
Peleliu
MS Marines crouching in undergrowth
MS Marines and tank
MS tank - Marine head popping out of turret
MS Japanese prisoners

01:32
1944
Peleliu - boats circling towards Ngesebus island
LS various LCs circle in ocean - smoke is far BG on Ngesebus Island
LS Ngesebus Island in distance


02:23
1944/09/27
Peleliu - 5th Marines front lines
MS Marine with bazooka kit fires on enemy

02:32
1944
Peleliu
CU Marines advance in front of LVT
MS Marine runs ahead of other Marines, other Marines sit with weapons prepared
MS group of Marines run ahead
MS a Marine looks out
LS Marines run R to L behind undergrowth
MS Marine in FG, MArines R to L in BG
03:30
LS as MArines stand by LVT which is firing machine gun
LS two tanks
MS Marines run toward camera carrying injured Marine, tank pulls up in BG

04:04
1944/09/15
Peleliu - D-day landings
MS Marine at sea on the telephone
LS-PAN of ships at sea
LS ships in far BG, ship to left in FT
LS island in far BG, smoke rising, ships in far BG
LS landing craft L to R, ships in MG and BG
05:30
MS landing craft out back of ship, from POV inside ship
MS landing craft out back of ship, from POV of nearby LC
CU Marines in LC talking, one on phone
POV from back of LC, another LC follows
CU Marines in LC talking, one on phone PAN up to other Marine
POV various shots from LC towards island, island in BG with smoke rising ships in MG
MS on island, Marines dig in in undergrowth
MS Marine runs through undergrowth L to R
MS Marines on beach, something smoking in ocean behind
07:40
MS Marines digging in on beach
MS Marine in trench on beach, on walkie talkie
LS Marines run across more open ground in to distance
MS ocean, ship smoking in FG, island foliage in BG
MS two Marines guard beach trench system, something smoking on island in BG
MS tanks and Marines inch L to R, plane overhead
CU Marines dig something in the ground
LS fire raging on island, Marine runs in front of it
LS tanks and Marines inch L to R across open ground
MS Marines walk L to R across open ground, a tank follows
photog: H Rhodes



09:01
1944/09/23
Peleliu - 1st and 7th Marnes push up peninsula
MS Marine fires off rounds of machine gun in forest, first double handed then moving to single handed as if there was nothing really to aim at and is shooting more in vain than hope of hitting a target.
MS now there are two MArines firing off machine gun in to the forest
CU a Marine crouches down firing off a bazooka
MS a Marine packs grenades, bazookas away
MS Marine sits eating, a crate of drinks bottles sits in FG, the tops look like they are waxed shut
MS Marine sits behind cover of trees firing machine gun
photog: W.A Spangler