Saipan: General scenes, action on Saipan - R-211
127-R-211
10:46
Description:
1944/06/28 (not verified on film slates)
Saipan
Men marching along road towards camera, one file on each side of road
MS men clearing rock from road
MS ambulance jeep moving up road
MCU men coming towards camera on jungle
MCU machine gun emplacement with crew
MCU man talking over telephone in jungle, heavy shadows
photog: Ercole
01:40
Saipan - 2nd Marine division
MCU terrain, machine gun emplacement in FG
MCU men climbing down ravine carrying ammunition and weapons, heavy jungle
LS men moving down road to path leading into jungle
photog: Leopold
04:28
Saipan -
MS men on top of ridge, very short
MCU men covering top of hill
MS men taking cover along top of hillside
MS men setting up machine gun, 30 cal (water cooled) on top of hill, another man with carbine moved in to FG
MS men studying aerial photos
MCU men studying and working on aerial photos. Man in FG is using stereoscope
MS men sitting around table studying aerial photographs
CU man with back toward camera using stereoscope studying aerial photographs, hands map and stereoscope to another man who checks it
MS men working on aerial photographs, man in FG checking large map, man in BG using field telephone, two men in BG point and discuss points on map.
MCU Marines face as he fires weapon on half track, observes shell hit
MCU two men using binoculars observing shell hits
LS jungle, shell hits in BG
LS tank burning in far BG
photog: Ercole