Saipan: Burying Marine dead, evacuating wounded, command post activities - R-498
127-R-498
11:22
Description:
1944/06
Saipan - 4th Marine div
D-day + 2 - 4th Marine div
CU-DS Colonel Carlson
CU-DS Colonel Carlson talking with two other officers, looking at papers
CU-DS Colonel Carlson talking with Chief of Staff, Colonel Rogers, dressed in khaki.
CU-DS Colonel Carlson
CU back of Colonel Rogers
photog: S.Shenton
01:38
1944/06
Saipan - 4th Marine div
MS Japanese carrying Marine dead on stretchers
MLS Japanese burying dead
LS prisoners and civilians washing, Marines walking around on beach in FG, ships in far BG
MS prisoners and civilians bathing on beach, MP standing guard in FG
MS wrecked landing craft
MS-CU DUKW passing camera, other DUKWs moving around in BG
MS burning garbage and debris
MS truck coming off landing boat
photog: Tiernan
03:01
1944/06
Saipan - 4th Marine div
MDS men debarking from ship
MCU bringing casualties aboard ship
CU carrying casualties away on stretchers
CU bringing casualties aboard ship
MCU carrying casualties away
MCU bringing casualties aboard ship on stretchers
photog: S.Shenton
04:06
1944/06
Saipan - 4th Marine div
MS men talking on beach, supplies on beach
LS village showing destruction
CU destroyed building
CU Marine officers looking over map on ground
CU hand of officer sketching on map
CU-PAN two Marines standing, two Marines behind each other looking at map
CU-PAN Command post, radio equipment inside of command post
05:29
1944/06
Saipan - 4th Marine div
MLS Hill 500 showing effect of naval gunfire
CU officers studying map
MCU officers looking at map speaking over phone. Heavy underbrush all round
CU Marine in heavy underbrush, drinking water from canteen
MS Marine with camouflaged dungarees, looking at papers
CU over shoulders, plane
photog: A.S Abramo
08:17
1944/06
Saipan - 4th Marine div
CU pilot standing in front of plane, first pilot to land, Major H.E. McAfee, Piedmont, California, UAAF. Name on plane Jeanir
CU Major McAfee in cockpit of plane
MS AASame, plane is P-47
CU Marines in Oxcart on airfield
MS AAsame, P-47 in BG
MS AAsame, P-47 in BG
LS-PAN Aslito airfield
MS Marine in the nude bathing, under home made shower, using hand pump for water.
CU Marine under pipes bathing
MS Marine walking around Japanese shrine, flowers and trees all around
CU Marine fring M-1 at concrete structure in Jap shrine, flowers and trees all around
LS-MS-PAN P-47 coming towards camera on airfield for landing, passes by camera.
photog: HA Weinberger