ACCESS FOOTAGE

Description:

1944/06
Saipan - 5th amphibious corps - 25th Marines - 4th Marine division
CU-DS-PAN Marines in slit trench
CU-PAN men behind bushes and trees
LS-PAN fields
LS-PAN same, smoke in distance, planes
LS-PAN shell bursts on mountains, planes flying overhead
LS-PAN shell bursts on hill in distance
LS-PAN shell bursts in distance
MS men going up side of hill
MS-PAN LVT coming up side of hill, men hiding behind bushes and trees
MS Marines kneel down on ground, stand up start going down hill
MS-PAN men coming up from beach, hit the deck and start crawling forward, beach in BG
LS-PAN LVTs in water coming towards beach plane flying overhead
MS-PAN men lug in on beach
LS fires in bushes
MS men coming forward from beach
MLS men coming on the double, in between wooded area towards camera
MCU-PAN damaged Japanese plane
MS-PAN same, camouflaged netting over it
MS-PAN same, tractor beside it
LS-PAN Japanese airfield, demolished buildings and planes
MLS demolished building on airfield
LS demolished hangar, truck passing by
LS-PAN demolished hangar
LS-PAN demolished blockhouse
MS-PAN shell holes in blockhouse
MLS damaged Japanese plane in revetment
CU-PAN damaged Japanese plane
CU shell hole in damaged Japanese plane
CU-PAN shell hole and damaged Japanese blockhouse
CU shell hole in blockhouse
MLS demolished Japanese blockhouse
MS-PAN demolished Japanese plane
MS-PAN demolished Japanese planes n front of demolished hangars
CU-PAN demolished planes inside of Japanese hangar, demolished
MS demolished Japanese bomber
CU-PAN same, Marine inspecting
CU-PAN bomb crater on airport grounds
MS-PAN demolished Japanese flat cars on railroad tracks
MS entrance to underground Japanese gas dump
MS demolished Japanese construction equipment
MLS convoy of ships coming towards camera
MCU-DS Marine explaining signal flags to other Marines on deck
CU men on deck of ship, listening to Marine
MLS sug chaser, behind ship, where camera is
MCU-DS group of men aboard ship, getting instructions
MLS ship
MS Marine sneaking up on Japanese dugout, throws in grenade, explosion in dugout
CU Marine inspecting blast from hole in dugout
CU Marine running up to dugout throwing grenade, running
MS same, explosion
MS Marine dead, American flag over one stretcher
MLS Marine troops along road, resting
photog: H.L McClue Jr