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| Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage |
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Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library |
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| Available in NTSC formats: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| Available in PAL formats: (72 hr. turn-around) |
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| DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| keywords: war, wwII, combat, umurbrogol ridge, bloody nose ridge, operation stalemate, bar browing automatic rifle |
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Synopsis: Documenting the amphibious assault by the US Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard on Peleliu Island, Palau Group, Caroline Islands... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 20 min BW |
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Aerial view of the Palau Islands. Aerial view of the airstrip on Peleliu Island. Men on carrier loading bomb on Hellcat plane. F6F Hellcats on deck of carrier warming up, one taking off, followed by a Helldiver, SB2C. Formation of navy planes in flight. Aerial view of the smoking island of Peleliu after bombing. Squadron of B-17 Flying Fortresses flying over. Men in plane at their stations. bomb dropping on Peleliu.
Task force and convoy of transports at sea on way to Peleliu. Men eating aboard ship. Signal to man battle stations, guns are loaded and warships shell island. Amphibious Landing craft loaded with marines moving toward smoking island, and marines moving up and hugging beach after landing. Marines and tanks advancing inland toward Japanese held positions, firing rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, howitzers, and mortars. Dead Japanese soldiers.
Marines attacking Japanese held cave positions with rifles and flamethrowers; Japanese soldier coming out of cave and being shot down. Wounded marines are evacuated, placed in landing craft, and brought to hospital ships where they are treated. Soldiers of the 81st Army Div in landing craft enroute to Angaur Island, Palau Gp, landing and establishing a beachhead. Japanese snipers in sunken boats offshore at Peleliu are shelled and strafed. Marine planes and artillery shell Japanese positions at Peleliu.
Marines attacking Japanese cave positions at Peleliu with rifles, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, machine guns, hand grenades, rifle grenades, mortars and flame throwing tanks. Advancing marine is shot down by sniper fire. Wounded marines are evacuated under enemy fire. Japanese coming out of caves and surrendering. (Japanese troops are nude). Close-up of dead Japanese soldiers.
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