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Attack! The Battle For New Britain: Reel-3
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keywords: wwii, new britain, new gloucester, jungle warfare, japanese troops, 1st marine division, air-to-ground attack, b-25 bomber, bar automatic rifle, bazooka, hand grenade, flamethrower
Synopsis: Troops make final inspections of weapons, officers make last minute mission briefings, Naval guns fire at night to soften beach, Allied troops make amphibious landing starting of invasion of New Britain...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:08:50
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Attack! The Battle For New Britain: Reel-3
D-Day minus one, invasion of New Britain. Soldiers clean and check weapons and take pill to fight malaria. Officer uses map to brief noncoms. Troop ship convoy underway. Men relax smoking and reading newspapers, magazines, and letters from home on troop transport ship. Night naval bombardment on D-Day of invasion of New Britain, flashes from naval guns. First wave of assault boats and amphibious LVTs (Amtrak) head for beach. American B-25s strafe beachhead, drop propaganda leaflets. View of beachhead and shoreline after naval bombardment.
Troops wade toward jungle beachhead from landing craft, soldier shot by Japanese sniper, another U.S. soldier wading toward shore shot by Japanese sniper. Jungle combat as troops move inland firing rifles, mortar, and 50-cal machine gun. More scenes of 50-cal machine gun firing. Shows bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Shows Jeep, Alligator (LVT-2) amphibious vehicle, Buffalo (LVT-4) amphibious vehicle and troops moving through the jungle. Troops prepare for counter-attack, soldier digging fox hole. Communication station set-up. Ammunition dropped by parachute from low flying planes. Water purification unit at work providing drinking water.
Shot List:
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Soldiers clean and check weapons, take malaria pill aboard transport ship
R3:00:02:02:18
Soldiers relax aboard troop transport ship
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Flashes from naval guns, naval bombardment
R3:00:04:21:11
B-25s strafing beachhead
R3:00:05:22:13
View of island shoreline after naval bombardment
R3:00:05:42:18
Troops wade toward jungle beachhead, soldier shot by Japanese sniper
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Soldiers cautiously advance off beachhead
R3:00:06:21:02
Several views soldiers firing 50 cal machine guns, mortar firing
R3:00:06:58:15
Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers
R3:00:07:05:22
Troops advancing, jeep, Alligator (LVT-2) and Buffalo (LVT-4) Amtracks advancing
R3:00:07:51:03
Soldier digging foxhole
R3:00:08:03:00
Army BD72 Field Telephone Switchboard
R3:00:08:11:08
Supplies dropped by parachute, low flying planes
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Water purification unit at work providing drinking water
