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Appointment In Tokyo: Reel-2
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keywords: wwii, pacific war, philippines, leyte gulf, convoy escort, radio room, night landing aircraft carrier, flamethrower
Synopsis: Allied Destroyers screen convoy, Battle of Leyete Gulf, Japanese troops and tanks with for the impending amphibious assault, intense jungle combat using flamethrowers...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:10:34
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Philippines, Pacific Theater
Appointment In Tokyo: Reel-2
Aerial view of ships of an American Task Force underway in the Pacific, scene of U.S. destroyer protecting (screening) convoy. Scenes of shipboard radio room. New invasion objective drawn on plotting board, Philippine Islands. Shipboard Officer briefs troops on landing at Leyte. Shows church services on ship, sailors and soldiers with heads bowed in prayer. Flashback to staging area, Joe shaving with no where to go, soldier drink first beer in nine months, soldier playing accordion. Soldiers on troop transport ships reading, sleeping.
Plane makes night landing on aircraft carrier. Battle of Leyte. October 20,1944, Naval bombardment of Leyte beachhead in the Philippines. Rocket ship firing rockets. Soldiers board landing craft, first assault wave of landing craft underway to Leyte beachhead, soldier rubs "rabbit foot" for good luck. Brief image of amphibious tanks on way to Leyte beachhead. Captured Japanese films show Japanese tanks and soldiers waiting for assault boats to land. First wave of assault troops hit the beach and the Japanese open fire. American soldier plants American flag. Americans troops dig in. Japanese firing artillery. Heavy fire on the beachhead. Shows U.S. troops moving off the beach into the jungle. Close-up soldier firing rifle. Soldiers duck as sniper fire is heard and tosses grenades. U.S. Soldier uses flamethrower. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Jungle fighting, intense jungle combat.
Shot List:
R2:01:00:20:04
U.S. convoy escort destroyer underway.
R2:01:00:28:02
Command ship radio room.
R2:01:02:11:05
Church services flag and American flag waving in breeze, church services on U.S. troop transport ship.
R2:01:05:23:00
Plane makes night landing on aircraft carrier.
R2:01:05:47:09
Naval bombardment of Leyte beachhead.
R2:01:06:31:06
First wave of landing craft and amphibious tanks on way to Leyte beachhead.
R2:01:06:42:08
Soldier in landing craft rubs "rabbit foot" for luck.
R2:01:07:37:00
Japanese soldiers firing machine gun (captured Japanese film)
R2:01:08:00:08
U.S. soldier plants American flag on beachhead.
R2:01:08:21:08
Japanese firing artillery (captured Japanese film)
R2:01:09:20:03
U.S. soldier fires M1 rifle.
R2:01:09:41:08
U.S. soldier throws hand grenade, soldier uses flamethrower.
- Related Titles:
- Appointment In Tokyo ** full title, 6-reels **
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