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Appointment In Tokyo: Reel-3
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keywords: wwii, pacific war, philippines, battle of leyte gulf, japanese kamikaze attacks, japanese prisoner of war camp
Synopsis: Battle for Leyte, U.S. troops advance using tanks and artillery support, Japanese kamikaze attacks on U.S. Aircraft Carriers, the Philippine people and the brutality of the Japanese occupation...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:08:19
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Philippines, Pacific Theater
Appointment In Tokyo: Reel-3
Battle of Leyte. Shows wounded Japanese soldier and natives surrendering. General MacArthur at GHQ on beachhead directing battle. Japanese General Yamashita called for re-enforcements from other islands to defend Leyte. Captured enemy film shows Japanese soldiers climbing down cargo nets into small landing boats. Scenes of U.S. 155mm "Long Tom" artillery pounding Japanese positions. U.S. Troops advance behind a tank. Animated map shows ships of the Japanese Navy appearing at entrance to Leyte Gulf, U.S. fleet moves to intercept. Battle of Leyte Gulf, the first naval battle was fought at night.
Land based Japanese fighters and bombers re-enforced their sea strength. American ships fighting off Japanese planes, first battle in which Japanese Kamikaze attacks were noted. Shows many Japanese planes cartwheeling through the sky into the sea. Shows smoking U.S. aircraft carriers damaged by Kamikaze attacks. Carrier based planes crack-up landing on unfinished Leyte airstrip, U.S. aircraft carriers damaged and on fire. U.S. aircraft attack Japanese ships, strafing attack on Japanese submarine. Shows wreckage from Japanese ships and Japanese survivors floating in ocean.
Aerial view of secured beachhead after naval battle. U.S. Troops march in mud, mess line in mud, rest in mud, sleep in mud and wounded evacuated over the mud. Medics bandage wounded soldier while another soldier holds helmet over face of wounded soldier. Life for civilians under the Japanese is described as brutal. Photos of Filipino people injured by the brutal Japanese, schools closed, church altars destroyed, and their food stolen. Shows Japanese prisoner of war camp on Luzon. B-24 Liberator bombers (U.S. Far East 5th Force) take off to bomb Luzon targets, images of bomb ground explosions.
Shot List:
R3:01:00:28:04
Animated map shows Japanese troops arriving on Leyte from other Japanese occupied Islands.
R3:01:00:44:06
Japanese soldiers climbing down ladders from troop transport ship.
R3:01:00:57:00
Battery of several 155mm "Long Tom" artillery guns firing.
R3:01:01:10:10
Soldiers advance (follow) behind a tank.
R3:01:01:26:02
Animated map shows ships of the Japanese Navy appearing at entrance to Leyte Gulf, U.S. fleet moves to intercept.
R3:01:01:43:00
Battle of Leyte Gulf, first engagement fought at night.
R3:01:02:37:00
Japanese planes shot out of the sky, cartwheeling across the sky in flames.
R3:01:03:11:03
Scenes of burning and smoking U.S. aircraft carriers hit by Kamikaze planes.
R3:01:03:17:08
U.S. carrier based planes crack-up landing on unfinished Leyte airstrip.
R3:01:03:57:06
U.S. plane strafe Japanese Submarine.
R3:01:04:03:06
Wreckage from Japanese ships and Japanese survivors floating in ocean.
R3:01:04:25:07
U.S. Troops march in mud, stand in a mess line in mud, rest in mud, sleep in mud and evacuated the wounded through the mud.
R3:01:07:30:10
Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camp on Luzon.
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