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Staff Film Report #13: Reel-1
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keywords: wwii, saipan, 4th marine division, german gun camera footage, german fighter me-109, mogaung burma, chinese 22nd army, normandy france, hedgerows
Synopsis: U.S. Marines attack remnants of a Japanese Garrison trapped on Marpi Point on Saipan, Captured Luftwaffe film; German fighters shoot down 10 U.S. Bombers over Berlin, Allied Forces advance toward Mogaung, Burma, U.S. Infantry and tanks fight in hedgerows in France....(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:10:11
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Saipan, Germany, Burma, France
Staff Film Report #13: Reel-1
Capture Of Saipan: Invasion footage shot on Saipan as U.S. Marines attack remnants of a Japanese Garrison trapped on Marpi Point. Marines firing artillery, artillery firing from M3 Half Track, tank firing. Image of U.S. T4 tank moving at fast speed on Saipan. Two tanks move along roadway, Marines advance. Shows burning building. Column of soldiers from the U.S. 2nd Marine Division, 4th Marine Division, or 27th Infantry Division move along roadway. Shows wrecked Japanese sea plane base at Saipan Harbor. Shows bodies of dead Japanese soldiers and civilians killed in a Banzai charge against the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 105th U.S. Infantry.
Seized Luftwaffe Films: Captured German gun camera footage in aerial action over Berlin. CU of three German Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Me 109) fighter planes in flight. Nazi Luftwaffe films show 10 U.S. B-17 bombers being shot down in action over Berlin in WWII. Shows parachute canopies of U.S. B-17 crew that bailed out over Germany. Wreckage of B-17's shot down by Luftwaffe fighters. Shows captured American airmen that bailed out of B-17 bomber shot down over Berlin being questions by German Officers. Scenes of B-24 Liberator bombers attacked by German Luftwaffe over northern italy. Shows B-24 Liberator bomber, out of fuel, lands at a German airfield in northern Italy. Nose art on front gun turret reads "Look Out I'm Poison". Shows crew walking past plane.
Allies Advance In Mogaung Valley: The Chinese 22nd Army move toward Mogaung Burma. Shows supplies on pack mules. Shows hardship of transporting supplies due to mud, shows truck with chains on rear wheels, truck stuck in mud. Chinese troops and supplies are ferried across the rain swollen Mogaung River in Burma. Chinese fire and kill Japanese soldiers trying to escape by swimming across the river, body of dead Japanese soldier floats downstream. Tarpaulin wraps used to float motorized vehicles, trucks and Jeeps, across river. Foot bridge built by 22nd Division Engineers using gasoline drums. Shows large amounts of captured Japanese weapons as road is cleared between Kamaing and Mogaung Burma. CU of Japanese 150mm Howitzers, Japanese light machine gun, Japanese heavy machine gun, and bolt action rifle. Shows Japanese prisoners of war (pows) taken by General Stilwell forces in the North Burma Campaign.
Normandy Operations: Aerial view of hedgerow country in France. Describes hedgerow tactics used by U.S. Combat Engineers, Infantry, and tanks in Normandy, France in WWII. CU U.S. Soldier firing M1 Garand rifle at unseen Germans in hedgerow. Excellent CU of American soldier behind tree firing M1 Garand rifle. U.S. P-41 planes strafe hedgerows, artillery firing at hedgerow targets. Soldier climbs ladder to observation platform in tree. Tank crosses open area between hedgerows. Opening is blasted in hedgerow by Combat Engineers. CU of Sherman M4 tank going through opening blasted in hedgerow. Shows Infantry and Combat Engineers advancing.
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