| 01:16:49 29 |
U.S. TROOPS CONSOLIDATE PACIFIC ISLANDS
TINIAN ISLAND AS SEEN FROM RECENTLY WON SAIPAN ACROSS STRAIT. MONTAGE HEAVY U S. GUNS BOMBARD TINIAN FROM GUN POSITIONS IN SAIPAN. AERIAL VIEW OF LANDING CRAFT HEADING TOWARDS TINIAN ISLAND IN MARIANAS, FOLLOWING BOMBARDMENT BY WARSHIPS. |
| 01:17:24 64 |
MARINE GENERAL HOLLAND SMITH RIDES INTO SHORE ON
AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE TO INSPECT U.S. POSITIONS ON GUAM. ENEMY SHELL EXPLODES NEARBY. GIS DIG INTO FOXHOLES ON BEACH DEVOID OF NATURAL COVER. GI MORTAR CREW FIRE FROM FOXHOLE. MORTAR SHELL EXPLODING IN DISTANCE. MARINE MACHINE GUNNER FIRES INTO JUNGLE. |
| 01:17:53 93 |
AMERICAN TROOPS RUN FOR COVER AFTER THROWING
GRENADE IN ENEMY TUNNEL. HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM FIRE IN DISTANCE. |
| 01:18:11 111 |
MONTAGE DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS SCATTERED ALONG
GROUND. MARINES RAISE AMERICAN FLAG ON GUAM. |
| 01:18:30 130 |
BRAZILIAN TROOPS DISEMBARK IN ITALY
TROOPSHIP IN ITALIAN HARBOR. CROWD OF BRAZILIAN TROOPS WAVE & SMILE FROM DECK OF TROOPSHIP. BRAZILIAN GENERALS POSE ON DECK. LIEUTENANT GENERAL DEVERS, DEPUTY COMMANDER IN MEDITERREAN, GREETS BRAZILIAN GENERALS. INSPECTS THEM AS THEY DEBARK FROM TROOPSHIP. |
| 01:19:58 218 |
BRAZILIAN TROOPS CARRYING DUFFEL BAGS COME ASHORE
ON GANGPLANK. MARCH INTO CITY. |
| 01:21:01 281 |
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS PACIFIC WAR THEATRE.
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| 01:21:18 298 |
GENERAL MACARTHUR, ADMIRAL NIMITZ & FDR SIT & POSE
ON DECK OF CRUISER IN HAWAII. PRESIDENTIAL FLAG FLIES ON WARSHIP MAST. FDR, MACARTHUR & LEAHY SITAND WATCH ADMIRAL NIMITZ USING POINTER ON WALL MAP. FDR AND MACARTHUR CHAT NIMITZ HANDS POINTER TO MACARTHUR WHO SHOWS HIS STRATEGY TO FDR ON WALL MAP. |
| 01:22:14 354 |
FDR, NIMITZ AND MACARTHUR DRIVE OFF IN CONVERTIBLE
LIMO FOR INSPECTION TOUR OF HAWAII, MILITARY BODYGUARDS RUN ALONGSIDE LIMO. LONG LINE OF SAILORS LINE PIER AS THEY GP BY. |
| 01:22:27 367 |
DISABLED SERVICEMEN IN CRUTCHES & WHEELCHAIRS
WATCH THE THREE GO BY FROM OUTSIDE MILITARY HOSPITAL. |
| 01:22:45 385 |
SIGN: "SNIPING, INFILTRATION AND HIP FIRING", AT
U.S. TRAINING CAMP VISITED BY FDR. PRESIDENT FDR WATCHES DEMONSTRATION FROM HIS CAR. |
| 01:22:53 393 |
GROUP OF GIS FIRE 30 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS FROM
THE HIP. FDR WATCHES WITH INTENSITY. |
| 01:23:06 406 |
GI FIRING MACHINE GUN FROM HIP AND WALKING TOWARDS
TARGET. GI HOLDS HEAVY MACHINE GUN ABOVE HIS HEAD AND FIRES IT. GIS FIRE MACHINE GUNS AT BALLOONS AS THEY RISE INTO AIR. |
| 01:24:01 461 |
FDR REVIEWS MILITARY PARADE FROM CAR AND REMOVES
HIS HAT AS AMERICAN FLAG GOES BY. |
| 01:24:34 494 |
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SITS ON SHIP DECK WEARING
FEDORA WITH TURNED UP BRIM AND A CAPE. |
| 01:24:39 499 |
FDR MAKING SPEECH TO HUGE OUTDOOR CROWD AT
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. |
| 01:25:50 570 |
TAPE ENDS.
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Specialty CollectionThis reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Year: 1944
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s NEWSREELS
Description: RG 208 - ROLL 116
