00:59:50 10.37 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION WHO
FOUGHT IT'S WAY ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC FROM KWAJALEN TO LEYT AND FINALLY OKINAWA. |
01:01:03 83.37 |
THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION - 7TH SHOULDER PATCH
WORN BY THE UNIT AND IT'S MEANING. CU- AN HOUR GLASS WITH THE SAND DRIPPING DOWN |
01:01:50 130.37 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS TRAINING IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT
IN 1942. MS- A GI DIGS A FOXHOLE IN THE HARD DESERT FLOOR UNDER THE HEAT. |
01:02:06 146.37 |
7THN DIVISION TROOPS BOARD TRANSPORT SHIP AT SAN
FRANCISCO IN APRIL 1943 FOR THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. LS- THE SHIP PASSES RIGHT UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (PAN) AS SEEN FROM THE SHIP. |
01:02:56 196.37 |
MONTAGE- NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND
OF ATTU. MS- GENERAL BROWN WATCHES FROM A WARSHIP AS THE 7TH FORCES HIT THE BEACHES. CU- MAP OF ATTU |
01:03:53 253.37 |
MONTAGE- U.S. TROOPS RUN ACROSS THE SNOWY HILLY
FIELDS OF 'MASSACRE VALLEY'. |
01:05:14 334.37 |
MS- GIS PASS BODIES OF JAPANESE KILLED IN A
'BANZAI' ATTACK. MS- U.S. FLAG FLAG FLIES OVER ATTU. |
01:05:31 351.37 |
MS- 2 GIS USE STICKS AS POLES TO GO FISHING IN
THE COLD WATERS. |
01:05:44 364.37 |
MS- GIS IN BATHING TRUNKS RUN ON THE BEACH AND
INTO THE WATER OF HAWAII WHERE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED FROM ATTU. |
01:06:40 420.37 |
MS- MAP SHOWING THE 7TH LANDING ON KWAJALEN ATOLL
IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. |
01:06:50 430.37 |
MS- ARTILLERY COMMANDERS SPEAK ON PHONES TO GET
INSTRUCTION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT BOMBARDMENTS. |
01:08:00 500.37 |
MONTAGE- GIS RUN TRE TO TREE IN THE JUNGLE AND
USING FLAME THROWERS. MS- A JAP SOLDIER RUNS WITH HIS BODY ON FIRE AND FALLS TO THE GROUND IN FLAMES. |
01:08:46 546.37 |
CU- GIS' FEET WALK ACROSS THE SOFT JUNGLE GROUND.
|
01:09:35 595.37 |
MS- GIS STAND AT ATTENTION AND SALUTE AS A HONOR
SQUAD FIRES INTO THE AIR FOR THE FALLEN GIS. |
01:09:46 606.37 |
MS- GIS IN A HAWAIIAN NIGHTCLUB WATCH THE HULA
DANCERS. |
01:09:55 615.37 |
MS- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN HIS CAR, AND GENERAL
ARNOLD SALUTE, AS PARADE PASSES IN HAWAII. |
01:10:09 629.37 |
MS- AS TROOPS OF THE 7TH DIVISION PASS IN PARADE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH HONORING THEM IS HEARD. |
01:10:50 670.37 |
CU- MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH LEYTE SHOWN AS
THE LANDING SITE OF THE 7TH DIVISION. |
01:11:00 680.37 |
CU- JAPANESE SOLDIER PEERING THROUGH LEAVES AT THE
CAMERA. JAPANESE CANNONS AND MACHINE GUN FIRING. |
01:11:23 703.37 |
LS- SHELLS FIND THEIR MARK ON U.S.LANDING CRAFTS.
|
01:11:29 709.37 |
LS- A GI RUNS WITH A U.S. FLAG AND PLANTS IT IN
THE GROUND, AMID THE PALMS, WITH A LONG POLE. |
01:11:40 720.37 |
MS- JAPANESE RIFLEMEN FIRE FROM THEIR FOXHOLE.
LS- A GI TOSSES A GRENADE INTO A GRASS HUT AND RUNS. |
01:12:15 755.37 |
MS- A GI GIVES A CANTEEN WITH WATER TO A WOMAN
AND MAN HOLDING A BABY. MS- A MONKEY PERCHES ON THE SHOULDER OF A GI SEARCHING THE GI'S HAIR FOR FLEAS. GROOMING |
01:12:32 772.37 |
LS- HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM A JAP WARSHIP
HIT IN THE LEYTE GULF. AERIAL- A JAP SUB RECEIVES HEAVY STRAFING FROM A U.S. PLANE. |
01:12:40 780.37 |
LS- HEAVY SMOKE CLOUD RISES FROM A U.S. CARRIER
HIT IN THE BATTLE. |
01:12:46 786.37 |
LS- A U.S. FIGHTER PLANE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON AN
UNFINISHED AIRSTRIP SKIDS AND SLIDES INTO A TANK. MS- THE PILOT IS CARRIED OFF IN A STRETCHER. |
01:13:21 821.37 |
MONTAGE- GI INFANTRYMEN FIGHTING IN THE DENSE
JUNGLE. A DEAD JAPANESE MAN LIES ALONGSIDE FIGHTING GIS. |
01:14:25 885.37 |
MS- HUNDREDS OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS LIE ON
GROUND NEAR A STREAM IN THE JUNGLE. |
01:15:00 920.37 |
MONTAGE- 7TH INFANTRY LANDS IN OKINAWA WITH THE
10TH ARMY. |
01:17:29 1069.37 |
LS- A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE CRASHES INTO A U.S.
CARRIER AN EXPLODES. |
01:18:22 1122.37 |
MS- GENERAL BUCKNER, THE 10TH ARMY COMMANDER
PLACES FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES OF GIS IN OKINAWA |
01:19:06 1166.37 |
MS- PAN OF THE RUBBLE THAT WAS ONCE THE TOWN OF
YANABARU IN OKINAWA. |
01:19:41 1201.37 |
LS- A TANK FLAME THROWER SENDS A LONG STREAM OF
FIRE INTO THE CAVES ON THE ISLAND. |
01:20:03 1223.37 |
MONTAGE- SMOLDERING DEAD BODIES OF JAPANESE
SOLDIERS. |
01:20:25 1245.37 |
LS- A JAPANESE SOLDIER CRAWLS OUT OF A CAVE UNDER
FIRE. MONTAGE- SCARED ISLAND RESIDENTS WALK OUT OF CAVES HOLDING LEAFLETS AND WHITE FLAGS |
01:20:56 1276.37 |
MS- CROSS ON GRAVE OF GENERAL BUCKNER WHO WAS
KILLED ON OKINAWA. GENERAL STILLWELL TAKES OVER. |
01:21:46 1326.37 |
LS- OLD GLORY IS RAISED ON A POLE IN KOREA AND
THE 7TH IS STATIONED AT THE 38TH PARALLEL. |
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