| U.S. Marines Fights Japs, Early WWII | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1848 |
| Catalog #: | 509953 | |
| Clip Number: | 509953-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-235 | |
| Timecode: | 01:56:55 - 01:58:10 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: Military Battles LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA MILITARY: Marines, US WEAPONS: Guns, Field WEAPONS: Guns, Rifles WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Battle, Pacific Theater | |
| Description: | Master 1848 - Tape 1 (Historical reenactment) TLS white male U.S. Marines angling field artillery cannon into sandbag-lined foxhole on beach, night; MS shirtless white male U.S. Marine shoveling sand around artillery gun; MS U.S. Marines heave-ho pulling cannon into position. TLSs U.S. Marines loading field artillery gun, firing weapon on beach, day; CUs leathernecks wearing M1917 steel service helmets, one with cotton stuffed into ears. LS enemy (Japanese) fighter bomber plane streaking across sky. MS U.S. Marine speaking into radio, relaying communication from sandbag-lined bunker: "All beach defenses under heavy gunfire. Strong enemy landing coming in from the east. Causalities heavy. Ammunition getting damn low." MS exhausted, tired white male U.S. Marine private leaning against sandbags, smoking cigarette. TLSs artillery units firing guns. TLS U.S. Marine running along sandy beach hill, toward machine gun nest. TLSs heavy fire coming from machine gun nest. MS shirtless white male U.S. Marines laying on sands of beach, firing M1 Garand rifles. | |
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