Peleliu: Flag raising, D-Day, Marines push forward, LVTs Ngesebus - G-178REF

Summary

this film was scanned from the NARA reference copy (127_G_178) which contained more footage than the 178 intermediate 1944 Peleliu - Flag raising Various Marines salute and buglar blows bugle photog: Roy Morris 01:00 1944 Peleliu MS Marines crouching in undergrowth MS Marines and tank MS tank - Marine head popping out of turret MS Japanese prisoners 01:32 1944 Peleliu - boats circling towards Ngesebus island LS various LCs circle in ocean - smoke is far BG on Ngesebus Island LS Ngesebus Island in distance 02:23 1944/09/27 Peleliu - 5th Marines front lines MS Marine with bazooka kit fires on enemy 02:32 1944 Peleliu CU Marines advance in front of LVT MS Marine runs ahead of other Marines, other Marines sit with weapons prepared MS group of Marines run ahead MS a Marine looks out LS Marines run R to L behind undergrowth MS Marine in FG, MArines R to L in BG 03:30 LS as MArines stand by LVT which is firing machine gun LS two tanks MS Marines run toward camera carrying injured Marine, tank pulls up in BG 04:04 1944/09/15 Peleliu - D-day landings MS Marine at sea on the telephone LS-PAN of ships at sea LS ships in far BG, ship to left in FT LS island in far BG, smoke rising, ships in far BG LS landing craft L to R, ships in MG and BG 05:30 MS landing craft out back of ship, from POV inside ship MS landing craft out back of ship, from POV of nearby LC CU Marines in LC talking, one on phone POV from back of LC, another LC follows CU Marines in LC talking, one on phone PAN up to other Marine POV various shots from LC towards island, island in BG with smoke rising ships in MG MS on island, Marines dig in in undergrowth MS Marine runs through undergrowth L to R MS Marines on beach, something smoking in ocean behind 07:40 MS Marines digging in on beach MS Marine in trench on beach, on walkie talkie LS Marines run across more open ground in to distance MS ocean, ship smoking in FG, island foliage in BG MS two Marines guard beach trench system, something smoking on island in BG MS tanks and Marines inch L to R, plane overhead CU Marines dig something in the ground LS fire raging on island, Marine runs in front of it LS tanks and Marines inch L to R across open ground MS Marines walk L to R across open ground, a tank follows photog: H Rhodes 09:01 1944/09/23 Peleliu - 1st and 7th Marnes push up peninsula MS Marine fires off rounds of machine gun in forest, first double handed then moving to single handed as if there was nothing really to aim at and is shooting more in vain than hope of hitting a target. MS now there are two MArines firing off machine gun in to the forest CU a Marine crouches down firing off a bazooka MS a Marine packs grenades, bazookas away MS Marine sits eating, a crate of drinks bottles sits in FG, the tops look like they are waxed shut MS Marine sits behind cover of trees firing machine gun photog: W.A Spangler