Saipan: General scenes, action on Saipan - R-211

Summary

1944/06/28 (not verified on film slates) Saipan Men marching along road towards camera, one file on each side of road MS men clearing rock from road MS ambulance jeep moving up road MCU men coming towards camera on jungle MCU machine gun emplacement with crew MCU man talking over telephone in jungle, heavy shadows photog: Ercole 01:40 Saipan - 2nd Marine division MCU terrain, machine gun emplacement in FG MCU men climbing down ravine carrying ammunition and weapons, heavy jungle LS men moving down road to path leading into jungle photog: Leopold 04:28 Saipan - MS men on top of ridge, very short MCU men covering top of hill MS men taking cover along top of hillside MS men setting up machine gun, 30 cal (water cooled) on top of hill, another man with carbine moved in to FG MS men studying aerial photos MCU men studying and working on aerial photos. Man in FG is using stereoscope MS men sitting around table studying aerial photographs CU man with back toward camera using stereoscope studying aerial photographs, hands map and stereoscope to another man who checks it MS men working on aerial photographs, man in FG checking large map, man in BG using field telephone, two men in BG point and discuss points on map. MCU Marines face as he fires weapon on half track, observes shell hit MCU two men using binoculars observing shell hits LS jungle, shell hits in BG LS tank burning in far BG photog: Ercole