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1944
Silent
Outtakes / Rushes
Saipan: Pre-invasion bombarding of Saipan and Tinian - NPC-10548
US Gov / Military
Summary
1944/06 1944/08 CU Destroyer alongside coast of Saipan; tracers firing into mountain side on air strip. Fire starts on shore, assumed to be houses and aircraft. MCU LS Battleships bombarding Saipan. LS Smoke column rising high into air; assumed to be ammunition dump that has been blown up. MCU DA Admiral Spruance, Vice Admiral Turner, Lieutenant General Smith coming aboard USS Philip (DD-498) for transportation to Tinian for flag raising ceremonies.
Details
- Reference
- 428-NPC-10548
- Source
- NARA
- Collection
- US Navy
- Genre
- Outtakes / Rushes
- Year
- 1944
- Decade
- 1940 - 1949
- Original format
- 16mm ORSK
- Duration
- 4:26
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- File format
- 4K ProRes 422 HQ / 2K Prores 422
- Colour
- Colour
- Sound
- No
WW2
Pacific
Marianas
Saipan
Saipan