Saipan: US Marines in action on Saipan - NPC-10016

Summary

1944/10/14 MS GV Native shacks burning on Saipan Island. MCU MS Marine steers tank on small roadway, Saipan. LS Fires burning in open field on Saipan. MS GV Tanks going along roadway; marines in background (SV). LS PAN Shells exploding in large open field, Saipan. MS GV Tanks speeding along roadway raising dust. MCU MS Guns firing across field. MCU Tank with marines loading ammunition into guns (SV). MS PAN Marines using flame thrower. MS Marines firing tank gun across field (SV). LS Fires burning in small native village, Saipan (SV). LS Smoke rising from fields after battle (SV). MS MCU Tank going up roadway and approaching building; other vehicles in foreground. MS Tank going along roadway (SV). LS Marines advancing along a coral road (SV). MCU Marines resting (SV). MCU First aid being administered to a marine for a wound in the leg (SV). MCU Marines firing mortar (SV). LS Smoke rising from shell burst in open field on Saipan (SV). MS GV Tanks burning; black smoke rising from same. MS Large column of black smoke rising from Japanese ammunition dump hit by marine fire (SV). LS GV Coastline of Saipan (taken from small observation plane) showing US ships in bay (SV). LS AV Small island off Saipan (SV). LS AV Coastline of Saipan; smoke rising from same (many views). LS AV Battlefield, Saipan, showing shell holes and fox holes. LS PAN AV Japanese airstrip on Saipan (taken from small observation plane; (SV). MS AV Coastline of Japan showing caves and fields used by Japanese (SV). LS AV Smoke rising from shells exploded in area of Japanese military installations on Saipan (SV).