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HD 1943 Sound Newsreel

With the Marines at Tarawa

US Gov / Military

Summary

Marines clean machine guns and attend religious services aboard transports at sea, climb into landing craft which head for shore, wade through the surf protected by naval, and aerial bombardment, consolidate beach positions, move inland, and care for wounded. A landing craft is hit. Mortars are fired and Japanese infantry flushed from dugouts. Marines and tanks move up. Gen. Smith inspects positions. Wounded Marines are loaded on a ship and the dead buried at sea. Japanese POW's are searched and given first aid. Construction on an airstrip is begun; a plane lands and the pilot congratulates Marines.

Details

Reference
80-MH-3527
Source
NARA
Collection
US Navy
Genre
Newsreel
Year
1943
Decade
1940 - 1949
Original format
16mm INSK/MPT
Duration
19:46
Frame rate
23.98 fps
File format
Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
Colour
Colour
Sound
Yes
WW2 Pacific Tarawa Gilbert Islands Tarawa