I. "Pacific: Japs raid Saipan." (Reel 1) Saipan is a B-29 base in New Guinea. Night scenes of burning B-29s. Daylight firefighting, bulldozer in action. Second attack 12 hours later. Heavy smoke palls.
II. "Pacific: GIs get whole blood from home." Type 'O' blood is collected at San Francisco Red Cross Centre, placed in special transport refrigerator (keeps 75% of efficiency of blood for 21 days), sent at rate of 300 pints per day to Pacific. To Guam in 45 hours, to Leyte in under 4 days.…
I. "Pacific: Japs raid Saipan." (Reel 1) Saipan is a B-29 base in New Guinea. Night scenes of burning B-29s. Daylight firefighting, bulldozer in action. Second attack 12 hours later. Heavy smoke palls.
II. "Pacific: GIs get whole blood from home." Type 'O' blood is collected at San Francisco Red Cross Centre, placed in special transport refrigerator (keeps 75% of efficiency of blood for 21 days), sent at rate of 300 pints per day to Pacific. To Guam in 45 hours, to Leyte in under 4 days. Needed in serious cases, ease burden on soldier volunteers.
III. "E.T.O. 'Black Widow' and 'JATO'." P.61 on ground, in air; jet assisted take offs by Dauntless, Tarpon and Wildcat.
IV. "India/Burma: Activities in Burma." Heavy duty pontoon bridge prepared near Ledo, erected on Irrawaddy. (Reel 2) War Dogs, part of Morris Task Force, eat out of helmets. American mules near Bhamo.
V. "Activities in China." Near Linchow, exhausted civilians and troops flee Japanese advance.
VI. "Activities in E.T.O." 1st Army, near Dren, facing local counter-offensive; 3rd Army, Saar bridgehead, gun crew in action; 7th Army heads for Selestat; Strasbourg artillery fire across river, good streetfighting shots.
Notes
Summary: ETO = European Theatre of Operations.
