PALAU VICTORY SHOWS TOUGH FIGHT AHEAD

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ADM 420).

Synopsis

Mute Newsreel dealing mainly with the fighting on Palau.

Marines wade ashore from LCAs. LS of the invasion fleet. Graphics indicate the location of Palau Island. LS of the effect of the naval bombardment - a smoke shrouded coastline. CU of marines on board an LCA. American troops firing from the beach into the nearby jungle. US 75mm pack Howitzer. A Sherman advances, followed by a file of infantry. Browning .30 MG. Bazooka fires - effect of the shot. Infantry flamethrower flushes out a foxhole. Japanese dead. American casualties on stretchers receive first aid. LVT MK 2 in the background. A brief second episode, entitled "In Memoriam ... Damien Parer, War Cameraman", shows a US war cameraman at work, indicates that Parer was at Tobruk, and superimposes his photograph over film of the war in the Far East.

 

Titles

  • PALAU VICTORY SHOWS TOUGH FIGHT AHEAD
 

Technical Data

Year:
1944
Running Time:
3 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
277 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
commentator
Abbott, Gregory
Production company
Paramount News