Japanese plane passes amidst tracers during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Japanese plane passes amidst tracers and burns. Ships of task force fire antiaircraft tracers. Japanese plane burns, crashes in water. 40Mm tracers fired. (World War II period).
Views from a U.S. warship shelling shoreline, near Agana, Guam, in preparation for amphibious assault, during World War 2. Smoke rising from shoreline as shells strike. Tracers visible from the camera ship and smoke rising from her guns as she fires. The USS Minneapolis (CA-36) seen close to shore. Smoke rising from naval gunfire, as shells burst at shoreline. A U.S. airplane flies low over shoreline, laying a smoke screen. Heavy barrages from U.S. warships raise heavy smoke as shells strike. Scene shifts to aboard the USS Minneapolis, where her forward triple turrets are seen pointed to starboard towards Guam, as she fires her 8"/55 caliber guns. Sky is filled with heavy black smoke rising from a point on shoreline.
Bombardment at Garapan in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Smoke columns rise. Burning fuel oil dump. USS Montpelier bombards island. Bombs burst around Japanese ship stranded on reef. (World War II period).
Landing boats circle during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Landing boats circle around large ships. Landing boats come. Pulley on the ship. Explosions on the shore.
U.S. Marine fires antiaircraft guns aboard a transport ship during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. 4 inch gun fired on lower deck. Landing craft circles. Convoy of transport ships. (World War II period).
A bird on a wire on a ship at sea, Saipan, Mariana Islands. Smoke rises from an island.
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