U.S. Army tanks of 1st. Platoon, A Company, 710th Tank Battalion operating in support of Marine Corps infantry at Horseshoe Valley in Peleliu Island, Palau on October 8th 1944. Tanks are receiving fire from hidden Japanese 37mm guns up on the hills. Damaged trees in the area. United States Marines with tanks patrol on the island. U.S. tanks equipped with flamethrowers fire at Japanese positions. Marines on alert positions watch from behind bushes.
United States 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment of 38th Division at Carabao Island, Romblon Philippines. The Battalion advances towards Japanese enemy. The soldiers on alert with rifles in hand. Smoke rises from an explosion on beachhead. Japanese cave entrance filled up and blocked with the help of bulldozers. Bulldozer push rubble to block a Japanese cave (World War II period).
United States Army gun crew in the Philippines during World War II. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Gun crew stands next to the 5"/38 caliber anti-aircraft gun aboard the ship. The troops load and fire guns. A Shell man picks hot shell and throws the case overboard. A gunner looks through MK-14 Sperry Gyro and fires the gun. A loader puts magazine on 20mm gun. A Marine puts clip into carbine. (World War II period).
A convoy of LSM (Landing Ship Medium) underway at sea in the Philippines. Allied troops aboard small boats. They advance towards beachhead. The troops come from ships to the beach in small boats. (World War II period).
Filipino civilians greet Allied invasion troops in Manila, Philippines. United States Army troops and Filipino guerrilla soldiers aboard small boats. They advance towards beachhead. The troops walk on the street with Filipino children welcoming them. A Filipino woman waves the American flag. A man drives a horse drawn Kalesa on the street. Damaged buildings in the background. Filipino boys hoist American flag on a building. Soldiers drive an army Jeep on a road. (World War II period).
Film 'Sunset in the Pacific' shows United States Marine Corps photographers taking pictures and filming motion pictures in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Night view of a huge explosion. Two photographers shoot still pictures from behind a rock. Marines advance on beachhead. Combat cameraman with a 35 mm movie camera crawls over ground and into a trench. Flood waters flow through a valley, smashing into homes and shacks. Photographers shoot stills with speed graphic. Movie studio camera operator using 35mm motion picture film camera on platform or boom to capture motion picture film images of a American Legion Parade in New York City. Legionaries march with the American flag in hand. Two camera operators film couples dancing in a ballroom, on what appears to be a Hollywood movie set. Band plays in the background. Sailor watches as chief photographer explains working of 35mm movie camera.
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