- Title: F-2311
- Summary: PRICE OF RENDOVA: Rendova
- Description:00:32:53 - FLEET OF SHIPS, CU CARGO BEING LIFTED ONTO SHIP, MAP OF PACIFIC ISLANDS 00:33:12 - GENERAL MACARTHUR STANDS WITH OTHER OFFICERS, GENERALS LOOK AT A MAP AND PLOT STRATEGY. FLEET IN DISTANCE, BACK OF SHIP LOOKING OUT UPON OTHER SHIPS AT SEA. ROW OF BATTLESHIPS, CU OF SAILOR A GROUP OF SAILORS STAND, MAN LOOKS OUT FROM SHIP WITH BINOCULARS 00:33:32 - BATTLESHIP GUNS FIRE, AERIAL SHOT OF BATTLESHIPS FIRING. TROOPS IN SMALLER BOAT ARE LOWERED INTO THE WATER. SOLDIERS CLIMB DOWN SIDE OF SHIP. TROOP CARRIER DEPARTS FROM SHIP. PT BOATS AND OTHER SMALL BOATS IN ROUGH WATER 00:34:29 - ISLAND IN DISTANCE. TROOP CARRIERS PREPARE TO MAKE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. CU OF SOLDIER IN CARRIER. TROOPS DEPART FROM BOATS AND COME ASHORE 00:35:00 - SOLDIERS RUN AMONG PALM TREES AND TAKE POSITIONS. MORE AMPHIBIOUS CRAFTS CARRYING TROOPS COME ASHORE. TANK DEPARTS AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT AND COMES ASHORE. CU OF FRONT OF TANK WITH TWO SOLDIERS ATOP. TANK ROLLS THROUGH THE JUNGLE. MORE MEN AND TANKS COME ASHORE 00:35:21 - SOLDIERS FOLLOW TANK INTO THE JUNGLE, TROOPS MARCH INTO THE JUNGLE. TROOPS MOVE THROUGH THE JUNGLE WHILE CROUCHING AND KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR THE ENEMY. SOLDIER LOOKS INTO THE TREES WITH BINOCULARS. A VIEW OF TREETOPS. SOLDIERS FIRE INTO THE TREES. SOLDIER FIRES INTO TREE WITH RIFLE. 00:35:50 - BODY OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS. AMERICAN SOLDIER LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS. SOLDIERS TAKE POSITION BEHIND FOLIAGE (AND POSSIBLY FALLEN TREE), TANK MOVES INTO JUNGLE WITH SOLDIERS FOLLOWING. SOLDIERS MOVE THROUGH OPEN, DEFORESTED AREA WHILE KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR THE ENEMY. 00:36:24 - SOLDIER LOADS MISSILE INTO MISSILE LAUNCHER. MISSILE EXPLODES IN A GROVE OF TREES. SOLDIER LOADS ANOTHER MISSILE. MISSILE EXPLODES AMONG TREES. CU OF MACHINE GUN FIRING. ANOTHER MISSILE IS LAUNCHED AND EXPLODES AMONG TREES. MACHINE GUN FIRES. AMERICAN SOLDIERS EXAMINE DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS 00:36:52 - CU AMERICAN SOLDIER IN AVIATOR'S CAP TALKS INTO RADIO. CU OF DIFFERENT SOLDIER IN AVIATOR'S CAP SPEAKING INTO RADIO. MAN ON SHORE SIGNALS SHIPS WITH FLAGS. SAILOR ON SHIP SIGNALS BACK WITH FLAGS. A SHIP SITS OFFSHORE. TOW MEN ON BOAT MOVE CARGO. CARGO BEING LOWERED FROM SHIP ONTO SMALLER BOAT. SEVERAL AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT HEAD TOWARD LAND. 00:37:20 - SOLDIERS ON BOATS APPROACH THE ISLAND. SOLDIER ON BOAT EXAMINES HIS GUN. SOLDIERS DEPART FROM BOATS. A TRACTOR DISEMBARKS AND HEADS INTO THE JUNGLE. SOLDIERS CARRY SUPPLIES INTO THE JUNGLE. SOLDIERS STANDING IN WATER FORM A CHAIN TO CARRY SUPPLIES FROM A BOAT TO LAND. SOLDIERS CARRY SUPPLIES FROM BOAT TO LAND. 00:38:04 - A TRUCK SITS ON AN AMPHIBIOUS CARRIER. SOLDIERS ROLL BARRELS ON THE GROUND. MORE TROOPS AND SUPPLIES APPROACH THE ISLAND. SOLDIERS CARRY SUPPLIES ASHORE. SOLDIERS PILE AMMUNITION INTO A STACK. MORE SOLDIERS CARRYING AMMUNITION. A TRUCK DRIVER OFF OF AN AMPHIBIOUS CARRIER. THE TRUCK PULLS A TRAILER WITH A GUN ON IT. 00:38:59 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF TRUCKS MANEUVERING THROUGH THE JUNGLE AND MUD. CU SOLDIERS ROLL HUGE GUN INTO POSITION. MORE SHOTS OF SOLDIERS PUTTING GUNS INTO POSITION. SOLDIERS ATTACH EXPLOSIVES TO A TREE. EXPLOSIVES ARE DETONATED. TREE BLOWS UP. A BIG GUN IS SHOWN. 00:39:37 - SOLDIERS SET UP CAMOUFLAGE NETTING. HUGE GUNS FIRE. PLANES FLY OVERHEAD WITH THE TOPS OF PALM TREES SHOWN. SMOKE POURS OUT OF THE JUNGLE. ENCAMPMENT BURNS BEHIND PALM TREES. A TRUCK BURNS, WRECKAGE OF ENCAMPMENT IS SHOWN. SOLDIERS ASSESS THE DAMAGE 00:40:18 - DEAD BODIES SHOWN, SOLDIERS REMOVE THE DEAD BODIES. A FIRE BURNS IN THE JUNGLE, A WOUNDED SOLDIER IS CARRIED ON A STRETCHER, WOUNDED SOLDIERS ARE ATTENDED TO. CU OF BOX CONTAINING MEDICAL SUPPLIES (THE BOX HAS THE RED CROSS LOGO) 00:41:09 - CU OF SOLDIERS OPENING MEDICAL SUPPLIES. CU OF WOUNDED SOLDIER AND IV. CU OF WOUNDED SOLDIER WITH BANDAGE ON HEAD. SOLDIER EXAMINES SHRAPNEL. CU OF SHRAPNEL. AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA WITH STACKED MISSILES IS SHOWN. SOLDIERS LOAD AND FIRE A HUGE CANNON. HUGE CANNONS FIRE INTO THE AIR 00:42:05 - AMERICAN BOMBER DROPS BOMBS, BOMBS FALL INTO JUNGLE BELOW. EXPLOSIONS IN JUNGLE AS BOMBS HIT. SMOKE FILLS THE AIR. MAN ON A LOOKOUT TOWER MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH A MEGAPHONE. PILOTS GET UP AND RUN TO THEIR PLANES. AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES PREPARE TO TAKE OFF. AMERICAN PLANES TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 00:43:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF PLANES IN THE AIR. AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES RACE TOWARD THEIR DESTINATION 00:43:45 - CU OF ENEMY PLANE IN A FIGHTER'S TARGET SCOPE. CU OF AIRPLANE MACHINE GUNS FIRING. PLANE BEING FIRED ON AS SEEN THROUGH TARGET SCOPE 00:44:01 - PLANES AT REST ON A RUNWAY. JEEP DRIVES ON RUNWAY. A SENTRY WALKS THE RUNWAY. A PLANE TAKES OFF. THE SKY FILLED WITH AIRPLANES 00:44:37 - AIRPLANES FLY IN FORMATION. LARGE AIRPLANE ROLLS DOWN RUNWAY. AIRPLANES FLY IN FORMATION THEN VEER TO THE LEFT. TROOPS CARRY SUPPLIES. AN AIRPLANE FLIES OVERHEAD. MEDICAL PERSONNEL INSIDE AIRPLANE ATTEND TO THE WOUNDED. 00:45:39 - A PLANE LANDS ON A RUNWAY. CU OF SIGN WITH MEDICAL CROSS ON IT. A PLANE TAXIS ON THE RUNWAY. THE WOUNDED ARE REMOVED FROM AN AIRPLANE AND LOADED ONTO A TRUCK 00:46:12 - AERIAL SHOT OF SKY FILLED WITH AIRPLANES. CU OF AVIATOR WEARING OXYGEN MASK. SKY FILLED WITH AIRPLANES AS SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OF AN AIRPLANE. SKY FILLED WITH SMOKE. CU OF BOMBER, CU OF BOMBARDIER DROPPING BOMBS. CU OF BOMBS BEING DROPPED. 00:47:12 - AERIAL VIEW OF LAND BELOW WITH EXPLOSIONS FROM BOMBS. CU OF PLANE'S COCKPIT. BOMBS DROP. BOMBS EXPLODE NEAR SHIP BELOW. AVIATOR FIRES MACHINE GUN. SMOKE RISES FROM SHIP BELOW 00:48:01 - BOMBERS DROP BOMBS. CU OF BOMBS DROPPING. SMOKE RISES FROM THE GROUND BELOW. CU OF PLANE'S WING. SMOKE RISES FROM BELOW. BOMBERS DROP MORE BOMBS. CU OF BOMBS DROPPING. SMOKE RISES FROM BELOW. HUNDREDS OF BOMBS BEING DROPPED 00:49:03 - A MAP OF THE WORLD WITH AIRPLANE SHADOWS MOVING ACROSS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-2311