- Title: P-213-42
- Summary: TACHEN ISLAND IS EVACUATED: TACHEN ISLAND IS EVACUATED. A FRANTIC, SOMETIMES TENDER FILM ACCOUNT OF A GIANT EVACUATION CARRIED OUT UNDER RED THREATS.
- Description:00:03:07 - 1955. AMERICAN 7TH FLEET BOATS ON STORMY SEAS. WAVES BASH AGAINST BOATS. 00:03:20 - POV LOOKING THROUGH ARCH OF BOAT AT BOAT BEHIND IT 00:03:24 - PLANES LEAVE DECK OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER. BATTLESHIP. 00:03:26 - MAN DIRECTS PLANES OFF BOAT WITH VIGOR 00:03:30 - PLANES LEAVING BOAT & IN AIR. FORMATION. 00:03:40 - HIGH SHOT OF BOATS AROUND SMALL ISLANDS. BARREN 00:03:44 - CU MEN ON BOAT NEXT TO THEM, BELL. 00:03:47 - BOAT WITH LANDING RAMP DOWN COMES TOWARD SHORE. 00:03:49 - SMALL BOAT FILLED WITH MEN MOVES ASHORE 00:03:52 - CU ISLAND PEOPLE MOTHERS & BABIES. ASIAN REFUGEES. 00:03:54 - WOMAN CARRIES HER BELONGINGS IN SACKS TIED TO POLE, STICK. 00:03:55 - CU SMALL BOY 00:03:57 - SOLDIER HELPS LEAD PEOPLE THROUGH RUGGED TERRAIN 00:04:00 - BAREFOOT BOY WALKS THROUGH MUD 00:04:03 - REFUGEES IN SOLEMN LINES MAKE WAY TO BEACH. COUPLE IN FRONT HOLDS HANDS FOR SUPPORT 00:04:07 - MONTAGE OF PEOPLE ARRIVING AT LANDING CRAFT & GETTING ONBOARD. CROWDED. SOLDIER PASSES SMALL CHILDREN OVER, LIFTING UP CHILDREN. LEAVING ISLAND, GETTING ON LANDING CRAFTS. 00:04:37 - CONVOY OF BOATS GOING OUT TO SHIP. 00:04:45 - PEOPLE ON SEVENTH FLEET BOATS. 00:04:51 - HIGH SHOT OF REFUGEES FILLING DECK OF BOAT 00:04:53 - PASSING SMALL CHILDREN UP 00:05:09 - ON THE ISLAND, REMOVAL OF TROOPS & MATERIAL PEOPLE CARRY HUGE WOODEN CRATES, BOXES. CARGO LOADED ONTO SHIPS. 00:05:16 - MEN PUSH TRUCK 00:05:22 - MONTAGE OF SOLDIERS LEAVING ISLAND. CARRYING SUPPLIES. TROOPS ABANDON ISLANDS. 00:05:31 - SOLDIER DEMOLITION CREW PREPARES TO DYNAMITE UNDERGROUND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. EXPLOSIVES IN BOXES 00:05:41 - SOLDIER IN HELMET GIVES SIGNAL. ARM DOWNWARD 00:05:43 - SOLDIER WATCHES BLAST. EXPLOSION. 00:05:50 - EXPLOSION COMING OUT SIDE OF HILL RIGHT ON COAST. 00:05:54 - SOLDIER GIVES SIGNAL, BLAST GOES OFF. 00:05:58 - SOLDIERS GO DOWN HILL TOWARD BOAT 00:06:02 - MS BOAT IN WATER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-42