- Title: P-213-54C
- Summary: PATHE HISTORICALS: IN 1943, AFTER THREE WEEKS OF COSTLY FIGHTING, ATTU WAS TAKEN BY OUR FORCES TO MARK THE FIRST MAJOR AMERICAN VICTORY SINCE GUADALCANAL.
- Description:01:00:01 - TITLE CARD: INVASION OF ATTU, 1943 01:00:02 - POV MOVING SHIP APPROACHING ATTU, ROCKY ISLANDS 01:00:05 - LS, BATTLESHIP. MONTAGE OF BATTLESHIP FIRING. 01:00:15 - LS, FIRE ON LAND. 01:00:18 - CU, NAVY GUN CREW WAITING FOR ACTION. 01:00:21 - BOMB GOES OFF ON LAND. EXPLOSION. SMOKE. 01:00:24 - MS SAILOR LISTENING AND TALKING INTO WALKIE TALKIE. 01:00:26 - MONTAGE MEN GOING ASHORE. GETTING OFF BOAT ONTO LAND. GUNS, ARTILLERY, SUPPLIES ON BACKS. 01:00:39 - LOW SHOT OF SOLDIERS ON SMALL BOAT. SHOT FROM ABOVE THEM. PA6-13 WRITTEN ON BOAT. 01:00:45 - U.S. BOATS SPREADING OUT ON WATER IN BOATS MOVE THROUGH WATER. 01:01:02 - LONE PLANE FLIER OVERHEAD. 01:01:05 - LS OF DISTANT BOATS ON THE WATER, NAVAL ATTACK 01:01:09 - PANS BOATS IN WATER. 01:01:15 - LINE OF BOATS APPROACHING LAND. MONTAGE OF BOATS LANDING ON SHORE, LANDING CRAFT, HIGGINS 01:01:32 - LANDING CRAFT APPROACHES CAMERA ON SHORE, CU BOAT COMING RIGHT UP ON LAND 01:01:39 - MONTAGE OF MEN CLIMBING ON SHORE, AMERICAN SOLDIERS GETTING OFF BOAT & WADING THROUGH WATER TO SHORE. BACK OF BOAT OPENS DOWN TO LET MEN OFF, HIGGINS STYLE LANDING CRAFT 01:01:46 - TANKS ROLL ONTO LAND FROM BACK OF BOAT. 01:01:51 - MEN HAND OUT SUPPLIES IN LINE FASHION. MEN LINED UP & PASSING SUPPLIES TO NEXT MAN. MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN BACKGROUND. BUCKET BRIGADE STYLE 01:01:56 - SHOT OF BEACH FILLED WITH SACKS & SUPPLIES, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES 01:02:01 - SOLDIERS ON BEACH FIRE ARTILLERY. CANONS. MONTAGE OF CANONS FIRING. MEN THROW SHELLS OUT OF WAY WHEN SPENT 01:02:15 - INFANTRY, FOOT SOLDIERS WALK IN HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND. 01:02:20 - MEN MOVE WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON STRETCHERS BY BOAT. 01:02:30 - CONSCIENCE WOUNDED MAN SITS UP ON STRETCHER. LOOKS PUNCH DRUNK. DAZED. 01:02:35 - LIFTING STRETCHERS BY ROPES ONTO BOAT 01:02:40 - MAN WITH FROZEN FEET IS CARRIED ON MAN'S SHOULDERS ACROSS SHIP'S DECK. PIGGY BACK. 01:02:45 - SOLDIER LOOKS AT GROUNDED PLANE. INSPECTING PLANE. 01:02:56 - SOLDIERS HOLD UP ATTU ? FLAG OR JAPANESE BANNER 01:03:02 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-213-54C