- Title: VM-1018C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:59:50 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION WHO FOUGHT IT'S WAY ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC FROM KWAJALEN TO LEYT AND FINALLY OKINAWA. 01:01:03 - THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION - 7TH SHOULDER PATCH WORN BY THE UNIT AND IT'S MEANING. CU- AN HOUR GLASS WITH THE SAND DRIPPING DOWN 01:01:50 - MONTAGE- TROOPS TRAINING IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT IN 1942. MS- A GI DIGS A FOXHOLE IN THE HARD DESERT FLOOR UNDER THE HEAT. 01:02:06 - 7THN DIVISION TROOPS BOARD TRANSPORT SHIP AT SAN FRANCISCO IN APRIL 1943 FOR THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. LS- THE SHIP PASSES RIGHT UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (PAN) AS SEEN FROM THE SHIP. 01:02:56 - MONTAGE- NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND OF ATTU. MS- GENERAL BROWN WATCHES FROM A WARSHIP AS THE 7TH FORCES HIT THE BEACHES. CU- MAP OF ATTU 01:03:53 - MONTAGE- U.S. TROOPS RUN ACROSS THE SNOWY HILLY FIELDS OF 'MASSACRE VALLEY'. 01:05:14 - MS- GIS PASS BODIES OF JAPANESE KILLED IN A 'BANZAI' ATTACK. MS- U.S. FLAG FLAG FLIES OVER ATTU. 01:05:31 - MS- 2 GIS USE STICKS AS POLES TO GO FISHING IN THE COLD WATERS. 01:05:44 - MS- GIS IN BATHING TRUNKS RUN ON THE BEACH AND INTO THE WATER OF HAWAII WHERE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED FROM ATTU. 01:06:40 - MS- MAP SHOWING THE 7TH LANDING ON KWAJALEN ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. 01:06:50 - MS- ARTILLERY COMMANDERS SPEAK ON PHONES TO GET INSTRUCTION FOR THE SUBSEQUENT BOMBARDMENTS. 01:08:00 - MONTAGE- GIS RUN TRE TO TREE IN THE JUNGLE AND USING FLAME THROWERS. MS- A JAP SOLDIER RUNS WITH HIS BODY ON FIRE AND FALLS TO THE GROUND IN FLAMES. 01:08:46 - CU- GIS' FEET WALK ACROSS THE SOFT JUNGLE GROUND. 01:09:35 - MS- GIS STAND AT ATTENTION AND SALUTE AS A HONOR SQUAD FIRES INTO THE AIR FOR THE FALLEN GIS. 01:09:46 - MS- GIS IN A HAWAIIAN NIGHTCLUB WATCH THE HULA DANCERS. 01:09:55 - MS- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN HIS CAR, AND GENERAL ARNOLD SALUTE, AS PARADE PASSES IN HAWAII. 01:10:09 - MS- AS TROOPS OF THE 7TH DIVISION PASS IN PARADE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH HONORING THEM IS HEARD. 01:10:50 - CU- MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH LEYTE SHOWN AS THE LANDING SITE OF THE 7TH DIVISION. 01:11:00 - CU- JAPANESE SOLDIER PEERING THROUGH LEAVES AT THE CAMERA. JAPANESE CANNONS AND MACHINE GUN FIRING. 01:11:23 - LS- SHELLS FIND THEIR MARK ON U.S.LANDING CRAFTS. 01:11:29 - LS- A GI RUNS WITH A U.S. FLAG AND PLANTS IT IN THE GROUND, AMID THE PALMS, WITH A LONG POLE. 01:11:40 - MS- JAPANESE RIFLEMEN FIRE FROM THEIR FOXHOLE. LS- A GI TOSSES A GRENADE INTO A GRASS HUT AND RUNS. 01:12:15 - MS- A GI GIVES A CANTEEN WITH WATER TO A WOMAN AND MAN HOLDING A BABY. MS- A MONKEY PERCHES ON THE SHOULDER OF A GI SEARCHING THE GI'S HAIR FOR FLEAS. GROOMING 01:12:32 - LS- HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM A JAP WARSHIP HIT IN THE LEYTE GULF. AERIAL- A JAP SUB RECEIVES HEAVY STRAFING FROM A U.S. PLANE. 01:12:40 - LS- HEAVY SMOKE CLOUD RISES FROM A U.S. CARRIER HIT IN THE BATTLE. 01:12:46 - LS- A U.S. FIGHTER PLANE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON AN UNFINISHED AIRSTRIP SKIDS AND SLIDES INTO A TANK. MS- THE PILOT IS CARRIED OFF IN A STRETCHER. 01:13:21 - MONTAGE- GI INFANTRYMEN FIGHTING IN THE DENSE JUNGLE. A DEAD JAPANESE MAN LIES ALONGSIDE FIGHTING GIS. 01:14:25 - MS- HUNDREDS OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS LIE ON GROUND NEAR A STREAM IN THE JUNGLE. 01:15:00 - MONTAGE- 7TH INFANTRY LANDS IN OKINAWA WITH THE 10TH ARMY. 01:17:29 - LS- A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE CRASHES INTO A U.S. CARRIER AN EXPLODES. 01:18:22 - MS- GENERAL BUCKNER, THE 10TH ARMY COMMANDER PLACES FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES OF GIS IN OKINAWA 01:19:06 - MS- PAN OF THE RUBBLE THAT WAS ONCE THE TOWN OF YANABARU IN OKINAWA. 01:19:41 - LS- A TANK FLAME THROWER SENDS A LONG STREAM OF FIRE INTO THE CAVES ON THE ISLAND. 01:20:03 - MONTAGE- SMOLDERING DEAD BODIES OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS. 01:20:25 - LS- A JAPANESE SOLDIER CRAWLS OUT OF A CAVE UNDER FIRE. MONTAGE- SCARED ISLAND RESIDENTS WALK OUT OF CAVES HOLDING LEAFLETS AND WHITE FLAGS 01:20:56 - MS- CROSS ON GRAVE OF GENERAL BUCKNER WHO WAS KILLED ON OKINAWA. GENERAL STILLWELL TAKES OVER. 01:21:46 - LS- OLD GLORY IS RAISED ON A POLE IN KOREA AND THE 7TH IS STATIONED AT THE 38TH PARALLEL.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1018C