Overview
- Description
- Secret Staff Film Reports, US War Department. "Pacific -- Activities on Okinawa" Marines advance on Okinawa, flushing Japanese civilians (women and children) from caves. Japanese planes are downed by planes and ships in heated battle.
06:07:20 "Pacific -- Iwo Japs in Dawn Sortie" Japanese attack American tent camp on Iwo Jima. US Marines fought back, killing 300 Japanese in two hours.
06:08:26 "Pacific -- Mop-Up in Manila Harbor" In the Philippines, engineers lay pipe from an LCM onto Caballo Island; oil is pumped through and ignited to rout underground Japanese troops. A similar action takes place at Fort Drum in Manila Bay where engineers from the 38th Division pour oil into ventilators and explode it. - Film Title
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U.S Army Special Film Report #53
- Duration
- 00:11:39
- Date
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Event:
March-April 1945
Production: 1945
- Locale
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Japan
Manila, Philippines
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 06:01:06:00 to 06:12:45:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 860 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 860 Video: DVD - NTSC
Preservation 860 Video: DVD - NTSC
Preservation 860 Video: DVD - NTSC
Preservation 860 Video: DVD - NTSC
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
- Note
- The three reels of NARA 111 SFR 53 [from 06:01:06 to 06:32:48] contain a US Army "Special Film Report" that is a compilation of newsreels. Material covered includes: Pacific-Activities on Okinawa; Iwo Japs in Dawn Sortie; Mop-Up in Manila Harbor; Atrocities in the European Theater of Operations; Additional Atrocity Films; Mediterranean Surrender; and USA Secretary Stimson and Gen. Marshall Make VE Day Statements...
Reel 1 starts at 06:01:06
Reel 2 starts at 06:12:46 (cataloged as RG-60.2217)
Reel 3 starts at 06:23:31 (cataloged as RG-60.2217) - Copied From
- 16mm; 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 6050
Source Archive Number: 111 SFR 53 R1 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:01
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