Americans Swoop On Saipan (1944)

Item title reads - Americans swoop on Saipan. Various shots over task force off coast of Saipan. C/U map of Pacific area in question. Various shots as seaplanes take off from aircraft carriers. Various shots of day and dusk naval barrage on Saipan. Various shots as U.S. troops go down scaling nets and onto landing craft which head out across choppy waters towards the beach. Various shots of U.S. troops at their established beachhead on Saipan. M/S of dead bodies. M/S wounded man on stretcher. M/S Americans holding the Japanese flag. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957),