# 1945 WWII MARIANAS ISLANDS DOCUMENTARY "PACIFIC FIREPOWER" SAIPAN PACIFIC CAMPAIGN 23614b

This black & white educational/propaganda film is about the battle of Saipan during World War 2 in the Pacific between the USA and Japanese forces. The copyright is 1945. Opening titles: U.S. Navy Training Film nonclassified, PACIFIC FIREPOWER (:07-:36). The Marianas Islands. Tanks ride in Saipan. Saipan is the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands. Cities on the island are shown on a map. Aslito Airfield, renamed Isley Field in name of an American flyer - P-47 planes land on the airfield. Japanese retreated as U.S. pushed them back. Explosions. American forces fire at the enemy. The map of Saipan is shown with how the Japanese forces were retreating and finally were overcome. Dead Japanese soldiers strewn about, more than 16,000 were killed. 1,000 Japanese taken prisoner (:37-2:27). Pacific fleet marches onward in the Pacific Ocean. Jeeps and tanks covered on a ship. A ship is near shore and jeeps and trucks are unloaded. Truck drives through mud. Bulldozers push through heavy brush and tall trees. Tall trees are toppled. A crane moves dirt. An airfield is being made by the military. Men set up a command post. An officer uses a radio. A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt lands on the new airstrip. The P-47 is then stationary on a beach. A heavy transport plane lands which carries spares and equipment. There is also a Navy Nurse on board. She waves at the happy men. She shakes hands and the men are happy. A Japanese Zero lands. The droppable fuel tank gives them more distance. The…

- Kind: Documentary
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/23614bpacificfirepower)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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