# RESTRICTED WWII COLOR FILM ABOUT COMBAT BATALLIONS / CBS 80474

This startling U.S. Navy color film, Advance Base, narrated by WWII journalist Quentin Reynolds, was filmed by Marine Combat Cameramen and Seabees (:33). Color WWII combat footage includes bombing, a dead Japanese soldier, burning out enemies then shown dead, dropping a hand grenade in and blasting enemy troops out (:43- 1:16 ). Gruesome dead bodies are hard to look at ( 1:18 - 1:46 ). Japanese equipment is recovered ( 1:47 - 2:14 ). The Navy practiced setting up mobile and fixed bases in Davisville, Rhode Island. The Advance Base Proving Ground provided training opportunities ( 2:15 - 3:05 ), including Rhino barges ( 3:06 ), creating a portable pier ( 3:33 ), assembling drydocks ( 3:43 ), refueling at sea ( 4:01 ), and using bulldozers with a revolving saw attached ( 4:11 ). The Seabee Construction Battalion practice building to create advance bases ( 4:27 - 5:06 ). Overseas, the fleet begins to move ( 5:07 - 6:06 ). A destroyer destroys an enemy ship ( 6:07 - 6:22 ). More firefighting is shown as amphibious vehicles unload troops ( 6:23 - 7:04 ). A medic bandages the head of another, some are on stretchers, and the wounded are treated ( 7:05 - 7:46 ). Marines wait while bulldozers work ( 7:47 - 8:20 ). Communication lines are laid ( 8:22 - 8:26 ). A U.S. Tank Landing Ship (LST) is destroyed ( 8:27 - 8:46 ). More supplies and troops are delivered by the USS Winslow (DD-359) ( 8:47 - 9:09 ). Reserve materials are built up ( 9:10 - 9:30 ). An airstrip is created ( 9:31 -…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/80474USNavyAdvanceBaseVwr)
- 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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