13166_12347_wwii_phillipine_zipline1
1940s
This clip appears to be of the rescue of some Filipino men in the Pacific during World War II, as some are carried from a destroyer onto an aircraft carrier; part one of two clips featuring the zip line that is used to carry the men. WS of a man in a stretcher being carried across the water from one boat to another on a zip line. An American poses by the man in WS, the man appears to be a dead Filipino. WS of Filipino men on the boat as the camera moves across their seated bodies. LS on the deck of the boat, the shot moves across most of the deck. Someone else is carried over to one of the boats. MS of men being placed in one of the sacks that is then carried across to the other boat. LS of the destroyer traveling through the water. LS of the water, with a boat in BG. Man in the water in LS.