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Wednesday
Mosul, Iraq

:17 - :25
Major General Najim al-Jobori
Commander of Nineveh operations 

2:04 - 2:09
Arwa Damon
Senior International Correspondent

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CNN"S ARWA DAMON IS TAKING US TO THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS IN IRAQ.
GUNFIRE. EXPLOSIONS.
ARTILLERY FIRE. SUICIDE BOMBERS.
JUST SOME OF WHAT IRAQI FORCES FACE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO RECLAIM THEIR COUNTRY FROM ISIS.
JOIN ARWA AS SHE TRAVELS WITH THE IRAQI ARMY... 
ALL PART OF CNN"S SPECIAL COVERGE "THE FRONT LINE AGAINST ISIS"

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BURSTS OF GUNFIRE … AND ARTILLERY EXPLOSIONS … A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT THE ENEMY - ISIS - IS RELENTLESSLY PROBING FOR VULNERABILITIES IN THE IRAQI ARMY"S DEFENSES.
(General Najim Al-Jubouri, Ninevah Operations Commander) "ISIS, and especially now, and we are on the perimeter of what is their so called caliphate. They are using waves of suicide bombers backed by fighters."
COALITION AIRSTRIKES LEVELED THIS BUILDING ISIS MILITANTS HAD SNUCK INTO THE NIGHT BEFORE WE ARRIVED.
THE HILLSIDE IS STREWN WITH THE BLOATED BODIES OF DEAD ISIS FIGHTERS … ONE OF THEM LOOKS PARTICULARLY YOUNG, A TEENAGER THE IRAQIS SAY.
THE GENERAL JUBOURI"S MEN ONLY RECENTLY RE-CAPTURED THIS VILLAGE AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS - THE FIRST TENTATIVE STEPS IN THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL, IRAQS SECOND LARGEST CITY THAT HUMILIATINGLY FELL TO ISIS AFTER IRAQI SECURITY FORCES ABANDONED THEIR POSITIONS AROUND 2 YEARS AGO. THESE ARE MEN RETRAINED, UNDER NEW COMMAND, FORCES THAT WILL REPEATEDLY BE PUT TO THE TEST - WILL THEY HOLD THIS GROUND AND FIGHT OR AGAIN FLEE?
KEY OF COURSE TO THE EQUATION IS US SUPPORT.
(General Najim Al-Jubouri, Ninevah Operations Commander) "For us, we have enough ground forces, the most important thing is to see ongoing US backing with the air support, advisors and logistical support. It"s not an urgent thing for us right now - boots on the ground. - we can liberate our lands."
ISIS HAS HAD PLENTY OF TIME IN ITS DEFENSES IN MOSUL AND HERE - STILL SOME 45 KILOMETERS OR 30 MILES AWAY FROM THE MAIN BATTLEGROUND.
DEEP IN ONE OF THE HILLS -- A LABYRINTH ... 
(Arwa Damon/Reporting) "This is not just a tunnel complex its actually a tunnel and sleeping quarters complex that has been dug well underground."
WINDING PASSAGES THAT VEER OFF IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS … THIS ONE LEADS TO A SMALL OPENING - FOR OXYGEN CIRCULATION WE ARE TOLD.
AND THIS IS JUST THE START OF THE IMPENDING BLOODY BATTLE TO TRY TO LIBERATE MOSUL, ONE THAT WILL BE A DEFINING CHAPTER IN THIS NATIONS HISTORY AND BEYOND.
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MOSUL IRAQ TERROR ATTACKS EXPLOSIONS



Reel 7. <br/><br/>"Further advances are made increasingly difficult by the enemy's erection of innumerable concrete forts known as "pill-boxes" which, armed with machine guns, wreak great havoc." M/S of soldiers crawling on the ground towards a pill-box. "Tanks are brought up to deal with the new menace." M/S of large tanks being driven towards the camera. "Many give a good account of themselves in spite of the glutinous morass over which they fight." M/S of tanks passing the camera amidst gunfire. Men climb onto the top of the tank. "Discovering the morning that shell fire has obliterated his tapes, Captain Robertson guides his tanks on foot, in full view of the enemy, rather than fail the infantry depending on them." Robertson walks through a very muddy field in front of a tank. "As is inevitable, his devotion costs him his life, but not before his foremost tanks have reached their objective and make possible the success which follows. Captain Robertson was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross." M/S of German soldiers in trench behind pill-box firing at oncoming tanks. Soldiers tend to a wounded man before climbing back into their tank and moving off. C/U of tank advancing over German trench. "Pill boxes still prove formidable, but, Australia has a way of dealing with formidable objects. Lance Corporal Peeler A.I.F. furnishes a typical example." M/S of Australian troops lying on the ground firing their rifles. Peeler runs forward holding a grenade. Interior of the pill box - German soldiers operating a gun. <br/><br/>"On the 3rd October Captain Clement Robertson, to ensure his tanks coming effectively into action on the following morning, spends the night under continuous shell fire marking a path through the swamp." Night shots of Robertson laying down a white stream of cloth to mark the path. M/S of the troops firing at the pill box. M/S of Peeler getting closer to his target. He throws the grenade through the hole in the pill box. Interior - we see an explosion and the German gunner falling to the ground. Peeler clambers over the pill box. <br/>The soldiers advance. "Not content with having routed the enemy, Lance Corporal Peeler completes their annihilation with one of their own machine guns - and wins the Victoria Cross." Peeler climbs down into the pill box and emerges carrying a machine gun. He lies down in the mud and fires off the machine gun. "Save for a brief respite, the weather grows steadily worse - winter is approaching and still Passchendaele remains impregnable." Aerial view is used again to show how the British are advancing. "A final effort is launched. Throughout the day the issue remains in doubt." Men advance uphill. "By evening 20 weary Canadians find themselves in possession of Belle Vue Spur, an arm of Passchendaele Ridge." M/S of tired soldiers advancing upon a ridge. "In ignorance of the value of their capture, they rest in some disorder until Lieutenant Shankland, gathering reinforcements, rallies them and maintains the position against repeated attacks." Various shots of soldiers on the ridge. Shankland persuades them to stand up and carry on. "During a lull Lieutenant Shankland, though wounded, hurries back to his commander to report." Shankland is seen in silhouette running through shells to report. M/S of Shankland arriving at his destination and being greeted. He reports to his Commanding Officer: "I have fifty men on Belle Vue Spur sir - give me reinforcements and the ridge is ours!" The field radio operator gives his ear piece to the C.O. "The wires hum - the attack is recommenced. Shankland gets his reinforcements and later, a well merited Victoria Cross." the C.O. shakes Shankland's hand, gives him a drink of water then sends him on his way.<br/><br/>"The capture of Belle Vue makes possible the final assault. Wearied and exhausted battalions are called upon to make one last endeavour." Men "at ease" sleep on the ground. They are roused by a Sergeant. One man has a helmet over his face, it is taken off and it looks like he is having a nice dream. Through a camera trick we see an image of his dream superimposed over his head - he is riding a bicycle in the countryside.<br/><br/>He is woken up, looks a bit cross then yawns, resigning himself to putting on his battle dress. "In a war of heroic deeds, Passchendale will rank among the most heroic struggles. On 7th December, after five months of gruelling fighting, the crest of that tragically famous ridge is gained." Various shots of men running across the ridge through shots and explosions. They set up position at the top of the ridge. "And the victors can look down upon country unknown to British eyes since the fateful October of '14." Men standing on top of the ridge wave their helmets in victory. <br/><br/>This is presumably the end of the film although I would have expected more celebration and an end title. <br/><br/>Note: fantastic film with great battle footage - although reconstruction it is very well done and mostly realistic. Some overacting by today's standards though! There are a few sections which look like actuality footage filmed during the 1910s rather than in the 1920s - soldiers on parade and leaving for the front rather than actually at the front. Some very touching scenes such as men receiving mail from home and helping wounded comrades. All very nicely shot.<br/><br/>Note: footage taken from Imperial War Museum catalogue.

World War One footage taken in 1918 of US troop activities. Dates of filming unknown

HUNTERS IN THE SKY: IWO JIMA

Soviet newsreel footage of World War II battle on the River Don in the Soviet Union

TAPE: EF02/0304 IN_TIME: 23:25:30 DURATION: 1:53 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: West Bank, 10 April 2002 SHOTLIST: 1. Night shot - Wide of Bethlehem with flare in air above Church of the Nativity 2. Night shot - Smoke from building where Palestinian gunmen are surrounded 3. Night Shot - Wide of Bethlehem, sound of gunfire and flashes from explosion near the building 4. Dusk - Wide of smoke from fire near the building 5. Various long shots of Israeli military in streets in morning 6. Dusk - Israeli soldiers walking in street 7. Wide of Bethlehem with audio of gunfire STORYLINE: Gun battles continued in Bethlehem on Wednesday as the Israeli "Operation Defensive Shield" continued to round up suspected Palestinian terrorists. Gunfire and explosions could be heard from buildings around the compound of the Church of the Nativity, where Palestinian gunmen have been seeking sanctuary from the Israeli Army. Israel is under pressure by the global community to end its incursion into Palestinian cities and towns, now into its thirteenth day, before United States Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives on Thursday.

Life Line. Official war department film about the U.S. Armed Forces capture of Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands from the Japanese and importance of readily available medical equipment to help treat injured soldiers.. 1940s, War Department, Signal Corps, World War II, South Pacific, palm trees, Munda, Rendova Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, battle footage, combat footage, American Task Force, U.S. Task Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Japanese forces, U.S. bombers in flight and dropping bombs, mission to occupy Solomon Islands, battleships, subsidiary mission to eliminate Japanese and help victims, U.S. troops disembarking ships and traveling in landing crafts to Rendova beachhead, transport boats, landing parties, amphibious assault, bombers flying over islands, aerial bomb explosions, destroyer, assault on beach, U.S. troops arriving at Rendova and trekking through jungle, U.S. and Japanese troops exchanging gunfire in jungle, combat footage, American soldiers standing over dead Japanese soldiers, dead bodies lying on ground, U.S. troops bringing equipment including artillery weapons and medical supplies ashore to beachhead, soldiers using ?Long Tom? 155mm gun to fire on Munda, American troops setting up camp, soldiers lined up and being served food, soldiers hunkered down under cover and looking through binoculars, Japanese counterattack, Japanese bombers in flight, US anti-aircraft troops firing guns at Japanese planes, palm trees, Japanese bomber crashing into water, bombs dropped from Japanese bombers exploding in jungle, fires throughout camp from bombings, dead American soldiers being carried on stretcher and lying on ground, soldiers carrying injured soldiers, medics treating injured soldiers, medical supplies, morphine, blood plasma, quinine sulfate, bandage being prepared, pills being dispensed from bottle, wound being tended and bandaged to prevent infection, soldiers carrying wounded soldiers on stretchers and loading them onto ?Ambo Peeps? vehicles, ambulances, Jeeps, soldiers on stretchers being transported on ?Ambo Peeps? through jungles, collecting station, soldiers unloading injured from ?Ambo Peeps? and carried into medical tents, medic treating wounded soldiers, medic trying to save soldier?s arm, bandaging leg, tending to foot wound, medics sterilizing gowns, blood plasma package from American Red Cross, medics unpacking blood plasma package and preparing it for use, wounded soldier lying on stretcher receiving blood plasma transfusion, wounded soldier on stretcher being carried into tent, medic amputating soldier?s leg using amputation saw, amputation saw being unwrapped and placed into holder with other medical instruments, medical supply factory, female and male workers preparing first aid and medical supplies to be shipped to front line, male workers weighing powder, men pouring powder into canister and mixing it by hand, male workers rolling canister, worker rolling bandage, workers packaging Sulfadiazine pills, chemists preparing medication in laboratory, morphine syrettes, jars of pills, stacked crates of blood plasma, soldiers carrying injured soldier on stretcher and loading onto truck, truck driving through jungle, soldiers boarding and transporting injured soldiers onto landing boat, soldier lighting cigarette for injured soldier on stretcher, landing boat approaching amphibious aircraft, injured soldiers on stretchers being transported onto amphibious aircraft, Navy plane transporting wounded soldiers in flight, VA hospital, doctors and nurses examining wounded soldiers, nurse removing surgical instruments from sterilizer, masked surgeon and nurse scrubbing hands and arms, surgeon assisted by nurse operating on soldier using modern medical equipment, nitrous oxide apparatus, doctor / surgeon talking to smiling soldier sitting in hospital bed, nurses reading to injured soldiers, men diving off float into water, men playing volleyball, USO show with entertainers including Bob Hope and Frances Langford performing on stage for troops, farmers using agricultural machine in field, church, Manhattan skyline with skyscrapers illuminated at night, New York City, cars driving on small town street, baseball and football games in stadium, groom carrying bride over threshold, woman opening oven door and as little girls watch, woman exiting and man entering voting booth, Statue of Liberty at night

A film on the logistics and the psychology of war. Primarily shows training exercises, combat simulations, and dramatizations. Images of soldier and explosions. A U.S. sailor firing a Mark 4, 20 mm. anti aircraft. Gun from a ship. A U.S. M3 Stuart light tank heading toward the camera. American soldiers ostensibly falling to enemy explosions and gunfire. A shell exploding where American troops are hunkered down. Artillery batteries firing at night. A soldier cutting barbed wire and triggering a booby trap. . Troops under fire during amphibious assault. Soldiers manning an M1919A4 .30-caliber Light Machine Gun. Troops advancing through forest under fire. Some fall. Staged encounter between U.S. infantrymen and German soldier. The kill each other. Entire battle front erupting in explosions and smoke. Newspaper article by Ernie Pyle about too little training of U.S. troops. New York reporter's article noting that U.S. soldiers in Europe don't understand why they aren't fighting the Japanese who attacked America. Staged hand to hand combat between a German soldier and two American soldiers. Location: European Theater. Date: 1944.

b&w documentary on events leading up to WWII - montage sequence - Pearl Harbor, ships explode in flames, c/u bombs drop from plane, battleships in flames, sink - night, anti-aircraft batteries fire in Britain, flack lights up the night sky, men in foxholes at the batteries - homes and factories lit up by gunfire, building falls down, destruction - France, cathedral with smoke around it, tanks and trucks, low angle Eiffel Tower, low angle flag pole with Nazi flag being raised, c/u marching jackboots, Arc de Triomphe as Nazi armies march through - gun fires, building collapses, people pick through street strewn with dead bodies - China, many planes in the air - Japanese flag flies, large group of people run in panic, more guns and tanks. Czechoslovakia, tanks, guns pulled by horses - Norway, German ship at sea flies Nazi flag, ground to air bomber plane low over trees, w/s of town with homes on fire, tanks, soldiers march -explosions, big guns fire - Poland, airplane on fire nose dives and crashes into ground, dead bodies, tanks, big guns fire - explosions - Holland, airplane drops parachutists, more big guns - Athens, Greece, aerial over the Acropolis (ancient ruins) and German planes in the sky, more tank wheels, big guns fire - explosions - Belgium, m/s Nazi officers, truck, tanks etc, m/c/u German planes - parachutists jump out - Russia, civilians dig trenches, c/u Russian soldiers, w/s soldiers on horses, c/u tank, c/u plane, aerial from plane bombs drop - war - battle

Fighting during the American Revolution is depicted in a silent film showing a night time battle with cannon and musket fire lighting up the night. A building explodes from cannon fire.

WORLD WAR II BATTLE SCENES FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC: A battleship or destroyer sails and fires guns/cannons; Explosions on mountain tops/cliffs; American flag flies as propeller war planes fly behind; Aerial of explosions on shore; Aerial of sailing warships in formation; CU of commanders on deck; Amphibious landing craft in water; CU of soldier with helmet; Gate drops as troops land ashore on beach; Military troops/marines on beach; Cannon fires from ship; Explosions; Troops run on shore; Aerial of invasion; Gunfire from ships with smoke and fire; Men load and operate guns on ships (American flag waves in foreground); CU of soldier's face; Men load and fire mortars; Gunfire flashes at night with big explosions; Desolate beach; Army or marines shoot flame-throwers; Tanks shoot flames; Soldiers raise American flag in famous scene at Iwo Jima; BW shots of warships and explosions; Troops advance during an invasion, some on the ground for cover

While the number of cases involving firearms hit an all-time high in Minnesota, the attorney and sheriff of the state’s most populated county say they’re worried not just about the numbers…but the firepower behind those guns.According to the most recent County Attorney Firearms Report, highlighting felony cases where defendants allegedly had or used a firearm and committed offenses, there were 1,805 cases in 2023 — a 14% increase from the year before.When asked what sticks out most as she reflects on last year’s cases, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says the number of switches — which are also known as ‘auto sears’ — her office is seeing involved in cases is increasing. Switches are small modifications made to guns that turn them into automatic weapons.“Gun violence is dangerous [and particularly when we’re seeing the assault rifles, and the guns with switches, we’re seeing like a spray of gunfire and it is harming people who are in the community, gun violence is harming our young people,” Moriarty said.She says that violence is getting more dangerous due to the proliferation of switches.“The idea that there are now assault rifles [and] guns with switches is really scary,” Moriarty said.Another agency tracking this issue closely is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) — the ATF’s St. Paul Field Division told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, “The Twin Cities were not the first to start recovering these auto sear devices, but certainly among the first areas to start seeing them proliferate with such intensity.”The region’s Special Agent in Charge Travis Riddle also shared the following statement.“Auto sears are wreaking havoc here in the Twin Cities and in cities across the U.S. These small devices by themselves are considered machineguns, and when attached to a firearm, they present a significant threat to not just the intended targets, but also any innocent bystander that happens to get in the way. I know I speak on behalf of all law enforcement that this is something that needs to stop, and we are committed to ensure people who are driving this violence be held accountable.”The ATF is one of the partners the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is working with in a coordinated effort to rid the streets of these kinds of weapons.“It is not uncommon for [my deputies] to be doing their job and finding these guns with switches almost on a daily detail,” Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said.“We’re doing a lot of collaboration work on what we call focus enforcement details which we collaborate with MPD, the BCA, the ATF, and going into these targeted areas,” she added.Both Witt and Moriarty say reaching the youth and young adults will be key in this battle, adding it will take everyone to be successful.“It has to be a team effort,” Witt said. “There’s not one of these agencies that can do it by themselves.”

/n00:00:00:00 VS of Charlie Company entering and securing a building; camera comes along; Marines find ammunition; VS of Cobra helicopter providing support; shooting; troops on top of vehicles, firing; NIGHTSCOPE footage of battle, GOOD NATS; explosions; Marine swinging chemical light to stop fire on their position; friendly fire incident, Marine is shot, brought to ambulance vehicle; (3/25/03) Marines bury a little boy in camo poncho; troops dig grave, bury the body and mark it with rocks; (6:25:45) Marines raise American flag over Nasariya; (back to 3/23/03) Marines recover bodies from Charlie Company&apos;s losses; Chinook flies overhead, arrives to retrieve bodies; (3/25/03) sandstormsl medic picks up wounded Iraqi soldiers; wounded on stretchers loaded onto medic truck; dead Iraqis wrapped in camo; barefoot Iraqi woman and man stand by as wounded are looked after; (3/29/03) recovered Marine bodies; kneeling by recovered bodies; searching bags to ID remains; memorial service; INTV with Capt Scott Dyer, tank commander; tells of Iraqi civilians helping them recover the bodies and some of their effects; (3/30/03) VS from searches of civilian houses; Arabic translator tells civilians what&apos;s going on; Marines kicking in door; collecting gear and uniforms from Marine casualties found in house; then VS of burned out buses and Marine vehicles, with Marines searching their vehicles, recovering items. (0:00)/ /n

Reel 2. <br/> <br/>01:36:51 1938 - montage - C/U of man holding an advertising board for the Evening News which reads: "Keep Calm - And Dig", men digging trenches, children gathered for evacuation, C/U of children, evacuees walking along railway platform, Churchill entering Admiralty, Neville Chamberlain leaving 10 Downing Street - Churchill entering it, French refugees walking along a road with British troops moving in the opposite direction, M/S of refugees moving their belongings with prams and bicycles, horse and cart etc. Speech about the "new dark age.." Dunkirk May 1940. M/Ss of wounded men walking up a gangplank to board a boat. Churchill voiceover "...this was their finest hour" speech. <br/> <br/>01:37:57 Montage of Winston Churchill attempting to present arms, balancing on a sloping log and laying bricks - smoking cigar throughout. The Battle of Britain - August 1940. "Never in the field of human conflict" speech on soundtrack. R.A.F. scramble, planes taking off, air to air shots, bombed buildings, dogfights etc. - very short shots in montage. M/S of Churchill in RAF (Royal Air Force) uniform with group of R.A.F. officers. The Bombing of London - December 1940. Burning buildings in L/S, firemen attempting to put out the blaze, nurses scrambling through wreckage of bomb damage - quintessential blitz shots. Churchill speech about the spirit of the British nation on the soundtrack. <br/> <br/>01:39:27 White cliffs of Dover - L/S. Convoy being bombed in the Channel. L/S of ships being bombed. Churchill walking amongst waving cheering crowd, inspecting the Home Guard, C/U of woman in a crowd, young women cadets, war workers etc. Children in the foreground hold up their fingers in the "V for Victory" sign. Churchill climbs into an open topped car and takes his hat off as he is driven away. Churchill visits bomb damage in Coventry. He walks through the bombed cathedral with Mayor and vicar (or bishop). Various panning shots of the cathedral. Winston Churchill with Field Marshal Jan Smuts of South Africa and European leaders including De Gaulle at army manoeuvres. Tanks, large coastal gun with the name "Winnie" on the side. Guns are fired. Western Desert - bombs are dropped, aerial shots of bombs exploding. Churchill arrives in the Middle East and has lunch with officers in a tent. We see Churchill smoking and drinking what looks like beer. He lights a cigar in C/U. <br/> <br/>01:41:56 The burning of Pearl Harbour. Sunk ships on fire. L/S of the Capitol Building in Washington DC, United States of America (USA). President Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sitting in car. High angle shot of Churchill speaking to Congress. M/S of Churchill with NBC microphones. He speaks of the fact that: "if my father had been American and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have got here on my own." The men listening to the speech laugh and applaud. Churchill climbs out of car in Western Desert and is greeted by Montgomery. C/U of the two talking. Churchill walks away from the camera along a long road lined with soldiers. He puts his fingers up in the "V for Victory" sign (as he is facing the soldier whom he signals, it looks rather like the other two fingered sign!). <br/> <br/>01:43:23 Winston Churchill walks along in the desert holding a white umbrella to shield himself from the sun. El Alamein (Al Alamain) battle - gunfire at night, artillery fired during the day, tanks, soldiers running and diving under fire, armed soldiers march with prisoners of war, long shot of large number of prisoners of war being marched along in desert, soldiers marching past camera with pyramid in the background, Churchill salutes a passing convoy of tanks. "A bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers.. the End of the beginning" speech. <br/> <br/>01:44:19 C/U of Churchill at the controls of a plane. M/S of Churchill in Russia with Stalin - they shake hands - photographers and cameraman in the background. Churchill and Stalin inspect troops. C/U Pom-pom guns firing aboard ship, C/U of Churchill at the controls. M/S young sailors looking on. Churchill walks on deck and stands with Lord Beaverbrook. Yalta conference. Churchill sits with President Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. C/U of Churchill speaking to General Dwight Eisenhower on railway station platform.

This film from the end of the Second World War was produced by the U.S. Navy as part of the industrial incentive scheme, and shows the naval engagements that took place during the invasion of Okinawa. It opens with a note informing viewers that this was the final battle fought by the Navy in WW2 and it had the greatest concentration of ships in men in all of history thus far (:09). The film is presented by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard (:38). Explosions as warships fire shells at shoreline installations open the film (:59). A barrage leads to a long line of successive explosions (1:51). British allied forces were attacking to the south at the bypass fortress of Formosa (1:56). Fukushima is seen being hit with shell fire and bombs (2:02). Task Force 58, under the command of Admiral A. Mitscher, stepped up their continued aerial assault on Kyushu (2:24) and targeted Japanese shipping, harbors, air fields and factories. Men of the Navy called the day “Love Day” while in the rest of the world it was Easter Sunday (4:08). In the morning, Marine and Army forces moved in for a beach landing (4:20) and footage follows as troops spill out from amtraks (4:26) / amtracs. 100,000 men were sent ashore (4:33). The first week of the landing was mysteriously quiet and men aboard the 1,400 ships supporting the invasion are seen searching the skies anticipating an attack (5:24). The first Japanese Kamikaze corps plane arrives and takes a suicide dive onto one of the 1,400 ships (5:43). Men of the Japanese Kamikaze corps wore red sashes (5:56) and their target was the deck or hull of any American ship (6:00). Another Kamikaze plane drops near a ship and explodes in the water (6:12). The Kamikaze corps was considered to be Japan’s secret weapon, though U.S. forces were very familiar with them as they had been hitting in the Pacific for months (6:22). In this final attempt, Japan sent every plane it could fly (6:37). Combat continued into the night as gunfire and explosions light up the darkness (8:59). This Navy fleet was the "fleet that came to stay" as it had to support the land invasion (10:21). Foot soldiers are seen moving through rice paddies and over ridges as the fleet provided close support (10:48). Strikes were ordered from the air control room aboard the command ship (10:59). A brigade of ships was set up across the waters to provide the men with a steady line of supply (11:41). Kamikaze fighters are seen at the end of the long supply line (11:55). A Japanese plane is seen hit and breaking apart into the water (12:15). Troops simultaneously fixed their own ships and continued on fighting (13:20). As a plane lands on an aircraft carrier, a missile breaks loose and runs across the deck without exploding (13:39). US forces received news of President Roosevelt's death on April 13th, 1945 and take a moment to pay respects (14:34) before continuing to fight (15:06). The fighting would continue for three months (15:10). Only about 10% of enemy crafts made it through the US air patrol (15:16). Watchmen on the early hours of May 9th received news of Victory Day in Europe (15:59) or VE-Day though the Pacific war still carried on (16:21). Heavy batteries of cruisers, destroyers, and battleships fired against the hills of Okinawa (16:35). A headline from Washington Post reads “Navy Okinawa Casualties Near 10,000” (18:03). An impressive shot of black smoke puffs in the sky above popping white splashes along the water during intense combat follows (18:20). The film concludes just after a note informing citizens to continue to buy Victory bonds to ensure the end of the war (18:35). <p><p>The Battle of Okinawa, Apr 1, 1945 – Jun 22, 1945, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. <p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

15:13:36 NATURAL SOUND FTG OF ISRAELI TROOPS AND PALESTINIAN GUNMEN IN BATTLE NEAR THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY / NIGHT SHOT FTG OF EXPLOSION AROUND CHURCH / NAT SOUND OF GUNFIRE / HUGE EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY SMOKE / CHURCH BELL RINGING / VS SHOOTING 15:15:46 PRESS CONFERENCE W/ PALESTINIAN LEADER YASIR ARAFAT / SOUNDBITE ANGRY ARAFAT AGAINST ISRAELI INCURSION IN BETHLEHEM / ARAFAT STANDING UP AND YELLING AT THE PRESS / VS PALESTINIAN CHEERING AND HUGGING EACH OTHER / PALESTINIAN CHANTING W/ RIFLES IN THEIR HANDS / ISRAELI TANKS IN STREET / TROOPS STANDING ON TANKS / CU BOARD READING BRITISH COUNCIL IN GAZA / PRISONERS BEING CARRIED TO CAR / VS PRISONERS GETTING INSIDE THE CAR / PEOPLE CHEERING AS VEHICLES MOVING / 15:20:40 DAYLIGHT FTG OF ANOTHER GUNFIRE IN THE BESIEGED COMPOUND / WS CHURCH OF NATIVITY / ISRAELI ARMY JEEPS OUTSIDE ENTRANCE / WOUNDED MAN BEING PUT INTO AMBULANCE / BLIMP IN THE SKY ABOVE THE CHURCH / WS BETHLEHEM 15:22:23 BREAK

PALESTINE: THE SIX DAY WAR

Soldiers fighting on the Battle of Bloody Ridge in the Korean War in 1951

Feature: Tilt down from roof of high-tech office building to meeting on ground floor, Man finishes lecture and shakes hands with the crowd, WS high-tech building man follows woman down a flight of stairs, MS of them arguing, Man climbs stairs in WS tilt up to ceiling, Title comes up over CG space ship flying- reads "200 years in the future...", um can anyone say star wars? exact duplicate of opening of Star Wars, WS armada of space ships fly together- ship flies into CU on cockpit pilot is seen, large space battle ensues, tracking shot of military forces preparing for attack within ship, CG of tracking system graphic for space ships weapons, CU of pilot with helmet, various space battles, explosions, WS interior with military officers, Space ship collides with the hull of larger ship, military group rushes out and shoot lasers at people, slow motion man explodes in gunfire, military group invades further, LS guy with large gun blows up some stuff, slow motion they rush in, WS of the large laser guns fending off attacking space ships, gun explodes and flies into camera, WS slow motion as man is shot and falls to ground, MS people jumping out and firing towards camera, MS man w/ big gun fires a grenade down corridor, MS man sits at terminal in large space ship, MS guard firing at camera, MS man slumps forward after being shot in back, LS man jumps towards camera as there is an explosion in the BG firing gun, MS man is shot in chest, MS children sit around large pot in ships storage room, MS 2 men sit in cockpit of ship- fire up engines, military group rushes into hangar in WS ship is seen taking off in BG, LS little boy runs and hides in corner, MS little girl comes over and hugs boy, WS man fires at space ship taking off- runs over to 2 kids, WS space ship taking off, LS man carries 2 kids, LS space ship blows hole in side of ship to escape, MS fat soldier turns around, LS as he is sucked towards breech in ships hull, CU man in cockpit, MS fat soldier flies towards hole- ship blows him up before reaching it- he explodes, space ship escapes in explosion, and enters hyperspace / wormhole, LS man carries 2 scruffy kids, various explosions and space dogfights, Man walks around wrecked and charred ship interior, WS computer generated space ships in-flight, fly towards planet, 2 men argue in ship- one commands destruction of space ship, various shots of lasers firing- explosions within and without space ship, CU 2 kids inside ship- explosion is seen on their faces, WS GOOD of space ship / station exploding in front of planet- space ship flies towards it, Computer generated flight though asteroids in WS into ECU of military prison window- includes title that reads "Ganymede Military Prison", man sits locked in iron cage, CG of computer retina scan, MS crazy man in prison screaming- guard puts him in shackles, WS of high-tech prison, various CU of peoples faces through metal gate, MS guards push prisoners against wall, CU T.V. screen showing Martian rebels being arrested, WS prison colony floating in space, MS man enters flight deck, WS camera tracks out through interior of spaceship hangar- where small ship is seen, various WS of ship in hangar and lifting off, WS ship flies through tunnel of hangar and into space- enters wormhole, MS woman sleeping in bed wakes up and answers phone, WS exterior day of office building and busy street, MS woman walks through office kicks man out of her office, WS misty mountain landscape- CG space ship flies through almost crashing, WS space ship on snowy ground in mountains, WS CG space ship in background- 4 criminals walks across snowy plain, slow motion WS of 4 fugitives walking towards camera, WS futuristic mirrored office building at night, CU screen reads "radar jammed", MS interior military radar station, WS 4 fugitives with guns walk through forest, stand outside log cabin, steal a black truck, WS man and woman drive down country road in white Jeep, CU T.V. screen of news report- screen reads "Congressman Michael Jarry- News 12", MS woman breaks down door of country house, various shots of gunfight in slow-motion, WS man jumps from balcony and shoots man twice mid-air, CU plastic explosive, WS man dives through glass sliding door without a flinch, man and woman leap from balcony just avoiding fireball / explosion, several good shots of suburban house exploding, fugitives and woman drive in black Jeep, MS FBI agents meet with Police Detective outside of burning house, WS Oregon Police cars arrive outside suburban house, various shots of officers pulling out guns and ducking behind car doors, LS station wagon explodes- police officers dive 20 feet into the air for cover, MS of car on fire, MS FBI agents and man walk in office building corridor, MS autopsy room- surgeon examines body, CU doctor removing microchip from cadavers skull, MS over-head shot of microchip exploding and doctor and nurses being blown away, WS sunrise over city, fugitives enter abandoned factory at night, MS bald man screams and explodes in factory, WS car rounds corner in city and stops on wet blacktop, Man and woman enter smoky night club / bar, WS police car rounds corner and stops in front of club, various shots of people watching news report on T.V. behind the bar, MS of police officers running out of car, Gunfight in night club: slow-motion MS of people scrambling, slow-motion of cops entering with guns drawn, slow-motion MS of man shooting machine gun towards camera, WS of police officers dodging from bullets, slow-motion man dives behind pool table, MS 5 officers firing at camera, WS of man behind pool table and overhead lights exploding, MS slow-motion man dives through glass window, WS on wet city street- fugitives run cop car fishtails on pavement, WS airport at night- small passenger plane taxis into frame- man with umbrella approaches from FG, various shots of industry: WS smoke stacks, WS river side manufacturing plant, WS train yard- man and woman are super-imposed onto tracks, various WS of futuristic office building- lots of windows and skylights, man gets into a fight and throws a security guard over railing, LS man crashing into table, WS taxi in BG man and woman walk around cobblestone street around fountain, WS of St. Louis? at night- arch seen in BG, WS T/L traffic, LS man and woman run into the Cyber Cafe, various shots of people using computers in internet cafe, CU man's face in cryogenic tank, WS man and woman walk around industrial complex on cat walk, LS man and woman approach cryogenic tank, MS man points gun to ground and fires, WS high-tech tanks and people explode, WS rack focus from blurred lights to bridge at night, MS man walks in slow-motion firing 2 guns and is shot, WS car explodes on bridge, MS explosion behind woman, WS woman falls into river, WS 2 men in FG car on fire on bridge in BG, WS man dives off bridge to river, WS dead man on ground and burning car in BG, LS dead man on ground his body disappears, MS man and woman climb over rocks out of river, WS woman flies space ship in forest area, WS space ship enters wormhole over trees and mountain in BG, WS man in T-shirt walks around in snowy forest, MS man kneels on ground in snow- says goodbye, WS man disintegrates / explodes into a fiery beam of light, WS space ship exiting vortex in space, WS space ship is sucked into large ship, MS woman walks through hyper-tech space ship, CU back of woman's head in front of star field BG,