aq0003960 00:00:188 Kerama-Island,Okinawa,Japan

Coast of Okinawa Islands during the Battle of Okinawa during World War 2. United States Navy LST (or Tank Landing ships) sail off the coast of Okinawa. Camera pans to the hills near the coast of Okinawa. Amphibious LVT vehicles (Landing Vehicle Tracked), loaded with United States troops, are prepared to push forward to the beach. Amphibious LVT vehicles (Landing Vehicle Tracked), loaded with United States troops, line up on Okinawa beach. Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands. Date: April 1, 1945.

A vintage newsreel depicts the hardships of the Battle of Okinawa, as U.S. Army, Marine, and Navy units fight the Japanese Imperial forces for control of the island, a key battle in the Pacific Theater.

00:00:00:00 - Okinawa, JapanOkinawa, Japan Tuesday (0:00)/

Full title reads: "OKINAWA INVASION". <br/> <br/>Okinawa, Pacific, Japan. <br/> <br/>Several shots of bows of battleship with heavy seas breaking over. Long shot of battleship firing during invasion of Okinawa. Huge explosion as shells land on the hillsides of Okinawa. Sky filled with antiaircraft shell bursts over the Pacific Fleet off Okinawa. Good shot of antiaircraft tracer shells firing into sky. Bombs falling and exploding near an aircraft carrier. Various shots of flaming Japanese aircraft falling into sea. Rocket firing ships firing into hillsides of Okinawa - quite impressive. Numerous explosions on Okinawa as naval bombardment takes its effect. <br/> <br/>(Mute & Track Negs.)

US military action in Battle of Okinawa during World War II

b&w newsreel - Japs last stand, Yanks raise Old Glory over Iwo Jima, famous image of Marines raising flag over Iwo Jima, Japs are routed in desperate battle for Okinawa, U.S. troops to camera, soldiers with back to camera throws hand grenade, explosion, U.S. troops to and by camera, soldiers use flamethrower, soldiers with rifles through city, w/s fire in distance, WWII

AERIAL MOUNTAINOUS OKINAWA, "GATEWAY TO THE FAR EAST". HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS OF USAPARC, OKINAWA. MONTAGE BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS STILL STANDING IN OKINAWA SINCE WWII.

B&W film, 1945. Activity of US troops on Okinawa in World War II

[Okinawa Rural Village & Farms]

04/01/65 A0014497 OKINAWA - OKINAWA - FINAL STEPPING STONE. DOD68 - 65 UNCUT "OKIDNAWA" SHOWS; WARINES TRAIN ON OKINAWA; COMBAT WW 11; (SHOT 4/1/65 - 155FT) OKINAWA BS - MARINES WAR - WW 11 DOD / 68 - 65 / 155 FT / 16 - NEG /

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 06/22/45 Battle For Okinawa: Vintage BW footage of WWII battle of the pacific in Okinawa: Planes takes off of air craft carriers, battle footage, big guns fire, soldiers in foxholes, fire aboard carrier put out etc

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aq0003959 00:00:192 Kerama-Island,Okinawa,Japan

War planes get ready for the Korean War

Produced in 1945, "The 6th Marine Division on Okinawa" is documentary film about the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg. The film was released shortly after the event as part of the WWII war bond effort. During the campaign for Okinawa (Operation Iceberg) the Sixth Marine Division was assigned to the III Amphibious Corps. This Academy Award nominated documentary film tells the story of the 82 days fighting on the Island of Okinawa. It was shot in Kodachrome color.<p><p>The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces.<p><p>The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") or tetsu no bofu ("violent wind of steel") in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and to the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Based on Okinawan government sources, mainland Japan lost 77,166 soldiers, who were either killed or committed suicide, and the Allies suffered 14,009 deaths (with an estimated total of more than 65,000 casualties of all kinds). Simultaneously, 42,000–150,000 local civilians were killed or committed suicide, a significant proportion of the local population. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki together with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria caused Japan to surrender less than two months after the end of the fighting on Okinawa.<p><p>For its actions at Okinawa, the 6th Marine Division (and reinforcing units) earned a Presidential Unit Citation. The citation reads:<p><p>For extraordinary heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault and capture of Okinawa, April 1 to June 21, 1945. Seizing Yontan Airfield in its initial operation, the SIXTH Marine Division, Reinforced, smashed through organized resistance to capture Ishikawa Isthmus, the town of Nago and heavily fortified Motobu Peninsula in 13 days. Later committed to the southern front, units of the Division withstood overwhelming artillery and mortar barrages, repulsed furious counterattacks and staunchly pushed over the rocky terrain to reduce almost impregnable defenses and capture Sugar Loaf Hill. Turning southeast, they took the capital city of Naha and executed surprise shore-to-shore landings on Oroku Peninsula, securing the area with its prized Naha Airfield and Harbor after nine days of fierce fighting. Reentering the lines in the south, SIXTH Division Marines sought out enemy forces entrenched in a series of rocky ridges extending to the southern tip of the island, advancing relentlessly and rendering decisive support until the last remnants of enemy opposition were exterminated and the island secured. By their valor and tenacity, the officers and men of the SIXTH Marine Division, Reinforced contributed materially to the conquest of Okinawa, and their gallantry in overcoming a fanatic enemy in the face of extraordinary danger and difficulty adds new luster to Marine Corps history, and to the traditions of the United States Naval Service.<p><p>—?Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal for the President<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

Unused / unissued material. <br/> <br/>American newsreel item. <br/> <br/>Title reads: "NAHA - yanks smash into Okinawa's capital". <br/> <br/>Japan. <br/> <br/>Various L/Ss flame throwing tanks in action in valley. C/U General Geigar (sp.?) watching operations through telescope. C/U General Delval watching through telescope. Various shots American marines storming fortress caves. Various shots American tanks and infantry entering Naha. L/S, looking across bay, of column of smoke. Spacing. Map of Okinawa. <br/> <br/>

General Motors built TBM Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft, flown by the U.S. Navy, in flight over the island of Okinawa. TBM drop bombs over Okinawa. Aerial views of Okinawa. Damaged airfield on Okinawa. (World War II period). Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands. Date: March 1945.

DEAD JAPANESE BODY SLIDES DOWN OFF HILL AS MARINES BATTLE CAVE BY CAVE IN OKINAWA. 1ST MASS SURRENDER OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS ON OKINAWA. MONTAGE SENSATIONAL KAMIKAZE PLANE ATTACKS ON WARSHIPS OFF OKINAWA INFLICT HEAVY DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES

Away All Boats - 1956 b&w trailer - military drama - WWII - World War II, South Pacific campaign, war action - director Joseph Pevney - stars Jeff Chandler - George Nader - Julie Adams - Lex Barker graphics - Makin, Kwajalein, Saipan, Okinawa across screen - bullets fly through sky at night - various explosions, cannon fire Navy participation during - World War II, WWII - naval ships fire cannons - night - explosions - explosion at sea, in bay interior battleship - c/u audio speaker on wall - Captain warns away all boats as soldiers climb off, down ship to boats w/s side of battleship - brief aerial ship at sea - lower angle to ships in battle, soldiers storm beach in ship - naval officers - group of sailor on deck - officers w/ binoculars c/u soldier, officer - c/u young woman works inside office, sits at typewriter - c/u couple kisses on beach (Nader & Adams) c/u naval commander (Barker) - distraught soldier, sailor - c/u Richard Boone, interior tilted, bombed ship soldiers crawl on beach - c/u Charles McGraw, Chuck Mahoney, William Reynolds, amphibious battle scene - c/u John McIntyre - aerial l/s U.S. Naval ship on ocean, sea - naval officers w/ binoculars - sailors fight amongst themselves c/u doctor bandages young soldier's leg aboard ship - c/u destroyed area of ship, hole w/ water visible man takes off shirt and jumps to save life of man - hero - c/u sad, scared soldier tipped ship slides sailors and articles - anti-aircraft gunners - captain speaks, men listen l/s numerous Japanese enemy planes in sky - looks like large spots in sky , then c/u as enemy plane barely misses battleship and soldiers behind cannon - m/s enemy plane explodes in air - enemy plane does Kamikaze charge directly to ship as captain (Chandler) screams Get away from my ship! - plane crashes in ship, ship explodes, burns boat hit head-on by Japanese enemy aircraft - Kamikaze pilot (not visible) - men storm beach, invasion - graphics explosion on beach, navy boats to shore

Historical film of Marine patrols in Okinawa during World War II.