MARCH 1945: INVASION OF OKINAWA.

[(NHK library; used in the Pacific war series) OKINAWA scenes, slate on screen at various points stating date; June, 17, 1945, Japanese soldiers surrender] - Ms of tank from other tank view, mcu of tank.

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

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.

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.

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

Unused / unissued material. <br/> <br/>American newsreel story. <br/> <br/>Title reads: "Universal newsreel - Florida Hurricane!" <br/> <br/>Miami, United States of America (USA). <br/> <br/>Various shots of palm trees and sea being battered by wind. Various shots of streets - traffic lights are blown down, cars trying to move through windswept streets and people run to hide in shelters. Night shots fire in furniture factory, flames are fanned by hurricane. Various shots of streets next day, showing aftermath of storm: people pick through the wreckage of their homes, fallen palm trees litter the streets. <br/> <br/>Note: shot description in old records are different to item transferred - "OKINAWA 1945 US Jeep and motor vehicles axle deep in mud. US. soldiers single out Japs with hand grenades; and flame throwers. US soldiers round up civilians who have aided Japs. CU. General Simon Butler. CU. Gen. Stilwell". Old records may have had wrong canister number, this description may belong to another UN.

USS Saratoga faces a kamikaze attack during World War II

[Okinawa Rural Village & Farms]

American battleships shell Japanese aircraft off the coast of Okinawa. Spectacular battle footage.

People in camps in Okinawa. People cooking food inside a tent. They chop cabbage for preparing food. A man and a woman drawing water from a well. Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands. Date: 1945.

[Okinawa - Military Government]

KAMIKAZE AIRPLANES IN OKINAWA, 1945

Preparations for the military occupation of Japan begin in 1945

[(NHK library; used in the Pacific war series) OKINAWA scenes, slate on screen at various points stating date; June, 17, 1945, Japanese soldiers surrender] - Ms of tank from other tank view, mcu of tank.

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

[Church Service -- XXIV Corps Okinawa]

EASTER SUNDAY, 1945 - CHERRY TREES IN BLOSSOM IN WASHINGTON. PEOPLE CELEBRATING EASTER PARADE. ALSO INVASION OF OKINAWA' VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE INVASION FLEET AT SEA. BOMBARDMENT AND INVASION SCENES.

04/01/68 C0002547 - COLOR OKINAWA: BATTLE OF OKINAWA 23RD ANNIVERSARY: UNCUT "OKINAWA ANNIV "SHOWS: STATUE MEMORIAL: CU OF PLAQUE: SHIPS ON LINE FIRING: PLANES IN FORMATION: AERIAL SHOT OF COAST OF OKINAWA: PLANE DRIVE BOMBING: DIVE BOMBING SHOWING ISLAND AND SMOKE: EXPLOSION - SMOKE - FIRE - ON HILL: STRAFING RUNS WITH 5INCH AIR TO GROUND ROCKETS: FORERUNNERS OF TODAY'S MISSILES: DAWN DEPARTURE BY LANDINGCRAFT: LANDING CRAFT IN OCEAN: SHOT SCENE OF ROCK'LAGOON: MARINES ON ROCKY COAST: SQUAD OF MARINES FIRING: TANK FIRING: IMPACT IN HAMLET: MACINGE GUN FIRING: MARINES RUNNING FORWARD: TWO MARINES BEHIND UNDER- GROWTH - THROWING GRENADES AND USING FLAMETHROWER: ARTILLERY FIRING: FLAG BEING RAISED AT END OF CAMPAIGN: NEW MEMORIAL: BAND PASSING IN REVIEW: COMPANY PASSING IN REVIEW: MARINE GUIDE-ON WITH FLAG IN B G: (SHOT 1945 200FT) OKINAWA, BATTLE OF US - MARINES FLAGS - US W W 11 - PTO PARADES - MILITARY - US WARSHIPS - (SS) BOMBARDMENT ROCKETS - MILITARY - (BY TYPE) A TO G (PRIMITIVE) WARSHIPS - TRANSPORTS - LANDING CRAFT DOD - 103 - 68 / 200 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / R25120

Conferences at Guam ended, Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sends an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukus. En route, the men of the new U.S. 10th Army stage their own deck entertainment, and secure their issue of invasion money.rnLand sighted, the big guns of the fleet bark into action, and tons of rockets are sped shoreward. Landing craft race in, and unopposed landings are made. Inland, Japanese dugouts and pill boxes are destroyed with grenades. Past broken forts, natives climb down from the hills, the Stars and Stripes are run up, and the Yanks prepare for their campaign on Okinawa--360 miles from Japan itself.

Japan surrenders to the US, ending World War II in the Pacific