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Uses of a special drill for enlarging the cavity on artillery shells for V-T fuses or proximity fuse in Okinawa.

Cavitizing shells for V-T fuses in Okinawa. A special drill used for enlarging the cavity on artillery shells for V-T fuses or proximity fuse. Ordnance man works with V-T fuse. Man drills to enlarge the cavity on shell for accommodating V-T fuse. Toothbrush used to clean up the shell after drilling. Shells stacked on side in the background. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052939
U.S. tanks and infantry use flamethrowers, grenades, explosives and other weapons in the battle.

The Battle of Okinawa. General C Richardson Junior arrives at 7th Division cemetery in Okinawa and pays respect to Late General Bolivar Buckner. He reaches General Bucker's grave. Air Force General Henry H Arnold and General George Kenney arrive at an airfield for a meeting. They are greeted by officials. General heads for 10th Army headquarters. Tanks and infantry use flamethrowers, grenades, explosives and other weapons in the battle. Caves are blasted with flamethrowers and grenades. Dead Japanese soldier lay on field. Japanese prisoners interrogated and interned. Tanks advance in valley and fire at enemy positions on hills. Artillery explosion on field. Tank uses flame thrower to clear wooded area. Soldiers hurl a grenade. Marine riflemen advance toward cave through tall grass. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052941
U.S. soldiers use satchel charges to destroy Japanese caves and fortifications on ridges in Okinawa.

The Battle of Okinawa. A wounded army photographer is evacuated. Men carry wounded man on stretcher. An infantryman shows wound on his head to his commanding officer. Tanks use flamethrower to fire enemy positions on ridge. Troopers use satchel charges to blast caves. Smoke rises from explosions. Tanks advance. Troops advance along mountain terrain after battle. Loudspeaker used by soldier on top of hill. Japanese soldiers surrender. They are interrogated. Civilians in field. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052942
Mopping up operations at end of battle for Okinawa in World War II. Numerous Japanese prisoners of war inpounded.

Opening scene shows tents housing more than 1500 Japanese prisoners of war at Kadena, Okinawa during World War 2. The area is surrounded by fencing and, as camera pans, it shows an American soldier overlooking the prison camp as he holds a Browning M1919A6 light machine gun. Another view of the prison compound with warning sign against admittance and another sign reading: "PW inclosure." As narrator refers to "mopping up operations" a jeep carrying more Japanese POWs drives past the signs. Ambulatory Japanese POWs entering the prison compound past armed military policeman. View from inside the compound as Japanese POWs enter. A POW being frisked by a U.S. soldier. Closeups of some Japanese prisoners standing behind barbed wire enclosure. American soldier makes notes as he interviews a prisoner. POWs receiving haircuts under a tent in the stockade. Others washing and shaving at an outdoor trough of water. Some seen playing a board game at a tent. POWs in a wrestling contest, surrounded by others watching. Prisoners offloading supplies from a truck and stacking them in their compound. POWs cooking food in large kettles and distributing it to other prisoners. Various views of prisoners in the compound. U.S. medics attending to a wounded POW, administering blood plasma. Numerous Japanese prisoners loosely assembled outdoors. Next, on June 22, 1945, U.S. troops are assembled for a flag raising ceremony. The U.S. flag is raised on a tall flagpole to mark the securing of Okinawa. An unidentified U.S. Army Lieutenant General leads the ceremony, saluting as the colors are raised. (Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Commander, 10th Army that took Okinawa, was killed only 4 days earlier, on June 18, 1945.)

Date: 1945, June 22
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052943
United States 306th Infantry, 77th Division advances and fires 30cal water cooled machine guns on enemy in Okinawa.

U.S. 306th Infantry of the 77th Division attacks enemy in Okinawa. Crew fires 30cal water cooled machine gun from hilltop. Crew eats atop tank. Soldiers fire 30 cal machine guns. Tank's gun is fired. Damaged trees on hill. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 30
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052944
Medic administers plasma to wounded soldier on litter aboard jeep in Okinawa.

The U.S. 306th Infantry of the 77th Division attacks enemy in Okinawa. Smoke rises from explosions on Conical Hill in the background. A jeep pulls away. Medic administers plasma to wounded soldier on litter aboard jeep. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 30
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052945