United States 10th Army in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. U.S. tanks advance on hilly terrain in Okinawa. A marine tank blown by a Japanese land mine. U.S. Marines try to rescue the crew on the tank. The ammunition in the tank catches fire. U.S. Marines fail to rescue the crew. Japanese installations destroyed. Fire and smoke rises due to explosions. (World War II period).
Natives work on various jobs in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. A woman works with a wheat grinder. Several other women stand around the trees. An old man with a barber. Several men and children sit in a group. Two women pound grain with hammers. Wheat is beaten inside a grinding pot by hammers. Two women work with a grain sifter.
Native children in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. The children are given dancing instructions in a field. A native woman instructs a boy in dancing. Boys are given instructions in judo. Okinawa policeman in background. Boys practice judo. Wounded children lying down. Several children sit on a bench. A small boy with an taped amputated hand sits on a bench.
Church services on a field in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Line of priests saying mass at makeshift altars rigged on hoods of several jeeps. Large group of people. Men attend mass. Rows of crosses and United States flags. Crosses in a cemetery with U.S. flags flying beside them. Priests kneel in front of makeshift altars. A U.S. marine and a man stand next to jeep at mass. A marine walks by crosses in the cemetery. A priest says mass and gives communion.
Medical aid to wounded natives in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Natives walk past a hospital truck parked on the road. United States Marines carry wounded on stretchers. The marines put the stretchers into back of the truck. A boy on a stretcher. Tents with open flaps in the background. A woman bandages the hand of a small boy with an amputated arm.
Natives of Okinawa in Pacific Theater. A native man stands with a cart in the background. Natives wash clothes. Native women work in groups. Fences and trees in the background. Tents erected on the hilly terrain. A native woman carries firewood in a basket on her head.
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