British and United States carrier-based planes bomb Okinawa. United States Navy in action. Battleships at sea. Aircraft taking off from flight deck of the battleship. Men watch the planes. Aircraft drop bombs on the Japanese ships. Smoke arises due to the bombarding. Soldiers fire from battleship at the enemy planes. Enemy planes set in flames. Map points the target areas and the United States base for attack against Japan. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Bombing the air fields of Okinawa. High altitude view of the air fields. (World War II period).
Japanese civilians in Okinawa participate in making of a film by U.S. marines during American occupation of Okinawa. The scene shows an American in uniform, standing before Okinawans seated at a table. A woman at the head of the table has a large ledger or journal in which she writes.After the Okinawans finish speaking, the American reaches in his pocket and takes out some money that he gives to the women at the head of table. It appears to be a fine or settlement payment of some kind. Next, a man and woman who have been waiting, are motioned to the table. They place a pig on the table. The entire scene is reenacted. Next an actor portraying a Marine Lieutenant is seen, appearing contrite. A number of Okinawan men then speak in turn.
Okinawa during American occupation in World War II. United States Marines, seated around a table as they discuss restoration of agriculture in Okinawa. damaged buildings in the background. Occasional Okinawan passing by in background. Several children seen. Local farmers seated in a field as interpreter passes on instructions from Marines. Farmers get up and leave to commence harvesting crops.
Civilians in Okinawa during American occupation in World War II. A Japanese man gets a hair cut from a local man in Okinawa, Japan. Man seated on a field as he gets a haircut.
Civilians in Okinawa during American occupation in World War II. A village in Okinawa, Japan. Cultivated fields with huts along the sides of the fields. Wooded area and fields with huts in between the trees. Okinawan women carry huge baskets on their backs. A woman outside a hut as clothes hang on a line. Woman sweeps the area outside the hut with a palm leaf.
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States Marines advance on the battlefield. Tank flame throwers and prosperous grenades being used to fire cane fields driving Japanese from cover. Japanese prisoners of war stripped to their loincloths, being marched to the stockade. United States flag flies from a pole after capturing the island of Okinawa.