United States ships in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Flaks burst in the sky. United States Naval fleet off the shore of Okinawa. Men on the deck of a ship. A white puff of smoke rises from the coast.
A U.S. air attack on Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. aircraft from U.S. Navy ship USS Yorktown (CV-10) attack Okinawa. An aerial view of the air attack. Japanese ships underway at sea. The aircraft in flight over the target area. Aerial and gun camera views as aircraft drop bombs and strafe the Japanese fleet. Smoke rises as the ships explode due to the bombardment. Splashes in the water. The aircraft bombard the city area on the island. Smoke rises due to bombardment in the city.
United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Smoke arising from explosions in field. Soldier looks through binoculars. Soldiers in a trench. Aircraft in flight over Okinawa. (World War II period).
1st and 2nd Battalions, 29th Regiment, U.S. 6th Marine Division, advance in Okinawa. Line of Marines in combat gear with weapons slung over shoulders, move along path into heavy wooded section of Okinawa.
Batteries of 7th 155mm Gun Battalion open fire in Okinawa. Batteries of 7th 155mm Gun Battalion open up from dug-in fortification in Okinawa. Guns firing. Dust swirling around. (World War II period).
U.S. 3rd Battalion 22nd Marines on Okinawa island during World War 2. Two Marines carry elderly woman out of hut and lay her down. They gently lift the aged woman onto door which is used as a stretcher. Woman is carried away. Marines set down stretcher holding two women, one suffering from malnutrition. View of legs of other young woman, whose right leg is bent and cut off at ankle by the Japanese when she refused to fall back with the retreating Japanese soldiers. Cameraman slate at end of clip states "Okinawa: Civilians taken from hiding places - When the Japs told them the oncoming Marines would kill them."