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USS Comfort (AH-6) attacked by Japanese planes off Okinawa, Japan, with many casualties. Burial services at a cemetery in Guam.
Japanese kamikaze suicide pilot divers attack hospital ship USS Comfort (AH-6), during action off Okinawa, Japan. Damaged USS Comfort. A sign : 'U.S. Navy ship, USS Comfort'. Wounded nurses and casualties are carried and transfered to a van. Burial services are held at a military cemetery on Guam: coffins draped with the flags of the United States are carried to the cemetery. The nurses who treated the casualties shown mourning. The flag draped coffins. Graves of the Americans and the flag of the United States at the Guam cemetery. (World War II period).
United States Navy on attack, bombing the air fields and other areas in Okinawa.
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).
U.S. Marines interact with civilians during occupation of Okinawa
United States troops occupy Okinawa during World War II. An Okinawan civilian speaks and another man with a mustache smiles. A medical syringe is placed on a table. An old Okinawan woman with a young girl are given a ride down a hill by a U.S. Marine.
Japanese civilians play roles in a film being made by U.S. Marines during American Occupation of Okinawa
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.
Okinawan civilians receiving food grains in Okinawa, during American occupation in World War II.
Civilians in Okinawa, during American occupation in World War II. Japanese and Okinawan men in a truck distribute food grains to the locals. Containers filled with grain being handed over to the civilians. Women lined up to get the grain. Men aboard the truck fill their containers. Civilians carrying baskets and containers as they are lined up. Women carry containers filled with grain on their heads.
Japanese civilians lined up to get themselves registered by the officials in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Japanese civilians and Japanese and Okinawan officials on Okinawa, during American occupation in World War II. Officials at a desk as they note down on papers. Civilians lined up in front of the officials at desks to get themselves registered. Civilians hand over papers to officials as they write on a paper. Civilians in a queue. Brief scene of civilian women receiving food grains from trucks and carrrying them away in containers on their heads.