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United States warships and the Marine Corps raid and gain control over the Japanese island of Okinawa, during World War II.
The Pacific Theater of World War II during the Year 1945. Attack on Japanese island of Okinawa by the United States Military. United States Navy ships from the sea, launch a number of missiles towards the islands. The missiles traverse an aerial route and destroy the target Japanese positions. United States Marine Corps raid the island moving in amphibious landing tractors towards the island. Battle between Japanese soldiers and U.S. Marines. American flag hoisted on Okinawa after four months of furious battle. Officials and Military Commanders and soldiers salute the flag.
U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa and fighting off attacks by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft in World War II
Conclusion of U.S. Navy film: "The Fleet That Came To Stay." Role of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. Opening scene shows ships of U.S. Task Force 58 sitting quietly in waters off the coast of Okinawa, at dawn on May 9, 1945 (VE Day, when Germany surrendered in World War 2). Navy gunners silhouetted against the dawning sky, with twin Bofors anti-aircraft guns. Silhouettes of sailors on early watch. Sailor walks on deck of an aircraft carrier, past parked aircraft with it's vertical stabilizer and rudder riddled to pieces by battle damage. An escort aircraft carrier and other warships are moving slowly past the camera ship. A Douglas Dauntless dive bomber, with only a pilot aboard, takes off from a carrier. Brief glimpse of aircraft taking off from a carrier. It carries a bomb underneath and displays the number 559 on its engine cowling. Numerous American aircraft in formation above the ships. A U.S. cruiser in the distance. Closeups of capital ships bombarding Okinawa with heavy guns and firing anti-aircraft guns at attacking Kamikaze aircraft. Black flak clouds and tracer bullets tracking a Japanese aircraft. Superimposed slate tallies Japanese aircraft shot down: "May 12th: 164; June 3rd: 45; June 6th: 67; June 8th: 30." A kamikaze plane crashes into the sea. Gunners aboard a ship work rapidly to reload their anti-aircraft guns. View of an Essex class aircraft carrier with black flak clouds overhead. Two explosions occur next to her hull. Gunners track a Japanese airplane flying low and close to the water. It passes a carrier and crashes into the sea. More views of sailors working at speed to reload anti-aircraft guns. A sailor firing an Oerlikon 20 mm cannon from gun position atop a ship. A Kamikaze plane crashes at starboard side of an Escort aircraft carrier underway. View of long line of anti-aircraft guns firing simultaneously from beside the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Smoke rising from the firing and driven by the wind. Remains of a Kamikaze plane spin down amid black flak clouds, after being hit by gunfire. Slate reads "4232 (Japanese planes shot down). The spinning pieces of the Kamikaze plane crash well clear of a nearby Cleveland class light cruiser. Against background of flak filled sky, a Washington Post Newspaper headline is shown reading: "Navy Okinawa Casualties near 10,000 and 2 more ships hit."
U.S. Coast Guard combat cameramen capture beachhead activities in Iwo Jima.
1945: Combat cameramen film the U.S. forces landing at the Iwo Jima beachhead. Marines and Coast Guard landing parties under attack, explosions at sea. A Coast Guard cutter. Barrage balloons in the sky. Landing Crafts move towards the shore. Explosions in the water. The U.S. Coast Guard landing party on the shore. Beachhead activities as the U.S. Marines arrive. Landing Craft reach the shore. Troops climb out, unload equipment and run inland. A crane at work. Troops crouch in the Landing Craft. They treat a wounded comrade. (World War II period).
Bombing of rail roads in Bremen by United States B-17 bombers and atom bomb testing during WWII
United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber drops bombs on railway tracks in Bremen, Germany during World War II. Bombs making an impact. Low-level strafing and bombing of targets in Europe by low flying U.S. Army Air Force aircraft during World War 2. Bridge is struck by bomb. Explosions on other targets. Separate unrelated shot of United States conducting an early Atomic bomb test (Trinity test is shown on July 16, 1945. The first detonation of a nuclear device). Nuclear explosion and mushroom cloud is seen.
United States 81 mm mortar crews fire shells at enemy targets in Germany during World War II
American soldiers in fortified position firing 81mm mortar in support of U.S. infantry in Germany during final months of World War 2, in Europe. Early in February,1945, U.S. soldiers of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 313th Regiment, 79th Division, are seen supplementing their ammunition with captured German 80mm mortar shells. Closeup of the U.S. 81mm mortar shell next to a German 80mm shell. M Company soldiers firing the German shells from their 81mm mortars at German targets across the Mulde River. They are operating amongst homes in a residential area. Explosions in distance from the mortar shells.
President Harry S. Truman of United States travels to Berlin, for Peace Conference, after World War II in Europe
A film titled 'Berlin conference 1945' shows United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) while on their way to Germany for Three-Power Berlin Peace Conference. Several views of President Truman aboard the USS Augusta. He salutes with hand over heart as U.S. Navy warships pass in review. Truman and Secretary of State, Byrnes, descend a stair on the ship. They are seated on deck and President Truman waves his hat at people on the shore, as the Augusta enters port at Antwerp, Belgium. Senior Allied officers come aboard to greet the President and his party. President Truman walks down the gangplank to the pier, followed by Secretary Byrnes. Truman and Byrnes in back seat of an open car, accompanied by Secret Service agents, waves to spectators as they drive off the pier. Later, a motorcade is seen passing parked airplanes. Truman greets Officers of the U.S. Army 35th Division. He boards Air Force One, the "Sacred Cow," a VC-54C aircraft (tail number: 2107451) at Brussels Airport, Belgium. The Air Force One seen in flight above clouds and then parking at airfield in Germany. Presidential motorcade in Berlin, on Unter Den Linden, and passing through the Brandenburg Gate. Portraits of Truman, Stalin, and Churchill, on stone pillars. Inserted scenes of Hitler in motorcade and speaking in Berlin. President Truman speaking in an outdoor venue, with General Omar Bradley and other high ranking American officers standing behind him. His remarks are broadcast and people shown listening in America
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