Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
Deragawa Okinawa Ryukyu Islands 1945 stock footage and images
- Showing 37 to 42 of 9329 results
more
Hide
Gun crews of the U.S. 382nd Infantry Regiment fire machine guns,antitank guns and rifles from ridge of Zebra Hill in Okinawa.
U.S. troops battling enemy on ridge of Zebra Hill in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers and gun crews of the 382nd Infantry Regiment fire machine guns, antitank guns and rifles from positions on the ridge of Zebra Hill. Shells burst over Japanese positions.
A typhoon strikes the U.S. Navy fleet withdrawing after the attack on Aguni island, in the Pacific during World War II.
U.S. Navy fleet struck by a typhoon in the Pacific, during World War II. The rough waters in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy fleet of ships hit by a typhoon. The typhoon hits the U.S. Navy 3rd Fleet withdrawing after the attack on Aguni in Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa. Water lashes at the bow of a battleship. Large waves crashing over bow of ships. Battleships, cruisers, destroyers and carriers in the fleet hit by the typhoon. Water rushes on the bow of USS Massachusetts. Men on the ship trying to cover themselves. The seaplanes on the stern of the ship being wrecked on the launcher. The battleship USS Indiana fighting the heavy waters. The aircraft carriers damaged by the typhoon. The bow of the cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) in the rough waters. The seaplanes on the stern being damaged. One of the aircraft on the launcher. Other seaplanes being wrecked on the deck. The bow of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington get damaged. An aircraft takes off from the deck of the carrier which is undamaged. The steel girders supporting the deck is bent and twisted. The carrier at sea. The wrecked section hangs over the bow. The crew of the carrier USS Hornet repairing the damage. The aircraft wreckage on the stern of the ship. Men inspecting the damage. Navy personnel on parts of the aircraft on the deck. The USS Pittsburgh being brought by a Navy tug to a floating dry dock for repair. A temporary step bow is put on USS Pittsburgh.
U.S. Army 77th Division soldiers capture an island of the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II.
U.S. Army 77th Division in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. Columns of soldiers move along a road among fields. A squad leader fires into a cave. Men of the 136th Engineers rush with guns up a hill. The men move past a Shinto shrine. A soldier fires flame throwers on Japanese caves. A soldier blows a bugle and other soldiers salute during a flag raising ceremony on the first Japanese homeland island taken. A soldier tries to hoist the flag and other soldiers stand around and salute. The flag being raised and hoisted. The troops salute.
Mopping up operations at end of battle for Okinawa in World War II. Numerous Japanese prisoners of war inpounded.
Opening scene shows tents housing more than 1500 Japanese prisoners of war at Kadena, Okinawa during World War 2. The area is surrounded by fencing and, as camera pans, it shows an American soldier overlooking the prison camp as he holds a Browning M1919A6 light machine gun. Another view of the prison compound with warning sign against admittance and another sign reading: "PW inclosure." As narrator refers to "mopping up operations" a jeep carrying more Japanese POWs drives past the signs. Ambulatory Japanese POWs entering the prison compound past armed military policeman. View from inside the compound as Japanese POWs enter. A POW being frisked by a U.S. soldier. Closeups of some Japanese prisoners standing behind barbed wire enclosure. American soldier makes notes as he interviews a prisoner. POWs receiving haircuts under a tent in the stockade. Others washing and shaving at an outdoor trough of water. Some seen playing a board game at a tent. POWs in a wrestling contest, surrounded by others watching. Prisoners offloading supplies from a truck and stacking them in their compound. POWs cooking food in large kettles and distributing it to other prisoners. Various views of prisoners in the compound. U.S. medics attending to a wounded POW, administering blood plasma. Numerous Japanese prisoners loosely assembled outdoors. Next, on June 22, 1945, U.S. troops are assembled for a flag raising ceremony. The U.S. flag is raised on a tall flagpole to mark the securing of Okinawa. An unidentified U.S. Army Lieutenant General leads the ceremony, saluting as the colors are raised. (Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Commander, 10th Army that took Okinawa, was killed only 4 days earlier, on June 18, 1945.)
Japan Kamikazes attack U.S. Navy Task Force 58, in battle of Okinawa in World War II
Role of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. Film begins showing amphibious assault by U.S. forces of Navy Task Force 58, against Okinawa, on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945. Higgins Boats from U.S. transport ships race through the water and discharge troops on the land, with no signs of Japanese resistance. Some of the boats' markings show they came from the U.S transport ship USS Barnett (APA-5). Sailor aboard a transport ship uses ax to cut a line and release a power boat from its davits. The boat drops into the water with a huge splash. View of lines of U.S soldiers and marines wading through shallow water toward mud flats on the land. Closeups of Troops with landing craft behind them. advance overland with no signs of Japanese resistance. Troops sitting on a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) parked in sand. U.S. infantry begin moving inland accompanied by armor and military trucks and other vehicles. The area is very quiet, with no sign of enemy activity. Views of Army and Marine Corps infantry walking beside an M4 Sherman tank. Views of soldiers using binoculars in effort to detect any signs of the enemy. Crews in combat gear, at battle stations aboard Navy ships waiting patiently for enemy action. It came suddenly in the form of Kamikaze attacks on April 6, 1945, when the Navy's radar picket ships were attacked followed by general attacks against U.S. Capital ships. A kamikaze is seen striking an Essex-class aircraft carrier amidst ship, setting off explosions on the ship. Anti-aircraft gunners on various ships are seen firing at the Japanese planes. Another ship is struck by a Kamikaze. Douglas Dauntless and F4F aircraft being launched from carriers. The Battleship, USS Maryland (BB-46), is struck by a kamikaze that knocks out some of her gun emplacements, but she continues her mission in spite of the damage. A kamikaze aircraft is seen attacking the USS Yorktown (CV-10). It is hit by anti-aircraft fire and just misses the ship, splashing into the water nearby. Air is filled by black smoke puffs, from anti-aircraft fire as Japanese aircraft maneuver overhead. One is struck and falls burning to crash in the water, just off the flight deck of a carrier. Gun camera clip showing a multi-engine Japanese aircraft being shot down from behind, by a U.S. aircraft. Closeup of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft in flight, peeling off to attack. More gun camera footage of a Japanese multi-engine aircraft being shot down from behind. A Kamikaze airplane diving down under anti-aircraft fire and crashing into the sea. Gunners firing Bofors anti-aircraft guns from gun emplacements beside the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Skies filled with black flak clouds. On 11 April, a low-flying kamikaze Zero, although fired upon, is seen crashing on the battleship, USS Missouri USS (BB-63). It strikes her starboard side, just below her main deck level. The starboard wing of the plane was thrown far forward, starting a gasoline fire at 5 in (127 mm) Gun Mount No. 3. At the same time, another kamikaze crashes into the sea in the foreground. An aircraft carrier's gunners fire anti-aircraft Bofors guns at a Kamikaze plane that swoops over her flight deck and crashes, exploding, into the sea just off the flight deck. A low flying Kamikaze aircraft crashes into the sea off the bow of an escort carrier, underway. Heavy black smoke rises from the airplane blowing up. A huge explosion with a white cloud of smoke is seen above the battleship USS Missouri.
U.S. Tenth Army General Simon B. Buckner in fatigue clothes and helmet as he visits the 77th Division in Japan.
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Tenth Army General Simon B. Buckner visits the U.S. 77th Division. General in fatigue clothes and helmet as he discusses with a soldier. M-18 tank passes over a dirt road. (World War II period).
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
