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U.S. naval guns are directed against fortifications in Shuri and Naha, Okinawa
Main battery Battleship fire is directed against Japanese fortified towns of Shuri and Naha in Okinawa, Japan. They are pounded by 14 inch and 16 inch naval guns for two days. U.S. troops find a mass of rubble when they enter the city of Shuri. The city of Naha is pounded by U.S. naval heavy guns for 40 days and nights. Low level aerial views of destroyed buildings in Naha. U.S. assault on the Naha airfield includes fire from U.S. navy rocket and mortar craft, seen in operation. Views of U.S. ground forces maneuvering to capture the Naha airfield, using grenades, and flamethrowers. (World War II period).
Japanese 1931 aggression in Manchuria condemned by the League of Nations. Continued Japanese aggression in the Pacific, through World War II
Japanese international activities during 1931-1945. Opening scene shows Japanese troops embarking on ships bound for an invasion of Manchuria, in 1931. Officers walking on the dock, amongst the departing troops. Scenes of explosions and destruction. Views of Shanghai during Japanese attacks in 1937. Destroyed buildings. Civilian dead lying in the streets. Japanese soldiers racing along a street in a three wheeled motorcycle vehicle. Change of scene shows Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka addressing a League of Nations meeting in 1933, after that body adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. He objects to that action and then leads his delegation in walking out of the meeting. View of Japanese delegates in top hats and bowler hats exiting the building. Scene shifts to Japanese forces firing artillery and machine guns in Manchuria.They wave large Japanese flag victoriously after a battle. The next scene shows Italian forces occupying Ethiopia and raising the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, as Italian troops salute, presenting arms of rifles with fixed bayonets. Axis leaders celebrate the 1940 Tripartite Pact between German, Italy and Japan. The festivities take place in a hall displaying the three nation's flags on the walls. A large number of persons attend including Japan's Prime Minister, General Hideki Tojo, seen with two celebrants. Scene reverts to China with Chinese civilian people trying to escape from invading Japanese forces. The refugees carry their belongings as they flee. Occasional shell burst is seen among advancing Japanese troops as Chinese soldiers put up resistance. Chinese soldiers firing artillery. In the U.S., Japanese envoys Kichisaburō Nomura and Saburō Kurusu are seen walking together into a building and entering a room inside. Next, are views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with huge plumes of smoke obscuring the bombed U.S. battleships in the harbor. U.S. battleships in line formation in the Pacific during World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. warships moving in parallel. British ships augmenting the U.S. warships. Naval guns firing. U.S. amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Prisoners of the Japanese who suffered in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur mingling with former prisoners and internees upon his return to Manila in 1944. Aerial views of Iwo Jima. Naval bombardment and amphibious assault of Iwo Jima. Numerous fallen Japanese soldiers. The iconic American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima. View of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. during the campaign on Okinawa, where he was killed in action. A Soldier being carried on a stretcher. Another throwing a hand grenade. U.S. soldier firing at a Japanese defender who falls out of his bunker. Large numbers of Japanese prisoners of war assembled in a field. Japanese Kamikaze attacking U.S. warships off Okinawa. The sky filled with antiaircraft flak clouds. View of 40mm Bofors antiaircraft cannon firing and a Japanese plane falling and exploding on impact in the ocean.
United States artillery shells the city of Naha and explosions and smoke rise all around in Okinawa.
City of Naha shelled by U.S. artillery, Okinawa. View of city of Naha. Smoke arises in different sections from burning buildings. River in foreground. Artillery shells the town. Explosions and smoke rises as the shell burst all around. A large building burns. Smoke rises.
U.S. planes coming down in flames after crashing mid-air while U.S. artillery shelling down Naha city, Okinawa.
City of Naha shelled by U.S. artillery, Okinawa. American aircraft come down in flames. Two of them fall after they crash in midair. Marines move towards Naha city. Smoke arises from city as many buildings burn.
U.S. Marines examine wrecked Japanese fighter and bomber planes at Naha airfield in Okinawa.
Wrecked Japanese planes at an airfield in Naha, Okinawa. Wrecked Japanese planes and hangars. Wrecked Japanese revetment with demolished plane in it. Marines examine wrecked Japanese bomber at Naha airfield. Marine sits in cockpit of damaged Japanese fighter plane. Wreckage on airfield.
U.S. 6th Battalion tanks fire guns at Japanese positions on hill near Naha area in Okinawa.
U.S. 22nd Marine Regiment and 6th Tank Battalion advance under fire in Naha, Okinawa. Tanks and Marines move along road near a village around Naha area. Tanks moving up hill and some huts in the background. Explosions on hillside, tank in the foreground fires. Tanks fire guns at hillside. Explosions and smoke rise from hillside. Some Marines pull a Marine casualty behind a tank and drag him along ground as they are under fire. (World War II period).
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