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A flame thrower throws flame at a cave in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan.

United States Marine Corps in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A United States Marine Corps interpreter talks to Japanese Prisoner of War. A prisoner reads some documents. Prisoner seated in a field. Some more prisoners brought in a jeep. Marines talk to them. Japanese prisoner of war talks to people inside cave to surrender. A Japanese flame thrower throws flame in a cave. He along with Marines climbs up a hill.

Date: 1945, June 29
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042121
Soldiers aboard a LST in Pacific Ocean as they head towards Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

United States Army personel during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan by United States in World War 2. Two Army Signal Corps soldiers work on an mobile antenna on a field mobile communications truck aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Deck of the LST loaded with deck cargo. African American Army personnel aboard ship being given cigarettes. U.S.C.G. sailor, named McGuire, in dungarees seated on back of an LCVP(Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Wake made by LCVP with gun shields in the foreground. Soldiers being issued cartons of cigarettes. Bow-on view of LST-674. Starboard view of LST-759. Minesweeper, YMS-478, underway as sailors on the forecastle toss over a line. A movie being transferred to LST from YMS. Men on the forecastle of the minesweeper receive the movie film reels in cases, via over water line transfer.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059751
U.S. soldiers receive wages from a Naval Supply Officer while sailing to Okinawa (WW2)

United States soldiers receive their salary from the U.S. Navy supply officer while sailing to Okinawa during World War 2. Naval Supply Officer sits behind a small desk with a cash box. Naval Supply Officer gives soldiers’ wages in cash as B type military scrip. Soldiers line up to receive their wages. An officer hands out a document (likely a pay slip) to soldiers after receiving their salary. Soldiers watching as the Naval Supply Officer disburse wages in cash. A soldier inspects a 20 “B Yen” note (United States B type military scrip currency in Japan).

Date: 1945, April 5
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079538
The outgoing President Harry S Truman and the President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower.

President Harry S Truman holds his last official cabinet meeting in Washington DC. The President with his cabinet team seated around a table. He is presented with a chair at the head of the table. Plate on chair reads 'The President April 1945.' New York: President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower with his future official family poses for pictures. The future President with his cabinet seated and standing.

Date: 1953, January 12
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020706
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon at the dedication ceremony of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Virginia, United States.

Dedication ceremony of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (The Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Sculptor Felix de Weldon and photographer Joe Rosenthal shake hands with the statue of flag raising in the background. Chaplain says a prayer at a ceremony. Spectators seated with their hats off. President's car comes own the drive way followed by others. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Navy personnel. Vice President Richard Nixon talks to a Marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Nixon poses with the three survivors of the original flag raising at Iwo Jima. Statue of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. A sign at the base of the statue reads 'Felix de Weldon 1945-1954'.

Date: 1954, November 10
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022015
Operation "Road's End" and preparations for destruction of the Japanese submarine fleet moored in Sasebo Bay, Japan

Views from U.S. boat moving among Japanese submarines in Sasebo Bay, Japan, during Operation Road's End, involving the scuttling of the Japanese submarine fleet. Seen are submarines: I-47; I-162; I-156l;n-203;I-158;I-103;107;I-58. An American launch pulls up to I-58 (the sub that sank the USs Indianapolis on July 31, 1945, in the Philippine Sea).Vice-Admiral Robert M. Griffin, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, climbs aboard the sub, followed by other members of his party. Admiral Griffin walks the deck of the submarine, followed by a Rear Admiral, who points out some features of the boat to Admiral Griffith. View of the group standing on the deck of the I-58.

Date: 1946, April 1
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022265