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U.S. Army Infantry troops advance during Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa, during World War II. U.S. Infantry troops advance on a road lined by trees on an island of Okinawa. White phosphorous bombs exploded to signal aircraft. A U.S. soldier among the bushes. White flares and fumes rise from the wooded region due to white phosphorous bombs bursts. U.S. soldiers advance among the bushes and trees. Positions in the jungle sprayed with flamethrowers by the soldiers.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054924
U.S. aircraft bombard the city area and the Japanese fleet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

A U.S. air attack on Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. aircraft from U.S. Navy ship USS Yorktown (CV-10) attack Okinawa. An aerial view of the air attack. Japanese ships underway at sea. The aircraft in flight over the target area. Aerial and gun camera views as aircraft drop bombs and strafe the Japanese fleet. Smoke rises as the ships explode due to the bombardment. Splashes in the water. The aircraft bombard the city area on the island. Smoke rises due to bombardment in the city.

Date: 1945, March
Duration: 4 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062190
American aircraft carrier under Kamikaze attack, off the Japanese coast in World War 2

World War II in the Pacific. American aircraft carriers underway off the coast of Okinawa on May 14, 1945. Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber) flies through heavy antiaircraft gun fire. One of the Kamikaze gets hit and crashes just ahead of the carrier. Several other kamikaze planes are shot down. Damage control party aboard the USS Enterprise carrier deck fights fires from a Kamikaze strike.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029819
Destroyer, USS Sigsbee, being taken in tow by the Cruiser, USS Miami, after being hit by a Japanese Kamikase in World War II

Aftermath of Japanese Kamikaze attack that struck aft of number 5 gun on the destroyer, USS Sigsbee (DD-502), April 14th, 1945, while she was on radar picket duty off Okinawa, during World War 2. The USS Sigsbee is seen with its stern partly under water. The USS Dashiell (DD-659) is in the background. View of the Sigsbee, from the U.S. Cruiser, USS Miami(CL-89) as she prepares to take the destroyer under tow. Some Sigsbee crew members seen on her upper deck and several occupy her gun position forward of the damaged area. Camera pans over Sigsbee's main deck, where many of her crew are seen, and then focuses on her bow, as crews from both ships secure tow lines.

Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050881
Native inhabitants of Okinawa Island, Japan

Native people of Okinawa. Japanese civilians walk on road. An elderly Okinawan woman on the street. An Okinawan man carrying a pole. A young woman and elderly woman in front of a watch shop. A Japanese woman in kimono crosses the road. Smiling Japanese men and women. Okinawan farmer tending pineapple plants. American Air Force non-commissioned officers at a bank window in a bank. Car drives past "Italian Food House Restaurant." An Okinawan farmer works on a farm. A Shinto shrine in Okinawa. Two Japanese men fix a boat. Truck at a mining site. Public union demonstrators demonstrate against United States air bases carrying red flags with Japanese writing.

Date: 1972
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025529
Japanese cemetery and native workers work at various jobs in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.

Natives working at various jobs in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. A Japanese cemetery. Grave marker in the cemetery. Sign in the cemetery reads 'Camp Goza cemetery'. Men tend graves. A sign reads 'Island Command Cemetery, Okinawa'. Jeeps on road in background. A girl walks with a baby. A sign reads 'Camp Goza Military Government'. A village in Okinawa. A horse drawn cart going down road. Native men climb from back of a truck. Workers shovel potatoes from back of a truck onto a ramp. A mule drawn cart on a muddy road.

Date: 1955, March 9
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054146