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U.S. 10th Army troops on their way to Okinawa for capturing the Japanese positions on the island (WW2)

Invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Coming aboard the flagship of Task Force 58 is Admiral Marc Mitscher. Conferences in Guam come to an end. Officers walk. U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander in Chief, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sends an armada of 1400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands. Fleet underway to Okinawa. Troops of the U.S. 10th Army division play cards, play music and dance on the deck to entertain themselves. Officer distributes money to the soldiers aboard the ship. Troops stand with money. Guns of the fleet fire at land. Rockets being fired at shore. Landing crafts reach the shore. Troops walk on the shore in Okinawa. Japanese dugouts and pillboxes being destroyed with grenades. Soldiers talk and share food with civilians on the island.

Location: Japan
Date: 1945, April 9
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046763
United States 10th Army invades Okinawa,Japan during World War 2

A film titled ' Invasion of Okinawa' shows Admiral Chester William Nimitz after his declaration to attack Okinawa in Japan. United states 10th Army launches an invasion on Kerama island in Ryukyu,Japan. Admiral Nimitz,General Buckner and Admiral Richmond Turner direct the operations. American soldiers take over the island after heavy bombardment. They invade Okinawa and land on the island behind naval bombardment.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038547
Development of Okinawa Island in the years after World War II

Postwar development of Okinawa Island in the Pacific Ocean. Views of recently constructed schools, power stations, and aerial view of the Fukuji Dam and water reservoir. Children play in school. Two young Japanese boys read. Power generators and electric power lines, poles, and cables. Water reservoir site. Transport boxes are offloaded from ship on to a dock at harbor. Passengers board an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing aircraft at Naha Airport. A Japan Airlines aircraft taking off from the airport and seen in the sky overhead. People walking in front of the Naha Airport terminal. Buses, trucks, and car traffic on roads and streets of Okinawa city. Men at work at a construction site.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1972
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025526
Transport through tanks, trucks and jeeps slowed down in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.

Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. Roads muddy due to water. Trucks, jeeps and tanks move along the water flooded roads with difficulty. Advancing troops and supplies slowed down. Tank and infantry units in fields. Phosphorous and small arms fired on camouflaged Japanese positions. Heavy smoke rises up. Fire and smoke. Tanks and soldiers advance. Army corps relieved by Marines in South Naha. (World War II period).

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053469
United States Marine units bomb 'Sugar Loaf Hill' in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.

Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. The Marine units move away from Naha and Shuri. Troops on tanks and trucks. Rockets and artillery strike and bombard 'Sugar Loaf Hill'. Heavy smoke and fire due to explosions. Soldiers fire. Self propelled 155mm artillery system brought up. (World War II period).

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053470
U.S. 1st and 6th Marine Divisions advance towards the front mopping up Japanese hillside positions during the Battle of Okinawa.

Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A 'Corsair' plane lays a smoke screen to protect tanks crossing a field north of Naha under Japanese artillery fire. Marines follow tanks across an open terrain. They mop up Japanese hill side positions after the flame thrower tanks have been used.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051714
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