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U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa and fighting off attacks by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft in World War II

Conclusion of U.S. Navy film: "The Fleet That Came To Stay." Role of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. Opening scene shows ships of U.S. Task Force 58 sitting quietly in waters off the coast of Okinawa, at dawn on May 9, 1945 (VE Day, when Germany surrendered in World War 2). Navy gunners silhouetted against the dawning sky, with twin Bofors anti-aircraft guns. Silhouettes of sailors on early watch. Sailor walks on deck of an aircraft carrier, past parked aircraft with it's vertical stabilizer and rudder riddled to pieces by battle damage. An escort aircraft carrier and other warships are moving slowly past the camera ship. A Douglas Dauntless dive bomber, with only a pilot aboard, takes off from a carrier. Brief glimpse of aircraft taking off from a carrier. It carries a bomb underneath and displays the number 559 on its engine cowling. Numerous American aircraft in formation above the ships. A U.S. cruiser in the distance. Closeups of capital ships bombarding Okinawa with heavy guns and firing anti-aircraft guns at attacking Kamikaze aircraft. Black flak clouds and tracer bullets tracking a Japanese aircraft. Superimposed slate tallies Japanese aircraft shot down: "May 12th: 164; June 3rd: 45; June 6th: 67; June 8th: 30." A kamikaze plane crashes into the sea. Gunners aboard a ship work rapidly to reload their anti-aircraft guns. View of an Essex class aircraft carrier with black flak clouds overhead. Two explosions occur next to her hull. Gunners track a Japanese airplane flying low and close to the water. It passes a carrier and crashes into the sea. More views of sailors working at speed to reload anti-aircraft guns. A sailor firing an Oerlikon 20 mm cannon from gun position atop a ship. A Kamikaze plane crashes at starboard side of an Escort aircraft carrier underway. View of long line of anti-aircraft guns firing simultaneously from beside the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Smoke rising from the firing and driven by the wind. Remains of a Kamikaze plane spin down amid black flak clouds, after being hit by gunfire. Slate reads "4232 (Japanese planes shot down). The spinning pieces of the Kamikaze plane crash well clear of a nearby Cleveland class light cruiser. Against background of flak filled sky, a Washington Post Newspaper headline is shown reading: "Navy Okinawa Casualties near 10,000 and 2 more ships hit."

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072099
U.S. invasion of Okinawa, Japan, during World War II

Invasion of Okinawa in World War 2. Shoreline of Okinawa. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) and landing boats underway in foreground. The invasion force off Okinawa include at time 01:44 the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43; time 01:27 battleship USS Idaho, BB-42; time 01:32 heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25; time 01:38 a Cleveland class light cruiser; Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs), Landing Ships Tank (LSTs), & auxillary ships.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024984
Closeup shots of rockets launched from U.S. Landing ships during invasion of Okinawa in World War II

5-inch rockets being fired from U.S. warships at Okinawa. Smoke covered Okinawa shore line. LSM(R)-198 and LSM(R)-199 fire 5-inch rockets at Okinawa. The destroyer USS Heywood L. Edwards, DD-663, fires her main battery of 5-inch/38 Mark 12 guns.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024986
United States ships bombard the coastal defenses in Okinawa and men announce terms of surrender to Japanese.

Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War. A map of Okinawa. United States warships lie off the shore and bombard the coast in Okinawa, Japan. Shells burst on the coast and smoke rises. Japanese naval defenses destructed. American Naval personnel aboard a vessel hold a loudspeaker and a man speaks into a microphone. He announces the terms of surrender. Another man on board a vessel announces the terms of surrender near the beach.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042105
Events in career of Chester Nimitz. The battle for Okinawa.

The U.S. assault on Okinawa during World War II. U.S. battleships bombard Okinawa. U.S. amphibious assault forces in landing craft and fighting their way on shore under heavy fire from Japanese defenders. U.S troops employ tanks, flame throwers, machine guns, recoilless weapons, and small arms. Funeral services aboard a U.S. naval ship for fallen American servicemen. U.S. naval ships defending against Japanese Kamikaze attacks. Admiral Nimitz visiting troops on Okinawa, following the battle.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042987
Admiral Chester W Nimitz and Marine General Alexander Vandegrift arrive at Okinawa airport.

Arrival of U.S. officials at Okinawa Airport during Battle of Okinawa. A Navy R6D (Military DC-6) transport plane carrying U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz and Marine Lieutenant General Alexander Vandegrift lands in Okinawa airport. Admiral Nimitz and General Vandegrift exit from plane. Officers talk at airport. Nimitz and Vandegrift leave for 10th Army headquarters in dukw, six wheel drive amphibious vehicle. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052937
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