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United States 10th Army tanks advance on hilly terrain in Okinawa.

United States 10th Army in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. U.S. tanks advance on hilly terrain in Okinawa. A marine tank blown by a Japanese land mine. U.S. Marines try to rescue the crew on the tank. The ammunition in the tank catches fire. U.S. Marines fail to rescue the crew. Japanese installations destroyed. Fire and smoke rises due to explosions. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053646
Native children learn judo and dancing in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.

Native children in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. The children are given dancing instructions in a field. A native woman instructs a boy in dancing. Boys are given instructions in judo. Okinawa policeman in background. Boys practice judo. Wounded children lying down. Several children sit on a bench. A small boy with an taped amputated hand sits on a bench.

Date: 1955, March 9
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054145
U.S military police move civilians from a village to make way for an air base, in Okinawa, Japan

Evacuation of civilians of Okinawa in Japan, during World War II. U.S. MP (Military Police) in a village in Okinawa in Japan. The MP with the civilians in the streets of the village. The Military Police and a few women of the village in front of a hut. The women talk among themselves. One of the MP wearing a helmet with the letters 'MP' written on it. Civilians, holding their belongings, walk through the streets of the village. The civilians in an enclosure. The MP among a group of civilians which includes elderly people. The civilians are helped into trucks by the MP for evacuation from the village which is to be the site of an air base. A group of civilians walk with their belongings. Trucks loaded with civilians in view. The trucks move along the road. Huts on the side of the road. A Military Police on a horse leads a large group of civilians who carry their belongings. Children in the group. The group walks along the road. The group includes men, women, children and elderly people.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054926
Okinawan workers at work in the area of the village which is the proposed site for an air base, in Okinawa, Japan during WWII.

Okinawan workers during the work of an airstrip in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. The workers in a village in Okinawa, gather in a group. The workers move in a line to a desk where a pair of U.S. Military Police are seated. Each worker signs on a document. A policeman looks on. Few policemen stand behind the desk. The workers bow to an officer who walks past them. The workers move in a group. A few men in the group eating out of a bowl. The group of workers in a field which is the proposed site for the air base. The workers move in a line along a road. A few workers,with hammers in their hands, at work in the area. Sacks of sand stacked by the workers. Workers along the side of a road. Trucks with material move along the road. Heavy equipment grading the ground for the airstrip. Workers operate heavy equipment. A few workers painting the roof and sides of a building in the area. Aircraft taking off from the new airstrip.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054928
U.S. troops take the Japanese prisoners into a wire-fenced enclosure and offers food, in Okinawa, Japan during WWII.

Japanese prisoners in Okinawa, Japan, during Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Japanese prisoners of war (POW) are marched on a muddy field by U.S. troops. The prisoners walk past a tent. The prisoners are put in an enclosure with a wire fencing. 'PW Enclosure' written outside the enclosure. A U.S. soldier opens a can of C-ration and gives it to a Japanese prisoner The prisoner eats the C-ration given to him inside the enclosure.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054930
Americans shoot down Japanese planes and strafe ships off Okinawa, Japan

'Naval operations off Okinawa '. Japanese ships underway in the sea, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan. A Japanese plane shot down by American carrier aircraft. It also strafes a Japanese ship. Japanese planes attack American ships and shot. Fire on United States Navy cruiser Bunker Hill fought by men. Seamen rescued as they climb onto a ship. A fighter's belly tank drops on a carrier while landing and causes fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058493