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Tracers being fired at night and smoke rises from the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

United States ships off the shore of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Low lying hills on the beach of Okinawa. Wrecked ships at the coast as men work on them. United States Naval fleet in the background. A white puff of smoke rises from the beach. Tracers being fired in the dark at night.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059111
United States Naval fleet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan and smoke rises from the coast during World War II.

United States ships in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Flaks burst in the sky. United States Naval fleet off the shore of Okinawa. Men on the deck of a ship. A white puff of smoke rises from the coast.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059112
Japanese children being taught English in a class by Japanese and American teachers in Okinawa, Japan (WW2)

American occupying forces allow Japanese children to resume classes in Okinawa, Japan after World War II. Children exercising in Koza Elementary School (4 Chome-16-1 Central, Okinawa, 904-0004, Japan). A teacher inspects students while exercising. A board reads 'Koza Primary School'. A Japanese headmaster reads from a paper. A group of American officers seated under tents watch students exercise. A Japanese teacher writes on a blackboard in English during a class. A student recites. A man plays the piano. Children singing. An American soldier teaches children to sing an English song.

Date: 1945, August 27
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064608
The United States 10th Army advances and families are evacuated in Okinawa, Japan.

The U.S. 10th Army advances during the Battle of Okinawa in Japan. U.S. Army soldiers gather at a rocky hillside in Okinawa. The soldiers with guns and ammunitions walk along the hillside. The troops attack caves. A Japanese boy watches the army procession. Smoke bombs are used to drive away women and children. Japanese families move to relocation camps. Army tanks carrying Marines move on rocky land to seize a village. U.S. Army soldiers inspect their guns and ammunitions. A Japanese suicide rocket bomb is described and disassembled. Two soldiers inspect a bomb launcher. A bomb is released from the launcher. Explosions and gun fire on the hillside. U.S. troops move ahead as the village is set on fire. Military tanks advance and fire. Explosions in the forest area. One of the Japanese survivors comes out of a cave. U.S. officers order for his clothes to be removed and first aid to be given. A soldier lies down and gets ready with his gun. A corpse on a rocky land. A soldier walks across the corpse. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065310
Japanese suicide aircraft attack U.S. battleships and pilots are trained for kamikaze unit in Okinawa, Japan.

A film 'Combating suicide plane attacks' about Japanese suicide aircraft attacks in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The Japanese suicide aircraft attack U.S. battleships during the Battle of Okinawa. An animation depicts two types of suicide attacks : kamikaze unit and suicide attack party. Pilots are trained for the kamikaze unit. The pilots march. A pilot stands with a sword. The first stage of the training is the spiritual intoxication. A statue of Lord Buddha. A suicide aircraft in flight. Two aircraft in flight. An animation shows the difference between conventional air attacks and suicide aircraft attacks.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067017
U.S. Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars and a Mortar Squad fires during the Battle of Okinawa.

The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A group of U.S. Marines at a command post looks at a chart of a combat area. A Marine looking through a binocular. Another Marine stands holding the binocular and other stand behind him. U.S. Marines in a foxhole. A Marine in a partial foxhole with a mortar. The Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars. Smoke columns rise in a distance due to mortar fire. Marine communications squad lays telephone wires toward advance position. The Marines laying the wires. A group of Marines seated discuss and one of them puts on a mask. The Marine advance. A Marine carries mortar parts on his shoulders. A USMC (United States Marine Corps) sniper with a telescopic lens on a rifle shoots across the valley. The Mortar Squad firing. Phosphorous smoke shells hit the ground in the open valley and lay a smoke screen. A Marine speaks over a telephone and another smokes a cigar.

Date: 1945, July 5
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069876