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Soldiers pack equipment on the deck of an LST and a convoy of landing crafts underway at sea off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

Activities aboard a Landing Ship Tank off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) convoy underway. Gun crew on the bow of the LST. U.S. soldiers pack equipment on the deck of the LST. Other landing crafts underway at sea.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070705
U.S. Navy's Task Force 58 in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.

Opening title is: "The Fleet That Came To Stay." Opening scene shows a U.S. warship dimly in darkness, during World War 2. Three American sailors in battle gear, lean over the ship's railing and discuss their destination: "Okinawa.". One sailor walks along the deck, past many more looking over the railing. The men discuss being only 320 miles from Japan, itself. Nose view of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft with engine running. View of it taking off, followed by a succession of views showing numerous similar Japanese aircraft taking off. A U.S. B-29 bomber taking off and views of B-29s in formation aloft. Bombs dropping from the B-29s and seen from the aircraft as they explode on Japanese targets below.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072092
American ships of Task force 58 defend against Japanese Kamikaze attacks during April and May, of 1945 in World War II battle of Okinawa.

Film opens with shaky views of Japanese Kamikaze airplane attacking and being shot down by gunners on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of Task Force 58, during the Okinawa campaign of World War 2. Burning wrecked aircraft seen on the carrier flight deck. Firefighters run across flight deck with hoses. A landing F4F fighter plane number 59 runs into the flaming wreckage on the deck, and explodes. View from the side of F4F number 58 engulfed in flames as it sits in a pool of firefighting foam. Black flak clouds in the air. A Kamikaze aircraft crashes harmlessly into the sea. Deck crewmen help a pilot out of the cockpit of a fire scorched F4F. View of sailors standing next to a pair of heavy gun barrels on a U.S. warship. Parachuting U.S. pilot seen touching down in the water after bailing out of his aircraft. Sailors running across the flight deck of a carrier. View of the pilot in his life vest being helped aboard the carrier. More views of flak filled sky and a flaming Japanese airplane diving straight down to crash harmlessly in the water. View of American flag at half mast on a U.S. Navy warship. It is April 12, 1945 and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) has just died. View of sailors on deck in a memorial service for the President. Closeup of mourners singing with hymnals open. Closeup glimpse of FDR. More views of mourners. Scene changes to Japanese Kamikaze being blasted out of the air in pieces, by anti-aircraft fire from a U.S. carrier. The remains fall into the sea. View from U.S. ship, of a Japanese Nakajima L2D transport aircraft with flames coming out of its right wing, as it descends close to the water near the ship, with its landing gear down. View from a more distant ship of the transport plane exploding in the water near a U.S. Escort aircraft carrier. Twin Bofors anti-aircraft guns firing from a U.S. ship. Tracer bullets fill the sky aimed at a Japanese Kamikaze plane. Slates overlay the scene announcing Japanese aircraft shot down: "April 6th: 277 aircraft; April 12th: 100; May 3rd: 97;" Film ends showing more anti-aircraft fire from ships against attacking Japanese aircraft.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072098
Japanese prisoners surrender to the Allied troops in Okinawa during the Pacific War of World War 2

Japanese prisoners surrender in Okinawa during the Pacific War of World War II. Japanese soldiers move across river and rugged terrain. Allied soldiers fire artillery and attack Japanese installations. Dead Japanese soldiers on field. Attack on ship underway at sea. Japanese prisoner urges surrender and speaks over microphone. Japanese prisoners surrender.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073177
U.S. soldiers of 7th and 96th Infantry Division and elements of 27th Infantry Division advance in Okinawa during World War II.

U.S. infantrymen move up to the front in Okinawa during World War II. Infantrymen of the 7th and 96th Infantry Division moving up to the front. The Infantrymen carrying full packs and rifles walk along a dirt road. Elements of the 27th Infantry Division pass. A split column of infantrymen. Soldiers of the 105th Infantry Regiment pass.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 12
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074412
U.S. tanks and motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions on Chocolate Drop Hill,Okinawa during WWII.

Assault on Shuri Line shows M-4 tanks and M-18 motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions on Chocolate Drop Hill in Okinawa during World War II. Shell hits on Japanese mountain caves and gun positions. U.S. soldiers at 77th Infantry, 306th Regiment OP (Operations Post), observe fighting through binoculars.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074416
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