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General Douglas MacArthur and entourage walk out into water to pose for famous "return" photographs (WW2)
General Douglas MacArthur and his entourage, at Leyte, Philippines during the Battle of Leyte in World War II. He leads them from land, out into the water to stage the famous "return to Philippines" photographs.
Filipino students study the Japanese language under Japanese Occupation (WW2)
Filipinos study the Japanese language during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines in World War 2. Title card reads “Ang pagsisimula ng bagong Filipinas sa paga-aral ng wikang Hapon” (“The start of a new Philippines through learning the Japanese language” in English). A Japanese flag is displayed on a tall flagpole. Elementary schoolchildren performing physical exercises in front of a teacher playing a small piano. Schoolchildren form a circle around the teacher while dancing and singing. Schoolchildren enter school. Schoolchildren playing in the yard. Three Filipino boys sitting. A group of Filipino children sitting. Students crowd a school corridor. Children listen attentively to a teacher. A teacher writes in Japanese on a blackboard. Sign reads “Japan Cultural Hall Entrance- 219”. Young Filipino men and women attend a class in Nihongo (Japanese language). A Nihongo teacher teaches Japanese to Filipino adult students in a Japanese cultural center in Manila.
Chaplain conducts V-E (Victory in Europe) Day thanksgiving services in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Group of U.S. servicemen gather in clearing near tents, on Okinawa, on May 8, 1945, (V-E Day) to give thanks for the end of World War 2 in Europe. One sits at improvised organ. Officers and a Chaplain enter the clearing. The Chaplain distributes song sheets and conducts the group in singing, accompanied by organist. At conclusion, all turn and face the American flag flying nearby.
Wounded U.S. Marine being loaded aboard Stinson L-5B aircraft in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Air evacuation of wounded United States Marines on Okinawa in June, 1945. U.S. Army Air Forces Stinson L-5B Sentinel ambulance aircraft of the 163rd Liaison Squadron landing in front of camera as signalman waves flags. Identifiable aircraft serial numbers are: 44-17001, 44-17308, 44-17005. An ambulance pulls up on the field in front of a Red Cross tent and men carry a woundedsoldier on a stretcher towards L-5B aircraft. Another Marine on litter being loaded aboard an aircraft. More L-5B's taxi into position and take off. Identifiable tail numbers 44-17320, 44-16938. One aircraft, only identifiable with the number '80' on the tail is a Marine Corps OY-1 (L-5B).
General Joseph Stilwell and General Simon Buckner confer in Okinawa; battle scenes on Okinawa.
General Roy Geiger and General Simon B. Buckner Jr on Okinawa during World War 2 (prior to General Buckner's death at Okinawa in June, 1945. General Buckner and General Joseph Stilwell confer outside a tent. Tanks and infantrymen move at Hill 92 for a battle against Japanese troops. View from elevated position of battle underway and tanks with mounted flamethrowers attacking Japanese machine gun nest positions. U.S. Army soldiers standing on a ridge and firing rifles at enemy positions. Long extension hose is run from tank flamethrower up a hill to reach another enemy position. A Japanese officer with a badly burned face and injuries to neck, head, and arms surrenders to U.S. Army soldiers. He is assisted by U.S. soldiers in climbing over rocks during surrender. Officers feed Japanese officer, a 1st Lieutenant in a Japanese Navy unit, and give him a cigarette which he smokes. They carry him on a stretcher to receive medical attention and further interrogation. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 defends against Japanese Kamikaze attacks and bombards Okinawa during Operation Iceberg
A glimpse of Navy gunners firing Bofors anti-aircraft guns from battle station on a U.S. aircraft carrier is how this film begins. Next, black flak clouds fill the sky and tracer rounds are seen in a nighttime battle as ships of U.S. Task Force 58 (TF-58) battles attacks from Japanese aircraft, including Kamikazes dispatched from Mainland Japan, during World War 2. View of Japanese attacking aircraft subject to relentless tracer bullet fire, until is is hit. It continues toward a target ship, but misses and crashes into the sea. A flaming Japanese aircraft moving overhead in daylight, amidst many black flak clouds. It crashes into the sea. Another nighttime scene shows numerous tracer rounds flashing through the darkness as hundreds of land--based Japanese warplanes attack ships of Task Force 58. Explosions are seen in the air as attacking planes are hit by anti-aircraft fire. View of a Japanese attacking aircraft diving from overcast skies, banking to its left and crashing into the water. Gun camera views from American aircraft shooting down a Japanese multi-engine bomber from the rear and one from another aircraft shooting a Japanese fighter head-on. It veers off in smoke as the American plane passes to its left. The Japanese plane crashes into the sea with a huge explosion and fireball. Another gun camera view of large Japanese aircraft being shot down from the rear. Scene shifts to column of 5 "old" U.S. battleships underway. Views of guns firing from newer battleships of the line. Glimpse of foreign correspondent Ernie Pyle aboard a warship. The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) seen silhouetted against moonlit sky. (She was damaged by hit from Japanese aerial torpedo, off Okinawa on April 12th, 1945.) Views of fast battleships and other ships of TF 58,firing their naval guns. View on Okinawa as their shells explode, supporting advance by U.S. Army and Marine advancing forces. The U.S. troops running across fields as they advance. Burning buildings on Okinawa. US troops advancing through rice paddies. A soldier calling for close air support on a field radio. View of two Escort carriers providing air support. View air control officers aboard the Command ship, heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), as they order air strikes in support of the troops. F4F fighter planes carrying bombs take off from a carrier. Formations of U.S. aircraft in flight overhead. Their bombs exploding on Okinawa. frontal view of an F4F firing rockets. Wider views of F4Fs firing rockets.
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