Japanese shipping attacked by American submarine around Babelthuap Island, Palau. Periscope view of wooded shores. Formation of clouds. Trees on shores. (World War II period).
Invasion of Okinawa. U.S. naval bombardment and shelling on island of Kerama Group. Landing crafts approach beach. LVT (Landing Vechicle, Tracked) move up on beaches of Okinawa. Infantry and armored units of 3rd Battalion, 305th Regimental Combat Team takes immediate control of beach. Japanese caves shelled by howitzers. Troops move inland and further. Japanese suicide boats along caves on shores destroyed by bombs. Japanese interpreter of U.S. 3rd Battalion asks a Korean prisoner in fields to go up hill and persuade Japanese for surrender. Korean prisoner goes towards hill with truce flag. Japanese come down hill. Surrendered Japanese Lieutenant sits with other men. American forces land on another island on Kerama Group where no civilian or military resistance is encountered. Flag rose at captured island. Troops plan invasion of another Kerama Group island aboard ship. Invasion of Tokashiki by U.S. troops. U.S. troops move inland. Troops march along trails on hill. Wrecked houses in town. Officer looks through binocular from observation post. American flag behind officer. Artillery fire shelling Tokashiki Island. (World War II period).
Face of George Washington appears clearly on the mountain. Blasting near the emerging face followed by eruption of smoke and dust. Two workers are lowered down near the eyes and nose of George Washington's face to carry out finishing touch. Separate sculpture shown at end of clip appears to be a small scale model of what the completed Mount Rushmore work will look like (but it is not very much like the final work).
Activities of United States Federal Marshals during AIM (American Indian Movement) siege of Wounded Knee on the outskirts of Native American Indian Lakota Nation in United States. Man stands holding a child. U.S. Marshals in camouflage uniform stand besides him. Man poses with a child. A man and woman talk. Woman comes and takes the child. She poses with the child.
Policemen in flood stricken area of Rapid City. State policeman with dog searching for bodies in debris of flood stricken area. Crane operates. Two policemen talk. Repairs and cleanup taking place in the background.
Clean up operations after floods in Canyon Lake Park, Rapid City. National Guardsmen hook crane to car buried under debris. Three workers talk. Salvation Army Emergency Canteen truck serves refreshments and drinks to workers. Workers take refreshments from window of truck.
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