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Supplies loaded on a truck in the Taira village of Okinawa.

People working in the Taira village of Okinawa. Men loading supplies on a truck. The truck moves. A man on a bicycle in the street. A man walking along a field and inspecting a thatch.

Location: Taira Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051478
Japanese delegates reach Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands and then advance towards Manila, Philippine Islands in the South East Asia.

Japanese surrender in Southeast Asia during World War II. Airplanes in formation flight. Two Japanese Mitsubishi G4M-1 'Betty' twin-engine bombers painted white with green crosses on their wings, fuselage and tail land at Ie Shima Ryukyu Islands near Okinawa carrying Japanese delegates. The planes land at Nichols Field at 1813 hours. The planes are dubbed 'Bataan number 1' and 'Bataan number 2.' Lt. Gen. Torasirou Kawabe, the vice chief of the Japanese Army's General Staff and his surrender party disembark from the airplanes. Members of the surrender party include Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama Representative, Imperial Japanese Navy Staff., Colonel Yashima Terai General Staff, Colonel Orato Yamoto General Staff, Mr. Morio Yakawa Secretary, Japanese foreign office. Kawabe leads the surrender party. Army C-54 transport airplanes parked. Japanese surrender delegates board the airplanes which take off for Manila, Philippines. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur speaks to his troops from a balcony at the war damaged Manila City Hall (Padre Burgos Ave, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) on 20 August 1945. He notes that he is hopeful that they will all be able to return home soon.

Location: Ie Shima Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, August 19
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072158
U.S. 8th Regiment Combat troops during invasion of Aguni, Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

Invasion of Aguni, a village in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Battleships at sea during invasion of Aguni in Ryukyu Islands in Japan on 9th June 1945. Artillery fired from the ships. Landing crafts carrying 8th Regiment Combat troops approach the island. The troops holding guns, advance on the island. The soldiers fire guns. The soldiers move under cover. The Japanese civilians come out of their hiding in underground shelters. A civilian and few others come out of their hiding place. The Japanese civilians being held. Women and children standing on the road. The native women prostrate before a soldier. The soldier offers them cigarettes to calm their fear. Soldiers with the women and children.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054936
U.S. 10th Army troops on their way to Okinawa for capturing the Japanese positions on the island (WW2)

Invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Coming aboard the flagship of Task Force 58 is Admiral Marc Mitscher. Conferences in Guam come to an end. Officers walk. U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander in Chief, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sends an armada of 1400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands. Fleet underway to Okinawa. Troops of the U.S. 10th Army division play cards, play music and dance on the deck to entertain themselves. Officer distributes money to the soldiers aboard the ship. Troops stand with money. Guns of the fleet fire at land. Rockets being fired at shore. Landing crafts reach the shore. Troops walk on the shore in Okinawa. Japanese dugouts and pillboxes being destroyed with grenades. Soldiers talk and share food with civilians on the island.

Location: Japan
Date: 1945, April 9
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046763
United States 10th Army invades Okinawa,Japan during World War 2

A film titled ' Invasion of Okinawa' shows Admiral Chester William Nimitz after his declaration to attack Okinawa in Japan. United states 10th Army launches an invasion on Kerama island in Ryukyu,Japan. Admiral Nimitz,General Buckner and Admiral Richmond Turner direct the operations. American soldiers take over the island after heavy bombardment. They invade Okinawa and land on the island behind naval bombardment.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038547
Casualties transferred by men into Stinson L-5B planes, Okinawa.

Evacuation of casualties from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. A casualty carried on a stretcher from a field ambulance and placed into a Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft flown by the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Several casualties and L-5B aircraft appear in this historic film footage taken on 21 June 1945. .

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, June 21
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052272
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