U.S. 1st Battalion 1st Marines fight the enemy in Okinawa. Marines on Shark Tooth Ridge fire Thompson sub machine gun and M-1 from prone position down hill towards cave. Marines fire bazooka rocket launcher over crest of hill. Marines fire bazooka over edge. They reload bazooka and another round is fired. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Marine runs away after planting satchel charge in cave. Satchel charge explodes. Marine carrying Browning Automatic Rifle trots around to front of cave and fires into mouth of cave. Marine puts satchel charge into the mouth of cave. Marines move up ridge with their equipment. Cameraman slate indicates it is "Dog Company" taking the ridge over the Corps' objective. (World War II period).
U.S. 305th Infantry, 77th Division mops up in outskirts of Yuza, Okinawa. Soldiers prepare demolition charges. They throw demolition charges into cave which follows tremendous explosion. M-4 tank moves along pathway into village. Soldiers carrying demolition charges walk through ruins of house. (World War II period).
A crowd parades on the street during a festival in Japan. Civilians in native costumes walk along street. Flag on buildings on side of street. Officials in large conveyance. Parade passes under archway. Dancers with crowd. Crowd passes through gate. To dispel the evil spirits the dragon is awarded a prominent place in the procession. Large dragon on street. Crowd pulls floats. Geisha girls and others dance on street. Civilians watch.
Scenes captured by newsreel cameramen in Tokyo during fire after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. Population fleeing flames, attempting to save belongings. Wrecked houses along side of street. Policemen and civilians in street.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance in the villages of the islands. Tanks advance in the villages. Marines approach houses in the village. Fire and smoke due to explosions. Dead bodies lay on ground. Fire rises up from the houses in village. Flame throwing Sherman tanks set huge fires throughout the villages. Aerial view of smoke over island. Infantry equipped with small arms, and some seen carrying flame thrower packs on their backs, moving along the roads without heavy support weapons. U.S. Douglas TBM Avenger aircraft drop food, water and munitions by parachute to Marines climbing hills. Smoke protects Marines crossing an open slope. (World War II period).
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