| 00:01:55 0.33 |
"OKINAWA - KEYSTONE OF THE PACIFIC"
THE STORY OF WHAT THE ARMY IS ACCOMPLISHING ON OKINAWA & THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF THAT ADVANCED BASE. |
| 00:02:10 15.33 |
NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF OKINAWA WHICH WAS
CEDED TO THE U.S IN THE JAPANESE PEACE TREATY. |
| 00:02:40 45.33 |
MONTAGE- AERIAL VIEWS OF THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA
OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN AS NARRATOR GIVES THE DEMOGRAPHICS. |
| 00:03:43 108.33 |
MONTAGE- FISHING BOATS ALONG THE SHORE. MS- STRAW
HUT VILLAGES. LS- PEASANTS WORK AT THEIR CHORES |
| 00:04:06 131.33 |
MS- LITTLE GIRLS POSE WITH PAPOOSES ON THEIR BACKS
HOLDING BABIES. MS- A VILLAGE WOMAN SHYLY RETREATS FROM THE CAMERA'S EYE. |
| 00:04:23 148.33 |
LS- RICE FARMERS CHOP AWAY AT THE SOIL WITH
ANCIENT TOOLS. FARMER CHOPS STALKS OF RICE WITH A SMALL SICKLE HIS FEET BURRIED IN MUD UP TO HIS ANKLES. |
| 00:04:59 184.33 |
MS- WOMEN IN OD HATS TO SHADE THEM FROM THE SUN
SHAKE THE RICE THROUGH A STRAW SIEVE FILLING THE GROUND WITH RICE. |
| 00:05:35 220.33 |
MS- A STONE MONUMENT WITH NAMES OF MEN LEFT BY
ADMIRAL PEARY IN 1853 TO MAKE A SURVEY OF THE ISLAND. THEY WERE BURIED HERE. |
| 00:06:01 246.33 |
MS- VILLAGERS SIT AROUND IN HUT AS A GIRL IN
GHESHA COSTUME DOES AN ANCIENT DANCE. |
| 00:06:30 275.33 |
LS- VILLAGERS PLAY STRING INSTRUMENTS AND DRUMS
AT A FESTIVAL IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE AS YOUNG PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME FOLLOW IN A DANCE. |
| 00:07:10 315.33 |
MONTAGE- NAVAL WARSHIPS BOMBARD OKINAWA DURING
WWII. LS- LANDING CRAFTS SPEED TO SHORE WITH U.S. SOLDIERS WHO RUN THROUGH THE SHALLOW WATER TO THE SHORE ONLY TO MEET A FANATICAL DEFENSE. |
| 00:08:49 414.33 |
MS- A FEW JAP SOLDIERS SURRENDED WITH THEIR HANDS
RAISED. MONTAGE- THE CAPITAL CITY IN RUINS. DESTROYED CARS, TANKS AND PLANES LITTER THE ISLAND. MS- A HUGE PILE OF SHELL CASINGS ATTEST TO THE NAME 'THE JUNK HEAP OF THE PACIFIC'. |
| 00:09:45 470.33 |
LS- DUST RAISES AND DARKENS THE SKY AS TRUCKS
ROLL BY ON THE DIRT ROADS. |
| 00:10:00 485.33 |
MONTAGE- THE ISLAND IS LASHED BY A TYPHOON
LEAVING BEHIND WRECKED BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. AFTERWARDS, MUD, BOGGING DOWN TRUCKS TO A CRAWL. |
| 00:10:27 512.33 |
LS- SKELETONS OF MODERN BUILDINGS BEING BUILT.
MS- A MASON TROWELS A CEMENT SLAB OTHERS USE SHOVELS AND SCREEDS TO LEVEL THE FOUNDATIONS |
| 00:10:57 542.33 |
MS- A SURVEYOR USES A TRANSIT AND HAND SIGNALS
AS AIRFIELDS ARE THE FIRST STRUCTURES TO BE BUILT WITH THE HELP OF OKINAWANS. |
| 00:11:09 554.33 |
MS- OKINAWAN WORKERS LINE UP WITH THEIR CARTS TO
LOAD THEM WITH CEMENT FOR THE RUNWAYS. CU- A STEAM ROLLER SMOTHES THE GROUND. |
| 00:11:37 582.33 |
LS- B-29'S ROAR UP FROM THE OKINAWA BASE FOR
BOMBING RAIDS OVER NORTH KOREA. |
| 00:12:40 645.33 |
MONTAGE- NEW TYPHOON PROOF PERMANENT BUILDINGS
BEING BUILT BY THE OKINAWANS USING STEEL AND CEMENT. (PAN) |
| 00:13:07 672.33 |
MONTAGE- ATTRACTIVE SUBURBAN HOMES SPRING UP FOR
FAMILIES OF GIS. LS- 3 LITTLE KIDS PLAY ON TRICYCLES OUTSIDE THE HOMES. |
| 00:13:27 692.33 |
MONTAGE- THE MOST MODERN ARMY BARRACKS IN THE
WORLD, ALL UNDER ONE TYPHOON PROOF ROOF. LS-WIVES OF SERVICEMEN PLAY SHUFFLE BOARD ON THE ROOF. |
| 00:14:28 753.33 |
CU- OKINAWAN RUNS AN EARTH MOVER TOWARDS THE
CAMERA OTHERS WORK ON LARGE LEVELING TRACTORS |
| 00:14:48 773.33 |
CU- A NATIVE SURVEYOR AIMS THROUGH HIS TRANSIT
ANOTHER LAYS ASPHALT ON THE RUNWAY. MS- 2 STEAM ROLLERS HEAD TOWARDS THE CAMERA. |
| 00:15:40 825.33 |
LS- A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY BUILT BY THE OKINAWANS
IS WELL TRAFFICED. MS- A LOCAL POLICEMAN SMARTLY DIRECTS TRAFFIC AT THE BASE. |
| 00:18:30 995.33 |
MONTAGE- ARMY NURSES WIVES AND CHILDREN OF GIS
INCLUDING THEIR DOGS DEBARK FROM A TROOP SHIP AT OKINAWA PORT. |
| 00:19:00 1025.33 |
LS- MODERN HIGHWAY,POWER PLANT AND EVEN GOOD
RESTAURANTS WITH BOOMING BUSINESS ARE NOW IN OKINAWA. LS- GIANT BILLBOARDS ADVERTISE MOVIES. |
| 00:19:25 1050.33 |
MS- A COCA COLA TRUCK RIDES IN THE CITY TRAFFIC.
MS- OUTDOOR MARKETS AND WOMEN EXAMINING CLOTHING ON RACKS. MS- AN ULTRA MODERN DEPARTMENT STORE CONTAINS ALL THE NEEDS OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY |
| 00:20:17 1102.33 |
MS- A SAILOR AND A SOLDIER GET ADVISE FROM 2
OKINAWA SALES GIRLS IN THE STORE. |
| 00:20:52 1137.33 |
CU- A BOY CLIMBS OUT OF THE SWIMMING POOL AS HIS
PARENTS SUNBATH. 2 BOYS DIVE FROM DIFFERENT SIZE DIVING BOARDS. MS- A WOMAN TEES OFF ON GOLF COURSE AS OTHERS PLAY VOLLEY BALL AND TENNIS |
| 00:21:24 1169.33 |
MS- KIDS PLAY IN SAND AS PARENTS SWIM AT THE
BEACH. |
| 00:21:51 1196.33 |
MS- OKINAWAN WEAVES BASKETS, DUST BROOMS AND HATS
FROM STRAW STALKS FROM RICE PLANTS. MONTAGE- PAWN SHOPS SIGN PAINTER AND OTHER FLORISHING INDUSTRY SPRING UP ON THE ISLAND. |
| 00:22:31 1236.33 |
MS- AN OKINAWA FAKILY IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME
VISIT AND WORSHIP AT THE TOMB OF THEIR PREDESSORS |
| 00:23:29 1294.33 |
LS- MANY CHILDREN PLAY AMID THE STRAW HUTS OF THE
VILLAGE. MS- LITTLE KIDS CARRY A BENCH AS THE VILLAGERS MOVE TO MODERN HOMES. |
| 00:24:20 1345.33 |
LS- FISHING CONTESTS AND CANOE RACES AT THE SEA
SHORE IS ATTENDED BY 2 ARMY PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO RIDE IN A ROW BOAT. LS- LONG CANOES WITH ABOUT 12 ROWERS IN EACH BOAT RACE EACH OTHER. |
| 00:25:00 1385.33 |
LS- CROWDS LINE THE WATERFRONT TO CHEER ON THEIR
FAVORITE. PEOPLE GO INTO THE WATER ABOVE THEIR WAIST TO GREET THE WINNING TEAM. (PAN) |
| 00:25:33 1418.33 |
MONTAGE- THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN LET OUT OF SCHOOL
WAVE U.S. AND JAPANESE FLAGS AS THEY PARADE IN CELEBRATION OF 100 YEARS SINCE COMMODORE PERRY CAME TO OKINAWA. |
| 00:26:11 1456.33 |
LS- AN ORIENTAL VERSION OF PERRYS LANDING IS
DEPICTED ON ONE OF MANY COLORFUL FLOATS |
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Year: 1940-1955
Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
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Keywords: foot soldier
