"THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA"
VARIOUS SCENES OF ARMY AND MARINE SOLDIERS IN
RAGING BATTLES WITH JAPANESE ON THE ISLAND OF
OKINAWA. VARIOUS SCENES TANK EQUIPPED FLAME
THROWERS IN ACTION, TROOPS ADVANCING OVER TOUGH
TERRAIN.

ELS U.S. WARSHIPS IN DISTANCE SEEN FIRING TOWARDS
CAMERA, OVER AMERICAN LINES, INTO ENEMY LINES FAR
INLAND. FIRE. WARSHIP SHELLS EXPLODING OM ENEMY
LINES.

FOUR GI MEDICS, UNDER FIRE, ARE SEEN PUTTING
WOUNDED GI ON STRETCHER AND CARRYING UP HILL HIM
TOWARDS CAMERA. CU MEDIC HOLDS HAND OF WOUNDED AS
OTHERS TEND TO HIS WOUNDS. GIS IN F-G WATCH THEIR
BUDDY BEING CARRIED OFF ON STRETCHER.

GI DUCKS AS JEEP MOUNTED ROCKET LAUNCHERS MAKE A
REPEATED EERIE SOUND AS THEY FIRE THEIR MANY ROUNDS

GI LEANS OVER HILL, THROWS EXPLOSIVE CHARGE IN
CAVE BELOW HIM THEN RUNS. HUGE EXPLOSION ENSUES.

"BRITISH NAVY JOINS AMERICAN FLEET IN WAR ON JAPAN"
VARIOUS SCENES OF FAMED BRITISH CARRIER
"ILLUSTRIOUS", DECKS LADEN WITH FIGHTER PLANES,
SENDING ITS PLANES AGAINST THE JAPANESE

LONG LINE OF SAILORS HEAVE ON ROPE TO PULL
SUPPLIES ABOARD. LIKE "TUG OF WAR".

DAMAGED PLANE CRASHES ON DECK, BURST INTO FLAMES.
FLAMES ARE EXTINGUISHED WITH FOAM.

GENERAL CLARK IS WELCOMED BY MAYOR KELLY OF
CHICAGO. BOTH SIT IN OPEN LIMO FOR MOTORCADE INTO
CITY.

MOVIE CAMERAMAN, BACK TO CAMERA, STANDS ON TOP OF
AUTO WITH HIS CAMERA AND TRIPOD AND FILMS
MOTORCADE AS IT COMES TOWARDS HIM.

CLARK IS WELCOMED BY WIFE, THEY KISS.

JONES SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
OFFICE. PLEADS FOR PEOPLE, "TO PITCH IN AND HELP
THE FARMER HARVEST & GROW HIS CROP". AGRICULTURE;
GOVERNMENT.

CU LION IN CAGE BARES ITS FANGS, BEFORE IT IS LET
OUT OF CAGE AND INTO TANK WITH DAREDEVIL ETHEL
PERTEL (?).

"MERCY PLANES".
TWO HOSPITAL "SHIPS" CHRISTENED BY MRS. TRUMAN.
VARIOUS SCENES OF MRS. TRUMAN SMASHING A BOTTLE OF
CHAMPAIGN AGAINST NOSE OF PLANES SEVERAL TIMES
WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO BREAK IT. VARIOUS SCENES OF
ARMY OFFICER "COMING TO THE RESCUE" ALSO FAILING
TO BREAK THE BOTTLE DESPITE REPEATED EFFORTS.
CROWD, MRS. TRUMAN LAUGHS AT HILARIOUS SCENE.
COMEDY; AVIATION.

MRS. TRUMAN THEN TRIES TO BREAK BOTTLE ON THE
OTHER PLANE. WHEN FIRST EFFORT FAILS, MAN HIDDEN
UNDER PLATFORM BREAKS BOTTLE, IN MRS. TRUMAN'S
HAND, WITH A HAMMER.

PAN ARMY NURSES WAVE FROM RAILING OF SHIP.

PAN FOUR ARMY NURSES EACH HOLDING LITTLE KOALA
BEARS IN THEIR ARMS. NURSE HOLDS THREE KOALA BEARS
IN HER ARMS, TURNS AND SHOWS THREE MORE CLINGING
TO HER UNIFORM AT HER WAIST. ANIMAL ANTICS; CUTE

SEVERAL NURSES WALK DOWN STREET, TOWARDS CAMERA,
ON THEIR WAY TO NEARBY HOSPITAL WHICH IS MADE UP
OF A ROW OF HOUSES.

AIR CHIEF MARSHALL SIR CHARLES BURNETT POSES WITH
U.S. PILOT BEFORE BOARDING PLANE TO WASHINGTON.

AMERICAN PILOTS, BACKS TO CAMERA, RUN TO MAN THEIR
PLANES. CU PILOTS IN COCKPITS SMILE FOR CAMERA.
SQUADRONS OF FIGHTER PLANES TAKING OFF. IN FLIGHT
AND PEELING OFF.

CU GI CLEANING HIS MACHINE GUN. ALLIED SOLDIERS
PICKING UP ARTILLERY SHELLS, PACKED IN INDIVIDUAL
CONTAINERS, CARRYING THEM THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE. CU
JEEP TOWING CANNON RIDES THROUGH JUNGLE, TOWARDS
CAMERA.

GI, BACK TO CAMERA CROUCHES AS HE CAUTIOUSLY
APPROACHES BUSHES AT EDGE OF WATER ALONG BEACH.
GIS IN WAIST DEEP WATER AT EDGE OF JUNGLE STOP FOR
FEAR OF SNIPERS. CU MACHINE GUN, IN F/G, OPENS UP
ON QUESTIONABLE POSITION IN JUNGLE, ALONG BEACH,
AS DO RIFLEMEN AND ARTILLERY.

GI EXAMINES CAPTURED JAPANESE WEAPONS AND
EQUIPMENT. INCLUDING AN INGENIOUS VERSION OF
TRENCH MORTAR WHICH IS SMALL ENOUGH TO BE USED BY
ONE MAN.

NATIVE MEN SELL GIS HOT CUPS OF TEA ON WAYSIDE
STAND IN JUNGLE. GI SIPS TEA FROM METAL CUP.

VARIOUS SCENES OF DENSE JUNGLE, DESTROYED LANDING
CRAFT ON BEACH, DISABLED TRUCK COVERED WITH PALM
LEAVES, WAREHOUSE RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES, AS
NARRATOR VOICE OVER TELLS OF BATTLE ON THIS ISLAND
WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO BATTLE OF BISMARK SEA.

DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG. ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT.