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"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.
00:01:35 6.33
MAP SHOWING ISLAND OF OKINAWA IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO JAPAN.
00:01:42 14.33
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.
00:01:50 22.33
TWO FLAME THROWER EQUIPPED TANKS LOOP LONG STREAMS
OF FIRE OVER HILLS INTO ENEMY UNDERGROUND
POSITIONS. AMERICAN TROOPS ADVANCE TOWARDS GROUND
SEARED BY FLAMES
00:02:17 48.33
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.
00:02:44 75.33
GIS TREK IN DEEP MUD AS WET RAINS COME. CU JEEP,
STUCK IN DEEP MUD, TRIES TO BACK OUT. BULL DOZER
PULLS TRUCK OUT OF DEEP MUD.
00:03:05 96.33
GI DUCKS AS JEEP MOUNTED ROCKET LAUNCHERS MAKE A
REPEATED EERIE SOUND AS THEY FIRE THEIR MANY ROUNDS
00:03:23 114.33
GIS USE ROPE SCALING LADDERS TO CLIMB UP CLIFF.
00:03:36 127.33
GI LEANS OVER HILL, THROWS EXPLOSIVE CHARGE IN
CAVE BELOW HIM THEN RUNS. HUGE EXPLOSION ENSUES.
00:03:42 133.33
ARTILLERY CREW FIRES. HUGE EXPLOSION FROM
EXPLODING SHELL.
00:03:45 136.33
"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
00:03:56 148.33
HIGH ANGLE OF CARRIER TAKING ON SUPPLIES FROM
DESTROYER ALONGSIDE, DESPITE ROUGH SEAS.
00:03:59 151.33
LONG LINE OF SAILORS HEAVE ON ROPE TO PULL
SUPPLIES ABOARD. LIKE "TUG OF WAR".
00:04:15 166.33
CREWMEN ON CARRIER, BACK TO CAMERA, FIRE LINE
ACROSS BOW OF DESTROYER TO SET UP A "BREACHES
BUOY" FOR TRANSPORTING MEN FROM SHIP TO SHIP. MEN
SEATED IN BUCKET BEING TRANSPORTED FROM SHIP TO
SHIP IN ROUGH SEAS.
00:04:51 202.33
DAMAGED PLANE CRASHES ON DECK, BURST INTO FLAMES.
FLAMES ARE EXTINGUISHED WITH FOAM.
00:05:02 213.33
"WELCOME HOME GENERAL CLARK".
VARIOUS SCENES OF GENERAL MARK CLARK, COMMANDER OF
ARMY IN ITALY, IS WELCOMED HOME BY THE PEOPLE OF
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
00:05:10 221.33
GENERAL CLARK IS WELCOMED BY MAYOR KELLY OF
CHICAGO. BOTH SIT IN OPEN LIMO FOR MOTORCADE INTO
CITY.
00:05:20 231.33
PAN FELLOW TOWNSMEN LINING THE STREETS OF CHICAGO
SUBURBS, & APPLAUDING AS CLARK PASSES IN LIMO.
00:05:25 236.33
MOVIE CAMERAMAN, BACK TO CAMERA, STANDS ON TOP OF
AUTO WITH HIS CAMERA AND TRIPOD AND FILMS
MOTORCADE AS IT COMES TOWARDS HIM.
00:05:34 245.33
GROUP OF CHILDREN WITH PARENTS IN BKGD SMILE AND
WAVE.
00:05:40 251.33
CLARK IS WELCOMED BY WIFE, THEY KISS.
00:05:44 255.33
"FOOD ADMINISTRATOR JONES APPEALS FOR YOUR AID TO
FARMER".
00:05:54 265.33
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.
00:06:33 304.33
"MOTOR DAREDEVILS PUT ON THRILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND"
VARIOUS SCENES OF DAREDEVIL STUNT RIDERS BOB
THOMPSON & WIFE DOTTY RIDE MOTORCYCLES ALONG
INSIDE WALLS OF TANK AT HIGH SPEEDS AS SPECTATORS
LINING THE TOP WATCH THEM DEFYING GRAVITY.
MOTORDROME AT PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY
00:07:06 337.33
CU LION IN CAGE BARES ITS FANGS, BEFORE IT IS LET
OUT OF CAGE AND INTO TANK WITH DAREDEVIL ETHEL
PERTEL (?).
00:07:14 345.33
"KING" THE LION, IS LED TO SMALL AUTO WHERE IT
SITS IN PASSENGER SEAT AS PERTEL SITS IN DRIVERS
SEAT. THEY RIDE AT FULL SPEED ALONG THE WALLS OF
THE TANK, DEFYING GRAVITY. VARIOUS ABOVE SCENES OF
ETHEL AND "KING" SPEEDING AROUND TANK AS
SPECTATORS WATCH AT TOP. ANIMAL ANTICS; ODDITY;
ENTERTAINMENT
00:07:40 371.33
"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.
00:08:31 422.33
ARMY OFFICER GRABS BOTTLE IN BOTH HANDS, TAKES
STANCE LIKE BASEBALL BATTER, THEN SWINGS WITH ALL
HIS MIGHT, BOTTLE DOESN'T BREAK.
00:08:45 436.33
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.
00:09:03 454.33
"NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA".
VARIOUS SCENES OF ARMY TRANSPORT ARRIVING AT
AUSTRALIAN CRAMMED WITH SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN READY
TO FIGHT FOR MACARTHUR AND GUARD AUSTRALIA FROM
INVASION..
00:09:29 480.33
PAN ARMY NURSES WAVE FROM RAILING OF SHIP.
00:09:38 489.33
ARMY TRUCKS BEING LOWERED FROM SHIP TO SHORE BY
WINCH.
00:09:39 490.33
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
00:09:53 504.33
ARMY NURSES KNEELING ON GROUND, TRY TO HOLD
KANGAROO IN PLACE. IT HOPS OFF WITH NURSE GOING
ALONG HOLDING ON TO ITS TAIL. ODDITY
00:10:02 513.33
SEVERAL NURSES WALK DOWN STREET, TOWARDS CAMERA,
ON THEIR WAY TO NEARBY HOSPITAL WHICH IS MADE UP
OF A ROW OF HOUSES.
00:10:10 521.33
GI LAYS IN HOSPITAL COT READING BOOK. NURSE DRAWS
BLOOD FROM GI PATIENT. OPERATING TEAM PERFORMING
OPERATION IN OPERATING ROOM
00:10:10 521.33
AIR CHIEF MARSHALL SIR CHARLES BURNETT POSES WITH
U.S. PILOT BEFORE BOARDING PLANE TO WASHINGTON.
00:10:39 551.33
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT RUN TO MAN THEIR GUN.
AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK IN MANEUVERS, TRAIN FOR
INVASION.
00:10:49 561.33
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.
00:11:24 595.33
"ALLIED TROOPS MOP UP JAPANESE"
VARIOUS SCENES OF AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN TROOPS
MOPPING UP REMNANTS OF JAPANESE DEFENDERS ON NEW
GUINEA. GRAPHIC SCENES OF JAPANESE DEAD SOLDIERS.
00:11:30 601.33
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.
00:11:49 621.33
GIS, BACKS TO CAMERA, WALK CAREFULLY ACROSS STREAM
ON CRUDE ROPE AND BAMBOO BRIDGE
00:11:54 626.33
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.
00:12:29 660.33
MONTAGE DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS SEEN IN FOX HOLES,
TRENCHES, AND ON JUNGLE GROUNDS.
00:12:47 678.33
GI EXAMINES CAPTURED JAPANESE WEAPONS AND
EQUIPMENT. INCLUDING AN INGENIOUS VERSION OF
TRENCH MORTAR WHICH IS SMALL ENOUGH TO BE USED BY
ONE MAN.
00:12:59 691.33
NATIVE TRIBESMEN CARRY WOUNDED GIS ON STRETCHERS
THROUGH JUNGLES. WOUNDED GI USING STICKS AS
CRUTCHES LIMP ALONG ROAD TO FIELD HOSPITAL
00:13:13 704.33
NATIVE MEN SELL GIS HOT CUPS OF TEA ON WAYSIDE
STAND IN JUNGLE. GI SIPS TEA FROM METAL CUP.
00:13:24 715.33
DOCTORS PERFORMING OPERATION UNDER TENT.
00:13:45 736.33
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.
00:13:57 749.33
PAN HUNDREDS OF PALM TREES, STRIPPED OF THEIR
LEAVES AND BRANCHES, BY BATTLE. VOICE OVER MAKES
PROPAGANDA PITCH.
00:14:42 793.33
DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG. ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT.
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Year: 1944-1945  Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s NEWSREELS

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