01:00:15 15 |
GOOD SHOTS GIS CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING MORTAR SHELLS INTO MORTAR AS THEY BOMBARD ENEMY POSITIONS. GI HOLDS HANDS TO EARS AS MORTAR FIRES.
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01:00:51 51 |
DESCRIPTION OF SCENE" "6TH MARINE DIVISION> ROLL - 15, 6/8/45' S/SGT. E. NUGENT, 4TH MARINE REG., MORTARS - TANKS - SOUTH OF NAHA AIRFIELD", (OKINAWA)
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01:01:01 61 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SQUAD MARINES MARCHING ON ROAD IN WOODED AREA.
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01:01:03 63 |
MACHINE GUN CREW, BACKS TO CAMERA, FIRING AT DISTANT WOODED AREA. LS PUFFS OF SMOKE FROM EXPLOSIONS IN SITE WHERE MACHINE GUNNERS ARE FIRING.
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01:01:22 82 |
MONTAGE EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANT AREA OF WOODS.
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01:01:38 98 |
BLACK GI PASSES SEVERAL NATIVE CHILDREN FROM UNDERGROUND TRENCH, TO ANOTHER GI. FOLLOWED BY WOUNDED JAPANESE SOLDIER TAKEN OUT ON STRETCHER.
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01:02:13 133 |
DESCRIPTION OF SCENE: 6TH MARINE DIV. ROLL 16 - 8/8/45 - S/SGT E. NUGENT22ND REG, RECON PATROL - CAPTURE NIP SOLDIERS NEAR TOMIGUSUKu CITY". .
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01:02:29 149 |
2 JAPANESE PRISONERS WITH HANDS TIED, WATCH AS GI MEDIC ATTENDS TO JAPANESE WOUNDED POW ON STRETCHER. 2 OTHER POWS KNEELING ON GROUND.
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01:02:50 170 |
POW SHOWS WOUND IN LOWER ABDOMEN TO GI MEDIC, WHO TENDS TO IT..
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01:03:06 186 |
MARINES AND POWS MOVE OUT OF AREA.2 POWS CARRY 2 SMALL CHILDREN ON THEIR BACKS, AS MEDICS CARRY THE WOUNDED POW ON STRETCHER..
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01:03:24 204 |
GOOD SHOT 2 JAPANESE PRISONERS, BOTH SMALL MEN THEMSELVES, CARRYING CHILDREN ON THEIR BACKS, FOLLOWED BY ARMED MARINES..
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01:03:36 216 |
VARIOUS SHOTS MARINES EXAMINING CAPTURED JAPANESE GUN POSITION. LOOK OVER HUGE CANNON THERE. POSE ALONGSIDE IT. PAN BATTLEFIELD.
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01:04:16 256 |
CU MARINE USES YARD STICK TO MEASURE THE BORE OF THE HUGE CANNON.
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01:04:40 280 |
VARIOUS SHOTS 7 MARINES STRUGGLING TO ROLL CANNON TO POSITION ON HILL. ONCE THERE, THEY START BOMBARDING JAPANESE POSITIONS. LS VIEW SHELLS BURSTING.
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01:06:22 382 |
CU "9 JUNE" WRITTEN ON PIECE OF PAPER. (1945 ?) VARIOUS SHOTS 2 MAE\RINESCROUCHED BEHIND TANK, FIRE RIFLES AT ENEMY.
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01:07:05 425 |
SEVERAL SHIRTLESS JAPANESE PRISONERS SPEAKING TP MARINE, USING THEIR HANDS TO GET MESSAGE ACROSS.
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01:07:15 435 |
JAPANESE POW IN T-SHIRT, SHORTS, WASHES HIS FEET IN SMALL STREAM OR WATER PUDDLE ?. WAR DEBRIS IN B/G.
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01:07:33 453 |
WOUNDED JAPANESE POW IS ASSISTED IN WALKING BY 2 OTHER POWS AS MARINE WATCHES.OWN IN WALKING. GROUP POWS MOVING ALONG UNDER WATCHFUL EYE OF MARINE GUARDS.
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01:08:10 490 |
VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE GROUP JAPANESE POWS, MOSTLY SHIRTLESS, IN THEIR UNDER DRAWS, MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA UNDER GUARD BY MARINES.
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01:08:34 514 |
LS SMALL PLANE (PIPER CUB ?) COMING IN FOR LANDING ON SMALL LANDING STRIP OR ROAD.
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01:08:57 537 |
4 MARINE STRETCHER BEARERS CARRY WOUNDED GI, GENTLY PLACE AND SECURE HIM IN PLANE. PLANE TAKES OFF.
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01:09:29 569 |
MONTAGE GIS WAIT ON GROUND AS ANOTHER SMALL PLANE COMES IN FOR LANDING ON THE SMALL STRIP.. LS ANOTHER GI IS LOADED ON PLANE. PLANE TAKES OFF TOWARDS CAMERA., MORE OF SAME.
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01:10:09 609 |
MS GI FLAGMAN WAVES FLAG SIGNALLING PLANE AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING. STRETCHER BEARERS CARRY WOUNDED, PLACE HIM ON PLANE. SEWVERAL GIS PUSH PLANE BACK ON RUNWAY
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Description: A collection of film shot on the field during WWII. BATTLE OF SO. PACIFIC (U.S. VS JAPAN) BATTLE FOR OKINAWA (1945). JAPANESE POWS. GI WOUNDED EVACUATED BY SMALL PLANES.
Keywords: OKINAWA
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