"OKINAWA - BASTION IN THE PACIFIC"
A PICTORIAL REPORT ON THE LAST HALF-CENTURY OF
OKINAWA'S HISTORY COUPLED WITH A REPORT ON
RECONSTRUCTION ACCOMPLISHMENT BY U.S. AND LOCAL
INHABITATION.

MS- CAMERA PANS FROM BOY WITH PAPOOSE TO A YOUNG
WOMAN WHO SHYLY SMILES AND DUCKS AWAY FROM CAMERA

MS- WOMAN SEPARATES RICE GRAIN BY SHAKING IT
THROUGH A SCREEN MADE OF WICKER. CU- RICE FALLS
TO THE GROUND IN A PILE.

MS- A WOMAN WITH HER BABY IN A PAPOOSE WALKS AWAY
DOWN A ROAD FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE GIRL.

MS- MEN SIT IN CIRCLE AND CLAP HANDS AS A GEISHA
GIRL DOES A TRADITIONAL DANCE IN THEIR MIDST

MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD OKINAWA DURING WWII.
TROOPS ASSAULT THE BEACHES AND BATTLE IN THE
JUNGLE WITH FANATICAL JAP TROOPS

LS- JAPANESE SOLDIERS COME OUT OF HIDING WITH
THEIR HANDS UP.GIS SEARCH THEM.

MONTAGE- TREES BEND IN THE WIND AS A TYPHOON HITS
OKINAWA. MONTAGE- SMASHED BUILDINGS AND TWISTED
STEEL. MS- TRUCKS BOG DOWN IN MUD

MS- JAPANESE ENGINEER PEERS THROUGH SURVEYOR'S
TRANSIT AND GESTURES WITH HAND MOTIONS AS THEY
BUILD AN AIRBASE DURING KOREAN WAR.

MONTAGE- STEEL AND CEMENT WORKERS TOIL AT HUGE
CONSTRUCTION SITES.

MONTAGE- BULL DOZERS AND EARTH MOVERS OF ALL KIND
ARE USED TO BUILD THE ROADS IN OKINAWA.
AERIAL- VIEW OF OKINAWA'S MODERN HIGHWAY SYSTEM

MS- THE MEN CLIMB OUT OF A WATER FILLED HATCH OF
OF PARTLY SUBMERGED SUB, WEARING SWIM TRUNKS AND
LITTLE ELSE. LS-THEY HEAD FOR SHORE IN SPEEDBOAT

LS- HIGH SPEED CRAFT PICK UP THE FROGMEN WITHOUT
STOPPING.

MS- OKINAWAN GLASS BLOWER PUTS ON A DEMONSTRATION
OF BLOWING AND FORMING A VASE AND OTHER
DECORATIVE WARE.

LS- HUGE POSTERS ADVERTISING MOVIES.

MS- A MIXTURE OF THE NEW AND OLD IS SEEN WALKING
THE BUSY BUSINESS AREAS.

CU- A LITTLE AMERICAN BOY CLIMBS OUT OF SWIMMING
POOL SMILING AT CAMERA. MS- A GIS WIFE TEES OFF
AT A GOLF COURSE.TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL COURSES
ARE BUSY AS IS THE BEACH.

MS- AN OKINAWAN FAMILY OF 4 WORSHIP AT TOMB OF
THEIR ANCESTORS. OTHERS WORSHIP INSIDE A TEMPLE

MS- FLEET OF FISHING BOATS IN THE HARBOR WITH
BUSY FISHERMEN ABOARD.

LS- THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WAVING U.S AND OKINAWAN
FLAGS PARADE IN THE STREETS OF NAHA. ARMY TROOPS
JOIN IN THE CARNIVAL OF COLORFUL FLOATS.