00:03:00 90 |
"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. |
00:03:10 100 |
MONTAGE- STRAW HUT HOUSES OF THE OKINAWANS. A
SMALL BOY AND GIRL POSE FOR CAMERA, THE BOY CARRIES A BABY IN A PAPOOSE ON HIS BACK |
00:03:33 123 |
MS- CAMERA PANS FROM BOY WITH PAPOOSE TO A YOUNG
WOMAN WHO SHYLY SMILES AND DUCKS AWAY FROM CAMERA |
00:03:39 129 |
MONTAGE- FARMERS USING ANCIENT TOOLS, TOIL IN THE
RICE FIELDS. |
00:04:07 157 |
MS- WOMAN SEPARATES RICE GRAIN BY SHAKING IT
THROUGH A SCREEN MADE OF WICKER. CU- RICE FALLS TO THE GROUND IN A PILE. |
00:04:34 184 |
MS- A MONUMENT TO MATTHEW PERRY WHO LANDED HIS
ASIATIC EXPEDITION IN OKINAWA IN 1853 |
00:04:45 195 |
MS- A WOMAN WITH HER BABY IN A PAPOOSE WALKS AWAY
DOWN A ROAD FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE GIRL. |
00:04:48 198 |
MS- A LITTLE GIRL SHYLY HIDES BEHIND ANOTHER
LITTLE BOY IN GESTURE OF EMBARRASMENT |
00:04:53 203 |
MS- MEN SIT IN CIRCLE AND CLAP HANDS AS A GEISHA
GIRL DOES A TRADITIONAL DANCE IN THEIR MIDST |
00:05:46 256 |
MS- MEN AND WOMEN DANCE IN STREET DURING A
FESTIVAL. |
00:06:06 276 |
MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD OKINAWA DURING WWII.
TROOPS ASSAULT THE BEACHES AND BATTLE IN THE JUNGLE WITH FANATICAL JAP TROOPS |
00:07:13 343 |
LS- GIS HIT THE DECK AS A HAND GRENADE IS TOSSED
INTO A TUNNEL AND EXPLODES. LS- A TANK SPRAYS FLAMES FROM IT'S FLAME THROWER. |
00:07:33 363 |
LS- JAPANESE SOLDIERS COME OUT OF HIDING WITH
THEIR HANDS UP.GIS SEARCH THEM. |
00:08:00 390 |
MONTAGE- DEVASTATED BUILDINGS IN OKINAWA CAPITAL
CITY OF NAHA. |
00:08:50 440 |
MONTAGE- TREES BEND IN THE WIND AS A TYPHOON HITS
OKINAWA. MONTAGE- SMASHED BUILDINGS AND TWISTED STEEL. MS- TRUCKS BOG DOWN IN MUD |
00:09:30 480 |
MONTAGE- JAPANESE CEMENT WORKERS USE TROWELS TO
SMOOTH CEMENT AS OKINAWA BUILDS UP. |
00:09:51 501 |
MS- JAPANESE ENGINEER PEERS THROUGH SURVEYOR'S
TRANSIT AND GESTURES WITH HAND MOTIONS AS THEY BUILD AN AIRBASE DURING KOREAN WAR. |
00:10:02 512 |
MS- WORKERS USE CARTS TO TOW CEMENT. MS- OKINAWAN
RIDES A HUGE STEAM ROLLER. MONTAGE- B-29 BOMBERS TAKE OFF ON THE NEW RUNWAYS. |
00:11:10 580 |
MONTAGE- STEEL AND CEMENT WORKERS TOIL AT HUGE
CONSTRUCTION SITES. |
00:12:50 680 |
AERIAL- A HUGE COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS, INCLUDING
HOSPITALS, THEATERS, GI HOUSING AND SPORTS FACILITIES BENEFIT AMERICANS AND OKINAWANS ALIKE |
00:13:45 735 |
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 |
00:15:00 810 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS OF SPECIAL SERVICES FORCES LOAD
EQUIPMENT ON A SUBMARINE FOR AN UNDERWATER DEMOLITION EXERCISE. LS- SUB TAKES OUT TO SEA. |
00:16:14 884 |
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 |
00:16:46 916 |
MS- 2 FROGMEN SWIMMING UNDERWATER IN SCUBA GEAR
LS- CHARGES SET BELOW THE WATER ALONG THE SHORE GO OFF SENDING A WALL OF WATER HIGH INTO THE AIR |
00:17:07 937 |
LS- HIGH SPEED CRAFT PICK UP THE FROGMEN WITHOUT
STOPPING. |
00:19:20 1070 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS WITH THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN
ARRIVE ON TROOPSHIPS. |
00:19:39 1089 |
MS- OKINAWAN GLASS BLOWER PUTS ON A DEMONSTRATION
OF BLOWING AND FORMING A VASE AND OTHER DECORATIVE WARE. |
00:20:22 1132 |
LS- FAMOUS TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON RESTAURANT
|
00:20:29 1139 |
LS- HUGE POSTERS ADVERTISING MOVIES.
|
00:20:56 1166 |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OKINAWA, DUGATUMA, SPEAKS TO
GROUP OF LEGISLATORS, AT AN OUTDOOR CEREMONY AFTER BEING INSTALLED. |
00:21:12 1182 |
MS- A MIXTURE OF THE NEW AND OLD IS SEEN WALKING
THE BUSY BUSINESS AREAS. |
00:21:50 1220 |
MS- 2 YOUNG OKINAWAN SALESGIRLS ASSIST 2 GIS IN
SELECTING GIFTS AT A MODERN DEPARTMENT STORE. |
00:22:21 1251 |
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. |
00:23:12 1302 |
MS- NATIVE SITS AT WORK BENCH MAKING BASKETS FROM
RICE STRAW. MONTAGE- OTHER ITEMS MADE BY NATIVES FROM THE RICE STRAW |
00:24:03 1353 |
MS- AN OKINAWAN FAMILY OF 4 WORSHIP AT TOMB OF
THEIR ANCESTORS. OTHERS WORSHIP INSIDE A TEMPLE |
00:24:44 1394 |
MONTAGE- A CROWD OF CHILDREN FOLLOW THEIR TEACHER
UP A HILL TO THE SCHOOL. 2 LITTLE BOYS CARRY A LARGE BENCH TO THE SCHOOL. |
00:25:30 1440 |
MS- FLEET OF FISHING BOATS IN THE HARBOR WITH
BUSY FISHERMEN ABOARD. |
00:26:30 1500 |
LS- SPECTATORS WALK INTO THE WATER UP TO THEIR
WAISTS TO GREET THE WINNERS OF A ROWING RACE WITH LONG BOATS. |
00:26:55 1525 |
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. |
Description:
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