1900-1959MILITARY
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"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. |
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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
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MS- CAMERA PANS FROM BOY WITH PAPOOSE TO A YOUNG WOMAN WHO SHYLY SMILES AND DUCKS AWAY FROM CAMERA
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MONTAGE- FARMERS USING ANCIENT TOOLS, TOIL IN THE RICE FIELDS.
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MS- WOMAN SEPARATES RICE GRAIN BY SHAKING IT THROUGH A SCREEN MADE OF WICKER. CU- RICE FALLS TO THE GROUND IN A PILE.
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MS- A MONUMENT TO MATTHEW PERRY WHO LANDED HIS ASIATIC EXPEDITION IN OKINAWA IN 1853
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MS- A WOMAN WITH HER BABY IN A PAPOOSE WALKS AWAY DOWN A ROAD FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE GIRL.
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MS- A LITTLE GIRL SHYLY HIDES BEHIND ANOTHER LITTLE BOY IN GESTURE OF EMBARRASMENT
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MS- MEN SIT IN CIRCLE AND CLAP HANDS AS A GEISHA GIRL DOES A TRADITIONAL DANCE IN THEIR MIDST
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MS- MEN AND WOMEN DANCE IN STREET DURING A FESTIVAL.
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MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD OKINAWA DURING WWII.
TROOPS ASSAULT THE BEACHES AND BATTLE IN THE JUNGLE WITH FANATICAL JAP TROOPS |
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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.
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LS- JAPANESE SOLDIERS COME OUT OF HIDING WITH THEIR HANDS UP.GIS SEARCH THEM.
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MONTAGE- DEVASTATED BUILDINGS IN OKINAWA CAPITAL CITY OF NAHA.
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MONTAGE- TREES BEND IN THE WIND AS A TYPHOON HITS OKINAWA. MONTAGE- SMASHED BUILDINGS AND TWISTED STEEL. MS- TRUCKS BOG DOWN IN MUD
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MONTAGE- JAPANESE CEMENT WORKERS USE TROWELS TO SMOOTH CEMENT AS OKINAWA BUILDS UP.
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MS- JAPANESE ENGINEER PEERS THROUGH SURVEYOR'S TRANSIT AND GESTURES WITH HAND MOTIONS AS THEY BUILD AN AIRBASE DURING KOREAN WAR.
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MS- WORKERS USE CARTS TO TOW CEMENT. MS- OKINAWAN RIDES A HUGE STEAM ROLLER. MONTAGE- B-29 BOMBERS TAKE OFF ON THE NEW RUNWAYS.
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MONTAGE- STEEL AND CEMENT WORKERS TOIL AT HUGE CONSTRUCTION SITES.
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AERIAL- A HUGE COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS, INCLUDING HOSPITALS, THEATERS, GI HOUSING AND SPORTS FACILITIES BENEFIT AMERICANS AND OKINAWANS ALIKE
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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 |
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MONTAGE- TROOPS OF SPECIAL SERVICES FORCES LOAD EQUIPMENT ON A SUBMARINE FOR AN UNDERWATER DEMOLITION EXERCISE. LS- SUB TAKES OUT TO SEA.
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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
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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
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LS- HIGH SPEED CRAFT PICK UP THE FROGMEN WITHOUT STOPPING.
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MONTAGE- TROOPS WITH THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN ARRIVE ON TROOPSHIPS.
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MS- OKINAWAN GLASS BLOWER PUTS ON A DEMONSTRATION OF BLOWING AND FORMING A VASE AND OTHER DECORATIVE WARE.
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LS- FAMOUS TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON RESTAURANT
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LS- HUGE POSTERS ADVERTISING MOVIES.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OKINAWA, DUGATUMA, SPEAKS TO GROUP OF LEGISLATORS, AT AN OUTDOOR CEREMONY AFTER BEING INSTALLED.
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MS- A MIXTURE OF THE NEW AND OLD IS SEEN WALKING THE BUSY BUSINESS AREAS.
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MS- 2 YOUNG OKINAWAN SALESGIRLS ASSIST 2 GIS IN SELECTING GIFTS AT A MODERN DEPARTMENT STORE.
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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.
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MS- NATIVE SITS AT WORK BENCH MAKING BASKETS FROM RICE STRAW. MONTAGE- OTHER ITEMS MADE BY NATIVES FROM THE RICE STRAW
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MS- AN OKINAWAN FAMILY OF 4 WORSHIP AT TOMB OF THEIR ANCESTORS. OTHERS WORSHIP INSIDE A TEMPLE
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MONTAGE- A CROWD OF CHILDREN FOLLOW THEIR TEACHER UP A HILL TO THE SCHOOL. 2 LITTLE BOYS CARRY A LARGE BENCH TO THE SCHOOL.
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MS- FLEET OF FISHING BOATS IN THE HARBOR WITH BUSY FISHERMEN ABOARD.
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LS- SPECTATORS WALK INTO THE WATER UP TO THEIR WAISTS TO GREET THE WINNERS OF A ROWING RACE WITH LONG BOATS.
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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.
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