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WWII - 1945, US Government Film: Fleet That Came To Stay R2 of 2

Reel Number: 250197-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s,1945

Country: Japan,USA

Location: Okinawa,Pacific

TC Begins: 14:00:07

TC Ends: 14:10:29

Duration: 00:10:22

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Naval Battle Daytime navy battle, tracers firing at plane, flak, hit; ship guns firing. Night w/ traces & kamikaze planes exploding, burning. 14:01:28 Dawn & continuing, GSAP hitting planes & exploding. 14:01:57 Battleships underway & firing; MCU Ernie Pyle. Montage of ship’s guns firing. Marines running forward; battleships firing on shore. Aircraft carriers control room, planes taking off, strafing w/ rockets, explosions. Fleet unloading supplies, trucks off LST, DUKWs. Kamikazes. CU gun crew firing from various ships. 14:04:56 Carrier burning; fighting fires w/ hoses, welding. Burned aircraft; ship damage; rocket loose from landing plane & bouncing across deck. Plane exploding on carrier deck. Battleship guns & sailors; parachute into water. Pilot pulled from water. 14:06:35 US flag at half-staff on ship, FDR death. Shipboard services, MCUs. 14:07:04 Kamikaze attack; ship guns firing. 14:07:49 Sunset & fleet on calm sea, lookouts silhouetted; damaged tail of plane. Carrier planes launched, overhead; large guns firing on Okinawa; loading 40mm ship guns; firing 20mm gun turrets at planes. Flak, tumbling planes spiral down. Superimposed Washington Post headlines re Okinawa casualties. Flak & shells hitting water. The End. WW2, Task Force 58; Government Propaganda; NOTE: Sell at per reel rate. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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