WWII - 1945, Japan: Okinawa Airfields Speeded For Final Assault On Japan

WWII - 1945, Japan: Okinawa Airfields Speeded For Final Assault On Japan Intertitle. 12:16:18 Okinawan civilian refugees carrying belongings on back & poles on road thru devastation; evacuated from homes to construct American airfield. 12:16:31 New village, moving in; hanging laundry, old women preparing & eating food. 12:16:51 Lined-up Okinawans bowing; march off to work at constructing new airfield. MS digging & smashing rocks alongside road. 12:17:00 Men operating rollers on runway; planes taxi on new runway. 12:17:07 MCUs & CUs Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) sit in camp; look listless, some behind barbed wire, some half naked. WW2; 1940s; Construction;