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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220473-68
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1945,1940s
Country: Japan,USA
Location: Okinawa,Pacific,RYUKU ISLANDS
TC Begins: 12:37:46
TC Ends: 12:39:25
Duration: 00:01:39
WWII - 1945, Pacific War: Victory Flag Raised On Okinawa. ca Jun45 Intertitle. 12:37:52 US fighter plane / F4U Corsair (?) takes off from Okinawa air base. Aerial formation over burning jungle mountains dropping napalm, explosion of fire cloud. Air to air below P-38 beside fighter aircraft formation. Napalm bomb explosion on mountainside 12:38:20 General Buckner, 10th army commander, & soldiers directing ground battle of tanks on island. Buckner waving a soldier back. Bazooka fired & explosion. 12:38:44 CU Explosives prepared; thrown into foxhole / cave, explosion. 12:38:52 Japanese POW talking w/ GIs, calling into cave; holding cloth & can to translate markings, MCU. 12:39:15 Soldiers assembled, saluting at flag raising on flagpole as flag hoisted. WW2; 1940s; Battles; Fighting; NOTE: Good coverage & quality.