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WWII - Color, 1945, Okinawa: USA 1st & 6th Marine Divisions. May-Jun45

Reel Number: 250160-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: Japan,USA

Location: Okinawa,Pacific,Ryukyu Islands

TC Begins: 08:30:00

TC Ends: 08:53:50

Duration: 00:23:50

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, Okinawa: USA 1st & 6th Marine Divisions. May-Jun45 Titles. 08:30:33 Tanks crossing field north of Naha. Corsair plane lays smoke screen to protect tanks, rockets fired. 08:31:48 Marines firing automatic rifles, follow tanks across open terrain. Explosions. Tank flamethrowers into caves; mop up Japanese hillside positions. Artillery bombards Shuri. CUs firing. 08:33:27 Heavy rains bury vehicles, artillery & munitions in water; retrieved. Marines advance thru mud. 08:34:02 Food & ammunition carried across stream; passed up hill via a human chain; supplies dropped from Corsairs, collected. Marines up rocky mountain slope on western flank. 08:35:51 Bazooka fired; Shuri Castle heavily rubbled. Inspecting debris & bodies. Artillery bombards Naha; Marines move into outskirts firing rifles & machine guns; tank guns reduce enemy strongholds. Firing on Jap patrol. Across field to mudflats. Tank firing & marines firing. 08:38:34 GSAP strafing; aerial planes dogfighting. Ships bombarding island. CU gunners on ships. 08:40:04 Marines firing mortars; light artillery; planes firing rockets & bombing. 08:40:36 Marines cross pontoon bridge over mud flats & enter Naha. Single file past bombed building w/ rifles at ready, MCU past camera. VERY GOOD 08:41:35 Firing from rooftops. House - to house. Pan city from rooftop. 08:42:36 Amphibious landing behind enemy lines below Naha w/ LVTs. Marines fire machine guns, rifles & advance inland to high ground over airfield. Wounded carried to the rear. Caves cleaned out w/ satchel charges. Bombing by planes & Naha airstrip captured. Wrecked Japanese planes. 08:45:34 3rd Amphibious Corps heading to south end of island. Tank firing & w/ flamethrowers & phosphorus grenades used to set fire to cane fields driving Japanese from cover. 08:47:38 Small Cub plane landing on road, transporting wounded out. 08:48:33 Marines fighting on hillside, flame-throwers. Japanese soldiers in cave. 08:49:19 Marine planes drop napalm firebombs into caves & wooded areas on mountainsides. 08:50:27 Marines across field throw grenades, burn cane fields w/ phosphorus grenade & take prisoners.Japanese POW's, stripped to loin cloths, are marched to the rear. 08:53:10 HA Beach w/ marines. 08:53:24 Raising American flag, saluting troops. 08:53:45 Title: The End. WW2: Pacific Battles; Fighting; Horrors of War; Mopping up; NOTE: Any continuous 12 minutes sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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