Mass Surrender on Okinawa

Mass Surrender on Okinawa (1945) Japanese prisoner is led across muddy battlefield by two US soldiers to barbed-wire enclosure; given C-rations to eat sitting on coat under tarp. A column of other male prisoners, some wounded, is led to the enclosure; one prisoner appears to be pleading or negotiating w/ a soldier. Another larger group of prisoners is gathered & led away; several appear to be under 18; most have had to remove their shirts; wounded are treated. Sit, smoke, loaded into trucks. 00:23:12 Trucks arrive at PoW camp surrounded by barbed wire; ‘No Admittance...’ warning sign written in English; aerial shot of a sea of tent roofs blowing in wind, seen from guard tower with armed soldier; prisoners are unloaded, searched & lined up. Counted. 00:24:52 Wounded receive treatment; prisoners are given soup. Prisoners unload rations from trucks, many are wearing uniforms with ‘PW’ painted on the back. 00:26:06 Enclosure’s wire fence is repaired; prisoners bathe & are given haircuts and a shave; PoWs play checkers, have a wrestling match w/ referee; attend a church religious service with US soldiers playing piano and holding up hymn or song lyrics written on a blackboard in Japanese. WWII Pacific;