WWII - Color, 1944: Japanese Survivors Rescued; Okinawa Invasion

WWII - Color, 1944: Japanese Survivors Rescued; Okinawa Invasion Leyte Gulf from USS Bush (DD-529) underway; shoreline in BG, raft floating in water. 14:44:52 MCU Men at rail of ship watching raft; man swimming out to raft, pulled to ship & HA two men helped from raft to ship. Man in stretcher hoisted aboard from raft. 14:45:56 MCU Painting of native woman on 5-inch gun. 14:45:16 MCU Officers stand beside pelorus on bridge of DD. LS Pan convoy underway. 14:47:52 LS Flak bursts over water; plane crashes in water and explodes close to DD529. LS Smoke rising from spot where Japanese plane crashes.(Formerly No. 6300) 14:48:17 Crewmen on deck of DD passing boxes of powder to AP alongside. 14;48:31 LS Coast of island under fire. HA MS Men firing 40mm guns. LS Japanese installations on coastline burning; large columns of smoke. 14:49:19 Floating dead body from USS Halsey Powell (DD-686). 14:49:38 Slate: Invasion of Leyte Island, Philippine Islands, taken aboard USS LCI-C-461 20Oct44. 14:49:46 Heavy smoke from close to coastline. Pan out to ships, landing craft underway & circling. Much smoke. Heavy smoke from coastal bombardment. Explosion close to ship. Men firing from LCI . GOOD. 14:50:57 Aerial over aircraft carrier & other ships of fleet. Air to air of fighters in formation w/ carrier below, some dark shots at dusk or daylight. 14:53:36 film leader. 14:53:44 Flak in sky above Okinawa invasion fleet. Hospital ship & others off coast. Japanese plane under fire. Flak. LS Coast underfire; several ships burning. 14:54:56 MS LST underway; invasion fleet off coast in BG. 14:55:31 MCU Officers, USN, walk along deck; ships in BG. MS Captain, USN, piped over side of ship. MS Men off gangway into small boat in rough conditions. 14:56:36 MS Personnel boat underway in rough seas; ships in anchor in BG. WW2; Naval Invasion; POWs; Prisoners of War Captured; Navy;