Battle of Okinawa Wwii Naval Worker's Digest (1945)
1945 · Short film · 9 min
Synopsis
This black & white promotional/educational film is about the initial stages of the Battle of Okinawa, which raged from April 1, 1945 – June 22, 1945. This film was made in 1945 as part of a series of newsreels intended to inspire American workers, as part of the series "The Naval Worker's Digest". Titles: Main titles (:06-:47). Victory in Europe. New aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, is launched. Mrs. Roosevelt shows up for the christening of the ship. A woman smashes a champagne bottle and the ship is launched. Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King speaks about the Japanese enemy. A U.S. Navy battleship pushes on in rough seas. After capturing Iwo Jima, the fleet was headed further westward. Grumman F6F Hellcat planes take off from deck of a carrier at sea. The planes bomb Okinawa. A Helldiver plane sweeps over and drops a bomb. Smoke plumes. Aerial footage from a plane. Japanese-USA battle at sea. A plane on fire crashes straight down into the sea. Multiple Japanese planes are shot down (:48-3:28). A battleship fires its huge guns against Japanese positions near the beach. Explosions on Okinawa as the bombardment continues. Ships fire numerous rockets at Okinawa. Tons of artillery pieces of all types are used against the island fortress (3:29-5:10). Marines and assault forces go ashore in amphibious vehicles. A G.I. wearing sunglasses (5:20) sits calmly in an amphibious craft on his way to the beach. A soldier takes a drink of water in an LCI. Troops land on the…
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- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Battle Of Okinawa
- WWII
- Naval Workers Digest
- 1945
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film