AIR EVACUATION OF CASUALTIES, OKINAWA Part 1

Description

1) MS NE-1 lands on very narrow road on Okinawa.2) MS Marines load casualty aboard NE-1.3) MS NE-1 takes off from narrow road.4) LS NE-1 in flight.5) HS NE-1 taxis down road.6) HS Marines push NE-1 to position for take-off on narrow road.7) CU NE-1 passes camera on take-off.8) LS-MS NE-1 lands on read, taxis past camera, man with signal flags directs landing FG.9) MS Casualty is removed from ambulance & carried to waiting OY-1.10) MS Corpsmen place very old Japanese woman on wooden pallet which is used as litter to carry her out of scene.11) MS-CU Japanese girl, whose foot has been cut off, converses with Marines.12) LS Anti-tank tracer fire against hillside.13) LS Burning tank.14) LS Explosion of fire bombs on hillside.15) MS Silhouette of Marines in tank destroyers as they pass camera.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities