The Invasion of Okinawa (Universal Newsreel, Apr 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. THE INVASION OF OKINAWA: Conferences at Guam ended, Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sends an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukus. En route, the men of the new U.S. 10th Army stage their own deck entertainment, and secure their issue of invasion money.—Land sighted, the big guns of the fleet bark into action, and tons of rockets are sped shoreward. Landing craft race in and unopposed landings are made. Inland, Jap dugouts and pill boxes are destroyed with grenades. Past broken forts, natives climb down from the hills, the Stars and Stripes are run up, and the Yanks prepare for their campaign on Okinawa—360 miles from Japan itself. 2. RETURN TO MANDALAY: British and Indian combat troops capture Mandalay ending three years of Jap occupation. Burmese campaign continues to gain momentum as the mechanized might of the British splits the Jap hold of Burma into two segments. 3. ADVANCING WITH THE U.S. 3RD ARMY: From hill positions, the Yanks are confronted with blistering fire from the Nazis in the valley below. When Yankee tanks, tank destroyers, and machine guns silence the enemy, the U.S. 3rd continues its victory advance, rolling by miles of burning and wrecked Nazi equipment. And a flood of Nazi prisoners streams to a collecting yard.—BATTLE ROCKETS: U.S. uses mobile rocket projectors to hurl banks of rockets into German towns. They are fired by remote control so that the crews may escape the terrific discharge fires. 4. BIG FOUR CONFER: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sec. Stettinius meets with the Ambassadors from Britain, Russian and China in first meeting of the four powers prior to the San Francisco parley.—SEC. MACLEISH SPEAKS: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Asst. Sec. of State Archibald MacLeish explains the urgency of the Dumbarton Oaks principles being accepted by the United Nations and citizens of the U.S.A. 5. GOLF FOR VETS: ATLANTA, GA - Golf stars put on exhibition for wounded veterans at Naval Air Station. After a Byron Nelson lesson, one vet flubs his shots almost as badly as Joe Kirkwood, the fancy shot maker.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library