USMC 111252: Marine Armor in Okinawa 1945

Item Description
Title
USMC 111252: Marine Armor in Okinawa 1945

Citation information
USMC 111252: Marine Armor in Okinawa 1945. (FMPO# 0246; 16-2667; N3121; 590-155; 6D-16-47; 1D-16-117 r1of2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/7521

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
FMPO# 0246; 16-2667; N3121; 590-155; 6D-16-47; 1D-16-117 r1of2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111252

Decade
1940

Date
1945-05-10

Description
B-Company, 1st Marine Regiment clears caves on Okinawa with armor support, 6th Tank Battalion. Stretcher bearers carry wounded in the foreground. Marines struggle to rescue the crew of tank overturned in the mud and burning. A Marine sweeps the area for additional antitank mines. The tank explodes. Additional scenes show the charred remains of the tank after the fire has gone out. Other tanks continue to move forward in the background. Flame tanks support Marine infantry clearing caves in a rocky cliff side. Infantry advance through a village and a tank-dozer provides engineering support.

The 6th Tanks on D+4. Marines speak with civilians while others work to extract a tank from a mine-cratered bridge. Views of same or similar locations where mines have disrupted roadbeds. On D+13, Col. Robert L. Denig, Jr. inspects damaged roads. Later he and others review maps.

With the 22nd Marines, 6th Tanks assault hilly terrain under artillery fire (dated May 14th); the 22nd takes the ridge. on June 17th, C-Company of 6th Tanks uses logs to fill in cratered roadbeds. Views of Naha taken on the 18th with a close-up of a sign for the ""Longest Bailey [bridge] Built by the Marine Corps"" (C-Company, 6th Engineer Bn). 6th tanks with the 29th Marines assault toward a tree line with flame tanks. Followed by elevated views of the harbor area. 5th Marines engage in mopping up operations in a cane field on June 24th. POWs taken may be forced child fighters, Tekketsu Kinnōtai.

Location(s)
Okinawa

Camera crew
Spangler, W.A.; Evans, C. D.; McMullen

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed on variety of days in May and June 1945.

Regiment
1st Marines
5th Marines
22nd Marines
29th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion
6th Tank Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
1500

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/26/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
41:42

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II