Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)
Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)
By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.

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Cast

Jeff Wilburn Jeff Wilburn As: Self - Narrator (voice)
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. As: Self - Commander of the U.S. 10th Army (archive footage)
Chester W. Nimitz Chester W. Nimitz As: Self - Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (archive footage)
Mitsuru Ushijima Mitsuru Ushijima As: Self - Commander of the Japanese 32nd Army (archive footage)
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Storyline

By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.


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Genres: Documentary, War, History

Language: English

Release Date: 25 June 2017

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Runtime: 51m

Company Credits

Company: Smithsonian Channel

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Cast

Jeff Wilburn

Jeff Wilburn

Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

Self - Commander of the U.S. 10th Army (archive footage)

Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz

Self - Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (archive footage)

Mitsuru Ushijima

Mitsuru Ushijima

Self - Commander of the Japanese 32nd Army (archive footage)

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Production Crew

Justin Schmidt

Justin Schmidt

Associate Producer

Dan j. Wolf

Dan j. Wolf

Producer

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