The Fleet That Came To Stay
1945 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory
- National Archives Identifier
- 13113 (local identifier 80-MN-5802)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.13113 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) ARC Identifier 13113 / Local Identifier 80-MN-5802 1945 The Fleet That Came To Stay Shows the role of Task Force 58 in the battle for Okinawa. The island is bombarded from sea and air. Japanese shipping and airfields and factories in Japan are bombed and strafed. Consists mostly of the fleets three-month defense against Kamikaze attacks intended to isolate U.S. troops on the island. Many Kamikaze planes are destroyed and others crash on or near their targets. Sailors fight fires and repair damages caused by the attacks. DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko.