INVASION OF IWO JIMA Part 1

Description

1) MS CL underway firing main battery.2) MS CA lying off Iwo Jima firing main batteries-SV.3) CU Talkers on bridge wearing anti-flash mask-SV.4) HS-CU LCI-SV.5) MS LCI lies off Iwo Jima burning & sinking.6) GV LCIs running parallel to Iwo Jima shore; shells burst in water near geysers.7) HS Lookouts on deck use binocs.8) HS-CU Officers look over the side.9) LS-Pan Iwo Jima shore line smoking.10) HS Captain on bridge.11) MS 2 DDs underway.12) MS BB showing main turret from NEVADA FG.13) MS LCI listing heavily, sinking.14) LS LCI sinking; DD & personnel boat FG.15) HS Officer on bridge of USS NEVADA use binocs.16) CU LCI underway.17) MS BB underway; other ships on horizon.18) MS-CU Officers pose for camera on bridge of USS NEVADA; Iwo Jima BG.19) HS Chaplain conducts church services on deck of NEVADA.20) HS-CU Secondary battery firing.21) HS-Pan Looking down on deck of damaged LCIs.22) HS-MS-CU Damaged LCI brought alongside-SV.23) CU 40mm gun with dead gunner beside gun.QUALITY: POOR, BAD CAMERA SCRATCHES, SOME OX, SOME OUT OF FOCUS, LIGHT STRUCK & HAZY.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities