BOMBARDMENT, INVASION OF IWO JIMA Part 1

Description

1) MS-LS LCIs in column, LSTs BG, approaching Iwo Jima beachhead.2) MS DD and CA underway.3) MS CA, of Baltimore class, underway.4) LS Iwo Jima showing Mt. Suribachi, smoke columns rising.5) MS LCIs circling.6) LS Mt. Suribachi showing explosions of fire bombs near summit-SV.7) MS CA lying dead in water.8) MS Mt. Suribachi; coast of Iwo Jima.9) LS Smoke columns rise.10) MS CA and DDs lying off shore firing.11) LS-Pan Iwo Jima, Mt. Suribachi showing smoke columns rising.12) MS BB underway, CA BG.13) MS CL lies off shore firing main batteries.14) MS AGC lying off shore, CA underway15) LS Iwo Jima beach area showing explosion of ammunition dump.16) MS Iwo Jima beach showing rising of smoke columns-SV.17) GV Iwo Jima beach, 40mm tracers fire.18) CU 40mm quadruple mount with gun crew in operation.19) LS Iwo Jima showing large smoke columns, fire.20) GV 20mm tracer fire on Iwo Jima beach.QUALITY: FAIR, HAZY.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities