PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY ABOARD BB & BOMBARDMENT OF IWO JIMA Part 1

Description

1) CU OS2U on launching catapult aboard CA as pilot climbs into cockpit & crewman into rear cockpit.2) CU Men play cards on deck-SV.3) MS-CU String band plays beneath muzzles of battery rifles on CA-SV.4) LS Sunset scene: Panning along horizon.5) LS-Pan Iwo Jima shell bursts over Suribachi.6) MS Two BBs in line of bearing, second firing secondary batteries.7) LS Iwo Jima smoke from explosions at base of Mt. Suribachi, panning to BB close in shore.8) MS Quartering view of BB firing & signalling.9) LS AGC underway signalling.10) MS Cruiser, bow on, signalling, BB, BG firing main batteries.11) GV BB FG firing, AGC middle ground, other ships BG.12) LS USS PENSACOLA burning midships.13) MS CA underway, other ships seen BG.14) HS 5 inch open mount gun firing.15) GV BBs, CAs, LCI off Iwo Jima.16) GV Two DDs, close in shore, Iwo Jima BG.17) LS-Pan Iwo Jima shoreline smoking from bombardment, two DDs lying off shore, LCIs underway, close in to Mt. Suribachi, shot pans to include BB & other ships of invasion force.18) HS-MS Muzzles of main batteries as guns are fired.19) LS-GV Mt. Suribachi under bombardment, landing craft off shore, shell splashes seen in water.20) HS From top of foremast, looking aft on USS CHESTER as main battery is fixed.21) HS Looking down on secondary batteries as 5 inch guns are fired-SV.22) CU Signalman signalling with flags-SV.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities