USS NEVADA; ACTIVITY ABOARD Part 1

Description

1) MS Base of Mt. Suribachi as shells explode at base of mountain.2) LS Shells explode on beach.3) GV BBs & other ships off Iwo Jima.4) GV Evening shot: Night sky, clouds & ships in silhouette-SV.5) MS Evening shot: CL in silhouette.6) CU Muzzles of main battery rifles (14") as guns are fired-SV.7) GV DDs & BBs lying off Iwo Jima firing-SV.8) LS Iwo Jima smoking under bombardment.9) MS LCI after negotiating sharp turn, curved wake seen.10) MS Column of LCIs underway.11) MS DD dead in water.12) MS LCI passes camera. Iwo Jima BG-SV.13) HS Man stacks expended casings on deck for salvage.14) HS Officers on bridge, barrels of main battery rifles BG.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities