MARINE GUN CREW BACKGROUND SHOTS Part 1

Description

1) MS Dukw ashore, troops run alongside dukw.2) CU Troops assist dukw in getting ashore-SV.3) GV Field howitzer crews locate battery on beach-SV.4) GV Dukw with "A" frame pulls field howitzer into position-SV.5) GV Scenes on beach as field howitzer battery sets up position, wounded are carried past camera-SV.6) CU "A" frame on Dukw lifts field howitzer from second Dukw, Dukw drives out, howitzer is lowered to ground.7) GV Troops advance up Iwo Jima beach, other Marines pinned down on beach BG-SV8) MS Two corpsmen help wounded man in silhouette, place him on gun & carry him.9) CU Corpsmen carry wounded on stretcher (silhouette shot).10) GV Base of Mt. Suribachi under bombardment.11) LS Plane strafing, showing fire from planes gun.12) GV Mt. Suribachi as stick of bombs fall, explode-SV (good).13) GV Plane flies over Suribachi, drops stick of bombs, bombs burst at base (good)-SV. Marines in foxhole FG.14) CU Base of Mt. Suribachi as tracer fire from planes strikes mount.15) MS Marines pinned down in foxholes near base of Mt. Suribachi under bombing attack BG.16) MS Field howitzers in pits on beach close to base of Mt. Suribachi, pan to Mt. Suribachi.17) MS Field howitzer firing.18) LS Mt. Suribachi showing shell bursts on side of mountain-SV.19) GV-Pan Field howitzer battery position.20) CU Base of Suribachi.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities