Action scenes on Iwo Jima Part 2

Description

l) GV Ammunition dump burning on Iwo; large explosion; many small explosions. SV. (Night shot). 2) GV Men advance across rough terrain, explosions from mortar fire, planes fly over head. SV. 3) MS Marines advance across ridge. SV. 4) GV Group of tanks parked on open terrain firing machine guns. Men in FG advancing. 5) LS Corpsmen carry casualty on litter. 6) LS Taken from shore on Iwo: Unidentified ship underway; shell splashes close by. SV. 7) GV Men retire from ridge as mortar shells explode among them. 8) GV Line of jeeps & trucks passes camera on road. 9) MS CU Group of POWs smoke cigarettes & make "V" for "Victory" sign. 10) MS AK underway; shell splashes very close by. 11) MS Scenes on beach showing beached LCM and LSMs amid general beach activity. SV. 12) GV PAN Wreckage on Iwo Jima beach, Mt. Suribachi BG. 13) HS Large mobile crane lifts fuel drums from LSM & places them in LVT on shore. 14) MS Looking into open bow of LSU on beach. 15) MS Marine digs post holes for sign saying:"Drive slow, First Marine Hospital."

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities