Bombardment of Iwo Jima, Seen from destroyer Part 1

Description

1) LS PAN Iwo Jima shoreline under bombardment; smoke columns and landing craft on beach. 2) LS Night firing against Mt. Suribachi; fire burning at base. 3) LS PAN Shoreline of Iwo Jima under bombardment; large smoke columns obscure island and Mt. Suribachi; gun flashes in foreground. 4) HS Numbers 1 and 2 turrets of USS Wiley firing. SV. 5) LS Mt. Suribachi under bombardment; gun flashes and tracer fire in foreground. SV. 6) MS Battleship and destroyer lying off Iwo firing; gun flashes from ships' own guns in foreground. 7) MS HA Looking toward number two turret, bridge in foreground. 8) MS Battleship and destroyer lying off shore. 9) LS Mt. Suribachi. Flashes from guns in foreground.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities