Scenes on Iwo Jima, Beachhead area under bombardment Part 2

Description

1) CV-MS Marines inspect 5th Division cemetery on Iwo Jima-SV. 2) MS Entrance to cemetery (from within cemetery) as Marines enter gate. 3) MS Graves registration detail carrying crosses. 4) GV Cemetery showing gate foreground with sign "Fifth Marine Division". 5) GV-Pan B-29 lands on airfield on Iwo Jima. 6) CU-Pan B-29 as it taxis on Iwo Jima airfield, others parked in dispersal area. 7) MS Pointer elevates large field howitzer as shell is placed in breech. 8) CU Muzzle of field howitzer as gun is fired. 9) AV-Pan Iwo Jima beachhead area under bombardment, shell bursts seen also many smoke columns-SV. 10) AV-MS Troops advance through smoking terrain, shell bursts seen. 11) MS-CU Piper Cub in flight-SV. 12) AV-GV-Pan Shell bursts, including phosphorous shells, on Iwo Jima, Suribachi background. 13) AV Troops advancing along road and open terrain.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities