USMC Action Scenes On Iwo Jima, March 1, 1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #8613. National Archives 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. [Film slate here with 1 March 45 date] 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."" National Archives Identifier: 78552 As always, any e…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, United States. Marine Corps, World War II, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, Landing Craft -- United States, Mount Suribachi, V Sign, Smoking, USS LSM-143, USS LSM-260, USS LSM-43, USS LCT-1028

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