Aerial Footage Of Battle of Iwo Jima 1945

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film # 8634. National Archives description "1) AV-Pan Auxiliary shipping off Iwo Jima showing USS SOLACE & USS SAMARITAN. 2) AV-Pan Central airfield on Iwo Jima. 3) AV Transport planes drop supplies over Iwo Jima airfield by parachute. 4) AV Douglass plane parked on Iwo Jima airfield. 5) AV TBM laying smoke screen. 6) AV Dive bomber making nearly vertical dive. 7) AV Wrecked Japanese planes near airfield. 8) AV Shoreline of Iwo Jima showing large explosions on bluff. 9) AV Looking into volcanic crater of Mt. Suribachi. 10) AV Distant view of Iwo Jima from the north. 11) AV Shoreline of Iwo Jima showing bombs bursting close to shore. 12) AV Transport planes drop supplies by parachute over Iwo Jima airfield." National Archives Identifier: 78569 http://research.archives.gov/description/78569 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, USS Samaritan (AH-10), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, USS Samaritan, Airdrop, USS Solace (AH-5), Avenger (Fighter Plane), USS Solace, WWII In Color, World War II, Mount Suribachi, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American

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