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U.S. Marine Corps raise American flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima during World War II; and original statue unveiling at Quantico in 1951.

A film titled 'Uncommon Valor' about the raising of the U.S. flag by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. United States naval fleet underway off the coast of Iwo Jima. U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft in flight. U.S. 4th and 5th Division Marines disembark from a ship and get onto landing crafts as they head towards the Iwo Jima shoreline. Marines land ashore and advance inland. They raise the American flag on Mount Suribachi. A newspaper boy sells newspapers on a street in the United States. A picture of the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi. View of sculptor Felix De Weldon as he carves a sculpture of the flag raising event. Scenes from the unveiling and dedication ceremony of the original limestone statue on November 10, 1951, at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, for the 176th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps. (The version of the statue seen in this footage had been placed in front of the Navy Department Building at the intersection of Constitution Avenue and 19th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C on 10 November 1945. It features 9 foot figures at 1.5 times life size scale. This sculpture was moved to Quantico Marine Base on 17 November 1947. It had been originally constructed by De Weldon of Indiana limestone, cement, and sand due to a lack of bronze during the war. At the time of its move to Quantico in 1947, the statue had deteriorated due to weather. Also, coats of paint to give the look of bronze had hidden much of the detail and had to be removed. Felix de Weldon supervised the repairs at Quantico before the statue was officially dedicated at the main entrance of Quantico on 10 November 1951, as seen in this ceremony). Officers lined up at the ceremony and many guests in the audience. A parking lot seen in the distance behind the assembled crowd. Cover sheets being removed as the war memorial is unveiled at Quantico.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022003
American and Japanese aircraft attack each others airfields in World War II. B-24 and B-29 heavy bombers strike Japanese targets

Formation of U.S Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers, flying over Iwo Jima during World War 2. View from one of the aircraft of Japanese air field below. Nightime view of American anti-aircraft fire directed at Japanese bombers attacking Saipan. Explosions and fire silhouetting American aircraft on Saipan's Isely field during Japanese air raid. Burning U.S. B-29 bombers. Scene changes to Japanese aircraft destroyed on the ground at the air base on Iwo Jima. Bodies of dead Japanese airmen on the air field. Later view of P-51Ds from the 21st Fighter Group at Central Field on Iwo Jima, in the summer of 1945,after the field had been substantially upgraded to allow B-29 operations. A B-29 is seen displaying an "F" tail code. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers in flight on a bombing raid. Waist gunner inside a B-24 firing at attacking Japanese fighter aircraft. A Japanese fighter going down in flames at night. View from a B-24 of another, off its left wing, flying in formation with its number 3 engine shutdown and propeller feathered. View from B-24 bombing oil facilities at Balikpapan, Borneo. Bombs bursting on the ground. Glimpse of B-24s in formation. Aerial views of bomb bursts carpeting target areas below. Aerial view of B-24s flying above smoke rising rapidly from bombs bursting below. View of bomb craters left below (probably from later reconnaissance flight).

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036305
Smoke arising due to bombardment at the Iwo Jima shoreline and base of Mt Suribachi at Iwo Jima beach in Japan.

Activities of the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in flight over the beach. It drops messages for the Navy. Soldiers stand near a 40 mm gun. Signal flags and 20 mm guns in the foreground. Smoke arises from bombardment at the Iwo Jima shoreline. Explosions at the base of mount Suribachi. Mount Suribachi and Iwo Jima in the foreground. Iwo Jima shoreline smoking under bombardment. Landing craft in the foreground.

Date: 1945, February 19
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062098
Japanese 1931 aggression in Manchuria condemned by the League of Nations. Continued Japanese aggression in the Pacific, through World War II

Japanese international activities during 1931-1945. Opening scene shows Japanese troops embarking on ships bound for an invasion of Manchuria, in 1931. Officers walking on the dock, amongst the departing troops. Scenes of explosions and destruction. Views of Shanghai during Japanese attacks in 1937. Destroyed buildings. Civilian dead lying in the streets. Japanese soldiers racing along a street in a three wheeled motorcycle vehicle. Change of scene shows Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka addressing a League of Nations meeting in 1933, after that body adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. He objects to that action and then leads his delegation in walking out of the meeting. View of Japanese delegates in top hats and bowler hats exiting the building. Scene shifts to Japanese forces firing artillery and machine guns in Manchuria.They wave large Japanese flag victoriously after a battle. The next scene shows Italian forces occupying Ethiopia and raising the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, as Italian troops salute, presenting arms of rifles with fixed bayonets. Axis leaders celebrate the 1940 Tripartite Pact between German, Italy and Japan. The festivities take place in a hall displaying the three nation's flags on the walls. A large number of persons attend including Japan's Prime Minister, General Hideki Tojo, seen with two celebrants. Scene reverts to China with Chinese civilian people trying to escape from invading Japanese forces. The refugees carry their belongings as they flee. Occasional shell burst is seen among advancing Japanese troops as Chinese soldiers put up resistance. Chinese soldiers firing artillery. In the U.S., Japanese envoys Kichisaburō Nomura and Saburō Kurusu are seen walking together into a building and entering a room inside. Next, are views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with huge plumes of smoke obscuring the bombed U.S. battleships in the harbor. U.S. battleships in line formation in the Pacific during World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. warships moving in parallel. British ships augmenting the U.S. warships. Naval guns firing. U.S. amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Prisoners of the Japanese who suffered in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur mingling with former prisoners and internees upon his return to Manila in 1944. Aerial views of Iwo Jima. Naval bombardment and amphibious assault of Iwo Jima. Numerous fallen Japanese soldiers. The iconic American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima. View of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. during the campaign on Okinawa, where he was killed in action. A Soldier being carried on a stretcher. Another throwing a hand grenade. U.S. soldier firing at a Japanese defender who falls out of his bunker. Large numbers of Japanese prisoners of war assembled in a field. Japanese Kamikaze attacking U.S. warships off Okinawa. The sky filled with antiaircraft flak clouds. View of 40mm Bofors antiaircraft cannon firing and a Japanese plane falling and exploding on impact in the ocean.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051624
U.S. forces launch amphibious Assault on Iwo Jima in World War II.

U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima during World War 2. A sailor eats a sandwich. U.S. Landing ship Infantry (LSI) No. 1029, firing rockets at the shore of Iwo Jima. Change of scene to aboard ship further from shore. Mount Suribachi visible in background. Other ships closer to shore. A U.S. Destroyer off the shore. A line of armed landing craft approaching Iwo Jima, headed by LCI-717. Views and closeup of USS Brule (APA-66) . Attack transports USS Cape Johnson (AP-172) and USS Fond du Lac (APA-644). the Destroyer Escort, USS Vammen (DE-644). The camouflaged Light Cruiser, USS Vicksburg (DL-86) bombarding the coast of Iwo Jima with 5 inch and 6 inch guns. A landing craft infantry approaching the shore, firing rockets. Large explosions in the water at a distance. USS LCI-65 returning from the shore. (Note: The ship at the 1:07 - 1:18 sec mark is a Pensacola class heavy cruiser and the ship at the 2:11 - 2:40 sec mark is the battleship USS North Carolina BB 55.)

Date: 1945, February 19
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062091
Battle of Iwo Jima in World War 2; wide shots of island; Corpsmen carrying wounded and dead on stretchers

Activities of United States Marine Corps off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Mount Suribachi and Iwo Jima beach in view. Bow of a destroyer in the foreground. U.S. invasion fleet underway at sea. The marines fire guns in the foreground. Airplanes fly in formation over the beach. The shoreline of Iwo Jima as bombs burst. Smoke rises due to the firing. Corpsmen carry causalities on stretchers on the deck of USS Indianapolis.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062133