U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Sign: Booby Trap area Keep Out. Japanese prisoner sitting on rocks. Many U.S. marines stand and sit around him. He seems able to converse with them.. The prisoner smokes a cigarette.
4th Division U.S. Marines in final phases of the battle for Iwo Jima, in World War 2. U.S. marine walks across rocks with destroyed vegetation behind him. A demolition charge explodes in the rocks and several Japanese soldiers emerge to surrender. Scene shifts to a Japanese stronghold in a cave. A Japanese officer stands with a U.S. marine outside the cave. A Japanese defender emerges and talks with the Japanese officer, who then tells the marine there are two more Japanese soldiers in the cave. The marine helps the Japanese soldier out of the cave. Scene changes to another Japanese stronghold, where a marine throws a line up to another marine standing atop the rocky outcropping. Next scene shows a demolition charge exploding at the site. In a new sequence, four U.S. marines carry a wounded comrade and place his litter on the ground where another team picks it up and carries it. View from high ground of Mount Suribachi, seen above mist, on distant end of the island. A truck moving rapidly over a dirt road on the island.
Marines of the U.S. 4th Division in final phase of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. Several U.S. supply ships off the coast. A U.S. C-47 transport airplane in flight overhead. U.S. marine with flame thrower strapped to his back, walking across rocky terrain. Closeup of Japanese 20cm rocket bombs; remains of primitive wooden launch trough; a threaded fuse; and a mortar shell with fins.
Marines of U.S. 4th Division explore remains of Japanese fortifications and weapons at end of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. Remnants of a Japanese mortar shell with fins. A marine examines destroyed Japanese bunker and eqipment at a cave entrance. Exhausted marines resting at side of road and on rocks. View through a Japanese defensive position in a cave. Some marines moving out, past others still resting.
Views of the rocky barren terrain of Iwo Jima, in final phases of battle by U.S. 4th Division marines against Japanese defenders, during World War 2. Mount Suribachi in the background. A U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat airplane flies overhead. Closeup glimpse of a marine eating. A marine Sherman tank moving along a path through the rocks. A tank parked near marines preparing defensive positions in a valley. Two U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldivers attack Japanese positions in successive passes. Huge clouds of smoke arise from each bombing pass.
Smoke rising from a bomb explosion on rocky ground, as U.S. Marines of 4th Division engage in final phase of battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. A marine walks past the camera. Another poses holding a Japanese flag and sword. Marines hunkered down outside a rocky Japanese fortification as U.S. ordnance explodes on it, raising smoke. View of a U.S. Destroyer excort ship underway close to shore. Marines walking along a ridge past rocks and remains of Japanese fortifications. One marine has a cross affixed to the top of his helmet.