United States 5th Marines Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. White Phosphorus shells and rocket burst as smoke rises. Enemy emplacement on fire. M-4 tank with a long stream of fire as it burns. Convoy in the harbor. A wrecked U.S. Navy PBY aircraft in the foreground. American convoy in the harbor. Marines along the beach in Iwo Jima.
View from the air of United States 7th Army Air Force B-24 bombers on bombing mission over Iwo Jima, controlled by Japan. Explosions on ground from bombs. Flak clouds in the air. (World War II period).
Post-invasion views of Japanese fortifications destroyed by U.S. Naval gunfire prior to the U.S. amphibious assault on Iwo Jima in World War 2. Remains of Japanese defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Steel-reinforced concrete fortifications, including pill boxes, heavy gun emplacements, and block houses, destroyed by U.S. naval heavy guns. A marine stands near destroyed concrete bunker. U.S. Flag flies high above the scene. U.S. battleships underway at sea.
Aerial shots of a Douglas airplane parked on a central airfield on Iwo Jima in Japan. View of the Iwo Jima islands and fumes arising from several active volcanoes. A TBM aircraft flies close to the sea laying a smoke screen.
Shows the American attack on Iwo Jima. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire. Rocket trucks fire rockets at the enemies. Troops under fire from heavy enemy defense over the ridge. Troops rest and tend to the wounded. Troops call for artillery support. Scenes of artillery battle between the Americans and Japanese during night time. A U.S. ammunition dump explodes. (World War II period).
Animated map of Tokyo, Iwo Jima, and Saipen. Arrows show attack on Iwo Jima. Aerial view of the island. Ships of United States Navy 5th fleet seen in the region. Numerous views of U.S. Navy ships shelling Japanese targets on Iwo Jima Island, with naval guns and rocket barrage. Smoke and explosions seen. View on a U.S. Navy landing craft after it is hit by a Japanese shell. Dead U.S. sailor on the deck of the ship. View of Aircraft Carrier in region. A U.S. fighter aircraft crash lands on the deck of the carrier. A U.S. plane crashes in ocean right beside a U.S. ship and sinks, but the pilot is thrown clear and is seen swimming. Crewmen on a nearby U.S. Navy destroyer ship throw a rescue ring buoy to the pilot of a fighter aircraft that crashed in the ocean. The pilot is returned from the rescue ship to his aircraft carrier via breeches buoy line between the ships.