U.S. battleships at D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach area of Iwo Jima. Convoy lined behind United States Ship Bayfield. Convoy visible in the background.
Dropping of a Mark 25 Aerial mine in Japan. 21st Bomber Command base at an island in the United States. The Mark 25 mine at the base. Hydro static devices, an extender and a clock delay mechanism. Mines loaded onto B-29 planes. They are dumped on trailers and a parachute is attached to after end. Explosive charge, the extender and the clock mechanism are put in a safety lock. A water soluble washer is attached. An officer specify an enemy area on a map. Group commanders are briefed. A B-29 plane takes off. The bombing door opens on the target. The mine is dropped. The parachute opens. The mine drops in water. (World War II period).
Navy officers confer in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Bow section of a plane, with three-star emblem beneath the cockpit. U.S. Admiral Chester William Nimitz and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal come down a ladder and being greeted by officers. Forrestal and Nimitz talk with officers. A car pulls up. Navy personnel standing around.
U.S. Navy officer being briefed on ship near Iwo Jima, Japan. Naval officers on a ship and being briefed by an officer. Officer briefing enlisted men and officers. Officers and chief talk aboard the ship.
Japanese prisoners aboard a U.S. ship off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan. A vehicle burns on a beach in the background. Captured Japanese prisoners in a LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside a transport ship. Prisoners being guarded by U.S. Marines. Japanese prisoners on decks of ship being guarded. Prisoners in Navy dungarees stand about on decks of the ship.
U.S. fleet heading for Iwo Jima beaches for invasion during World War II. Fleet of ships and boats off the beaches of Iwo Jima. A U.S. DD (destroyer ship) fires guns at Iwo Jima, Japan. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) moves towards a beach, smoke rises from the beach. Landing crafts and LVTs underway toward a beach.