Iwo Jima statue at White House in Washington DC. U.S. President Harry S Truman and sculptor look at Iwo Jima statue at White House. President Truman and other men look over Iwo Jima miniature statue. A Marine officer points out on Iwo Jima miniature statue. President Truman looks at statue.
Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Animated map of Iwo Jima. Waves crash against rocks on shores of Iwo Jima. Japanese pilots board the fighter planes and take off. Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima ready their antiaircraft guns and prepare to fire. Guns being fired. Trail of bombs explode as they hit ground.
The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial original statue during its unveiling ceremony at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia on November 10, 1951 (This is after the statue had been moved from its original Constitution Avenue location in Washington DC in 1947, and subsequently renovated under sculptor de Weldon's supervision while it was in Quantico.). A sign on the memorial reads "Uncommon valor was a common virtue, 1945." Next scenes show sculptor Felix de Weldon as he works to build the larger Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, which was dedicated in November 1954. Felix de Weldon measuring a model of the flag raising on Iwo Jima made by him. de Weldon and others on his team work to carve the large war memorial in plaster before it is cast in bronze. Views of the sculpted faces of the six Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima: Faces of John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block and Michael Strank. Brief glimpse of the original flag raising scene on Mount Suribachi in February 1945. Next scene, circa 1954 or 1955, shows the completed Marine Corps War Memorial in bronze, in Arlington Virginia, with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial landmarks of Washington DC in the background. Close-up views of faces of a young boy, an elderly woman, and a middle aged man who removes his hat. American flag fluttering in the breeze atop the war memorial.
"Iwo Base Against Japan" showsU.S. Army trucks, vehicles and other supplies being unloaded from an American ship in Iwo Jima island,Japan. Construction work being carried on to build an advanced base on the island. Vehicles getting stuck in volcanic ash beach areas and being pulled out by bulldozers. Construction of Motoyama airfield number 2. U.S. P-51 Mustangs taking off for escort of American B-29 bomber aircraft in bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan. United States P-51 shoots down enemy Japanese planes and escorts B-29 to raid Tokyo Japan. 200 pound general purpose bombs are dropped over Tokyo causing fire and smoke. Damaged B-29 Superfortress aircraft return to American air base at Iwo Jima. Flack damage and engine damage shown on several B-29 aircraft after landing at Iwo Jima. Aircraft are repaired.
Invasion fleet off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. United States gun crew operates 5" gun on shipboard. Evening scenes: AK(cargo ships) underway. Rigging of USS Bayfield in the foreground. On January 29, 1945, General convoy of AKs (Cargo Ships) in column while underway at sea.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima. A Marine aboard a landing craft writes down on a paper. A naval gun aboard U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada fires at the coast of Iwo Jima. The base of the turret as expended casings fall out on the deck. A lookout aboard the ship in a revolving frame as he uses binoculars. The invasion fleet underway at sea. Two LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) and other landing crafts in the background. The muzzles of main battery rifles aboard USS Nevada as they fire. Smoke rings appear.
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