U.S. Army tanks of the 1st. Platoon, A Company, 710th Tank Battalion, in action with Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, at Horseshoe Valley in Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. The area is a virtual no man's land. Tanks fire flamethrowers at Japanese positions. Marine infantry rushes to occupy a trench in the valley. Marines set up and fire a 155mm gun at fortified Japanese positions in the hills and cliffs.
United States Marines in combat on Iwo Jima Island, in the Pacific, during World War II. A 5th Marine Division tank burns after being hit by Japanese artillery fire. Column of U.S. M4 Sherman tanks advances on battlefield. One of them is equipped with a bulldozer blade. Shells from Japanese 77mm field artillery explode around the tanks.
(Opening slate identifies D+4, and then a corrected slate says D+5.) U.S. marines amphibious landing activities on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Marines silhouetted against bright sky, while standing inside a Landing Ship Tank (LST) as the front ramp is lowered. An M4A3 Sherman medium tank, equipped with raised exhaust and air intakes (a wading tank), is exiting the ship. Scene shifts to views from onshore, of Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) 477 and 808, beached, on the sand. A Landing Craft Tank (LCT-1243) is on the deck of LST 808. Several M4A3 wading tanks of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion are seen leaving LST 477. Exhaust fumes are visible from their raised ducts. Third Marine Division infantry, on the deck of LST 477, watch the tanks offloading. (Note, regarding the date. Accordng to the Navy Department Library, the 3rd Marine Division joined the Iwo Jima fighting on the fifth day of the battle. So the unloading operations, from LSTs, 477 and 808, seen in this film, could be taking place on D+5.)
Slate identifies date as "D+5." Sherman tank,of U.S. 3rd Marine Division, drives out of Landing Ship Tank (LST) 477 beached next to LST 808, at Iwo Jima, during World War 2. The name:"Aileen," and "USMC 10069" are painted on its side. Tank crew are seen in the tank and legs of Marine riding upon it. Tanks lined up and firing their guns, on rocky terrain.
United States Marine Corps of the 3rd Marine Division in Iwo Jima Island during the Iwo Jima operation of World War 2. View from dug-in position, of several U.S. Marine Corps Sherman tanks on the sands of Iwo Jima in World War 2. They set up in position to fire over dunes. Scene shifts to Shermans moving along a ridge. Mount Suribachi is visible in distant background. Shells striking across beachhead. A Marine and mortar position in foreground. Ocean in background. A huge explosion raises smoke and dust. Glimpse of a Sherman tank silhouetted against background.
United States workers working in a butchery in the United States. Workers cut beef with the help of saw. They use knives to trim the cut pieces. Cans being closed and put on conveyor belts.
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