2nd Armored Division demonstration in Altdorf, Germany. British flame-thrower tanks 'Churchill' and infantrymen of the 41st infantry regiment, 2nd Armored Division, ninth U.S. army in demonstration of attack technique against small villages. Tanks throw heavy concentration of flames against buildings and houses at fire. Infantrymen run toward the houses. Tanks go in field. (World War II period).
2nd Armored Division demonstration in Altdorf, Germany. British flame-thrower tanks 'Churchill' throw heavy concentration of flames against houses at fire. Infantrymen of the 41st infantry regiment, 2nd Armored Division, 9th U.S. Army runs towards houses. (World War II period).
Scene opens showing U.S. Marines from the 4th Division, in World War 2, sitting on the black sands of Iwo Jima as a Sherman tank drives past, behind them. Camera pans across the battle-scarred landscape of littered tree and shrubbery fragments. Next, Marines in a sandbagged position load and fire two shells,in quick succession, from an 81mm mortar. Momentary closeup of mortar crew and then from a few feet back as they fire another shell. A third marine, with them, communicates on a radio telephone. The marines continue firing mortar shells. (Note: The marine on the telephone has been identified as Denny Ray Leach, Age19, of Shreveport, Louisiana.)
March 6, 1945 A bulldozer drives toward an overturned tank truck as a jeep speeds past in front of it. The dozer slowly moves past the wrecked tank truck. A tracked vehicle (weasel) drives down a hill, pulling a trailer. Closeup of Japanese mortar shell with fins, laying in some straw. Closeup from rear, of U.S. marine firing a weapon (possibly a "grease gun") from a protected position. Another marine holding an M1 Garand rifle.
Front view closeup of U.S. Marine posing with a Browning M1917 30 cal light machine gun. He is positioned in a dug in emplacement. View from behind, of two marines at the gun. View from side of two marines manning another 30 cal machine gun, next to some ammunition cannisters. A front view of the marines and the machine gun. The marines smoke cigarettes. More closeups.
U.S. marines of the 4th Division taking chow break in rugged terrain of Iwo Jima during World War 2. Closeups of marines eating and drinking in a fortified area. View from inside a bombed out bunker. Concrete reinforcing wires dangle silhouetted against the light sky. View from cliffside, down to beach where landing craft are visible. View of road and encampments. Mount Suribachi visible in the distance. Resupply operations being carried out on the beachhead. Landing craft infantry (LCIs) along the shore, including a damaged one sitting high and dry. Others are sunk. View back on the cliffside near the bombed out bunker.
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