Joint Congressional Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack in the United States. Officials gather in the court room. Officials seated at their desk and Retired U.S. Army Major General Walter Short addresses them about the Pearl Harbor attack. He states that he approved the defensive plan for Hawaii with other officials. He talks about the 'Rainbow 5' by the U.S. Army and WPL-46 of the U.S. Navy. The war department audit was made under the 'Rainbow Plan'. The mutual agreement between the army and navy for the plan to be brought into effect. The Japanese action was unpredictable.
United States Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz addresses the Navy personnel at Pearl Harbor. In Hawaii, U.S. Admiral Nimitz standing at a podium. He delivers a speech to officers and men of the Navy and civilian workers at the Navy Yard. Trees in the background. He talks about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Navy personnel applaud. Cadets singing Star Spangled Banner after the Admiral's speech. Men discussing amongst themselves after the anthem. Admiral meets other men and officers. (World War II period).
The invasion of Iwo Jima by the United States troops during Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Aerial view of bombardment on Iwo Jima. Japanese installations and terrain in view. Small craft underway in circles. Bombardment on the Iwo Jima coastline. Wave of landing vehicle tracked (LVTs) underway at sea. Ships in transport area at Iwo Jima. LVTs underway at sea. LVTs head towards the beach, Mount Suribachi in the background. Battleships underway at sea.
Activities of the United States Marine Corps in the battle for Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. Marines load and fire 105mm howitzer point blank against Japanese fortified positions on Mount Suribachi.. Heavy smoke arises due to explosions. U.S. carrier-based F4F Wildcat aircraft makes shallow runs on Mount Suribachi and fire rockets. Rockets explode at base of the mountain. Marine howitzer battery in position on the beach. Marines unloading wooden cases of artillery shells from landing craft.
Activities of United States Marine Corps in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A trailer, loaded with transformers, is hooked up to a bulldozer. A Landing Ship Tank (LST-792) on a beach with the bow doors open. LSTs on the beach. The trailer on the beach. A marine standing in the foreground. Amphibious crafts (LVTs, LCTs, LCMs) in water. A wrecked Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). Surf breaks over the wreckage. Two Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) and an LST on the beach. The bulldozer pulls the trailer. LST-792 with bow up on the beach. A Task Force anchored in the background. Japanese food and destroyed equipment. Shelled-out concrete emplacements. Trucks on the beach. 75mm howitzer crew fire gun which is camouflaged with netting. The Task Force out in the water. Puffs of smoke rise as guns fire. Supplies are loaded onto an LVT. The supplies on the beach. Heavy equipment unloaded. A drag line is off loaded from an LST. Other LSTs anchored in the background. LST-792 in the background. Down beach area towards Mount Suribachi. Heavy equipment unloaded. Signalmen send semaphore. A Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) in the background. A marine squats in volcanic ash. The bow section of LST-792. Surf breaks onto the beach. Men unload 50 gallon oil drums from the LCM.
Activities of U.S. Marines off the shore of Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) on its way to Iwo Jima beach. A Landing Ship Medium (LSM) in the background. Iwo Jima and Mount Suribachi in view. A wave of LVTs with troops aboard underway towards Iwo Jima. A Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) in the background. Smoke rises from the bombardment at Iwo Jima shoreline. Airplanes bomb Iwo Jima beach. The wave of LVTs approach the beach in the foreground. Mortar fire close to an LVT. Iwo Jima beachhead shows marines pinned down at the water's edge. Explosions as shells burst in the background. The marines fire guns from battleships and destroyers offshore. Iwo Jima shoreline shows many explosions and heavy smoke as the shells hit the beach. The LCI fires towards the beach. A rocket barrage bursts on the beach. A wrecked Japanese ship. Rocket trails in the foreground.
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