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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES TEND TO WOUNDED
VS United States Marines carrying wounded on stretcher in field of debris, medics tending wounded, holding up blood plasma, carrying injured into Operation Room tent on base VS US Navy doctor taking penicillin out of refrigerator...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES MOBILIZING, HILL 382 AKA THE MEAT GRINDER
VS US Marines & M4 Sherman tanks mobilizing, moving North, on Iwo Jima island, soldiers walking over rocky terrain / VS US 4th Marine Division battling on Hill 382, aka 'The Meat Grinder,' w/ explosions, US soldiers running down from...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: RAISING FLAG ON MOUNT SURIBACHI
ICONIC WS 5 United States Marines & 1 Navy corpsman raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, American flag flying.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: JAPANESE POWS
VS Japanese Prisoner of War, POW, at opening of cave appealing to Japanese troops to surrender / VS US Marines throwing in smoke grenades, firing rifles / Various Japanese soldiers being pulled out of rubble, fortifications, surrendering...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: RELIGIOUS SERVICE, FRESH WATER
VS US Soldier delivering sermon (unconfirmed) w/ Bible in hand, other soldiers gathered around for prayer, religious service, on Iwo Jima beach / VS US Marines examining water pipes set up along Iwo Jima beach, checking distillation...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: PLANNING THE FINAL ASAULT
VS General Holland Smith (aka 'Howlin' Mad') (C) on sitting on beach w/ staff officers, talking, planning strategy / MS Small wooden sign posts w/ directions to parts of base on Iwo Jima beach / VS US soldier typing on typewriter...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MARINES TEND TO WOUNDED
Corpsman sterilizing tools / MS 'Operation Room' sign outside tent / GRAPHIC VS MCU's Of Navy doctor, surgeon, hands operating on open wound (bloody) of injured Marine, soldier, placing mat over wound / MS 'Operation Room' sign outside...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
VS US Marine pulling out machine gun from rubble, dead Japanese soldier on beach, US soldiers pulling & carrying dead Japanese men on stretchers onto back of truck.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: ADVANCING ON NORTHERN IWO JIMA
VS United States Marines advancing on Northern Iwo Jima, including M4 Sherman tanks, Marines on rocky ridge, firing machine guns, throwing grenades, explosions across landscape / VS United States 3rd Marine Division soldier advancing on...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: INVASION BEGINS
VS Mount Suribachi being bombarded w/ explosions, Navy battleship firing cannons just off shore at sea / VS Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner looking over notes, various radio operators in communication room, one writing on board, seaman on...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: BUILDING AIRFIELD
VS United States Marine Engineering Units & Navy Construction Battalion excavators (aka diggers) on Iwo Jima beach loading, moving, unloading mounds of dirt, tractors paving airstrip for airfield / VS Boeing B29 Superfortress approaching...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: EQUIPMENT AND MEN ARRIVE AT THE BEACH
MS Seaman signaling morse code w/ light / VS United States 3rd Marine Division landing on Iwo Jima beach, reinforcement soldiers, M4 Sherman tanks, trucks pulling artillery, & Jeeps emerging from landing crafts, VS US soldier's boots.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: UNITED STATES HEAVY BOMBERS: AERIAL
VS Formation of Consolidated B24 'Liberator' heavy bomber aircraft flying through sky, dropping payload of bombs over island of Iwo Jima, explosions across landscape below / MEDIUM BOMBER: WS (POV from airplane window) North American B25...
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1945: IWO JIMA: WS Battleship firing cannon guns. LS Battleship firing guns. US Marines in Higgins landing craft (LCVP) on ocean. HA WS Shells hitting water near moving landing craft. US Marines hurry out of landing vehicle. WWII.
MOT 1945: IWO JIMA: WS Battleship firing cannon guns. LS Battleship firing guns. US Marines in Higgins landing craft (LCVP) on ocean. HA WS Shells hitting water near moving landing craft. US Marines hurry out of landing vehicle. WWII.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: VICTORY
XWS United States Marines during flag ceremony at Northern Iwo Jima, American flag raising on pole, mountain BG / VS US Marines planting cross in cemetery, shoveling dirt onto base of cross, other soldiers, some w/ injuries, paying...
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: WOUNDED AND SHELL SHOCKED MARINES
VS US Marines carrying wounded soldiers by hand & on stretcher, rows of injured lying on stretchers, medics tending wounded men, loading them onto landing crafts, soldier shell shocked.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: FIGHTING ON THE BEACH
Tank moving on beach, VS US Forces pinned down on beach of Iwo Jima, soldiers crawling on sand, medic tending wounded, various tanks stranded along beach shore, dead KIA soldier w/ knife in hand.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: ADVANCING ON NORTHERN IWO JIMA
VS United States Marines advancing on Northern Iwo Jima, including M4 Sherman tanks, Marines on rocky ridge, firing machine guns, throwing grenades, explosions across landscape.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: MOPPING UP
WS US Marine, armor regiment, on top of M4 Sherman tank talking w / another / VS Sherman flame tanks shooting fire across landscape, burning, POV from tank, shooting flames.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: NAVAL BOMBARDMENT
VS United States Navy warships, battleships, firing on island of Iwo Jima, explosion & smoke on island / VS Navy officers on deck watching bombardment of Iwo Jima islands, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal looking out w/ binoculars.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: UNLOADING TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT UNDER FIRE
VS US Navy transport ships approaching Iwo Jima island, various US forces landing on beach, Marines, amphibious M4 Sherman tanks, DUKW transports, all mobilizing onto shore.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: FIGHTING ON THE BEACH
VS US Forces pinned down on beach of Iwo Jima, M4 tanks & soldiers maneuvering, trying to get equipment on beach, soldiers carrying wounded on stretcher.
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MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: CHECKING FOR MINES
United States Marines along beach, clearing & checking for mines, prodding & poking sand w/ knives.