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[WWII - Color, 1945: Iwo Jima & Marines in Action]
Slate: D+2, Camera Genaust.
10:43:28 Marine w/ microphone strapped to his chest at field telephone. Marines at large tripod mounted spotting binoculars.
10:43:40 MS-CU Marines place Japanese casualty in jeep ambulance.
10:43:49 MS Tank in action on Iwo Jima hillside, smoke rising. Marines cleaning boots & leggings, point to Japanese characters on sole.
10:44:17 CU Tank w/ damaged tread.
10:44:22 MS Marines surround heavy coast defense gun emplacement. LS along shoreline of Iwo Jima showing LSTs on the beach.
10:44:51 MS Marine crouches holding pistol.
10:45:04 MS Marines advance up hill, mortar explosions seen close to advancing Marines.
10:45:09 MS Flag raising & flying at summit of Mt. Suribachi. MS Many marines surrounding flag flying on summit of Suribachi, raise their rifles in the air.
10:46;06 Slate: D+4, Camera: Sgt. W.H. Genaust.
10:46:08 MS Looking down on Marines as they reconnoiter slopes of Suribachi. Ships off shore; men on hillside.
10:46:29 MS LVT filled w/ Japanese dead. Bodies & body parts.
10:46:48 Marine feeding Doberman war dog. MS Marine holds kitten.
10:47:03 Marines moving across field. Marine walks alone across open field. MS Marine assists wounded comrade, they walk toward camera.
10:47:55 CU Machine gun, open terrain from in foxhole.
10:48:27 Slate.
10:48:27 MS Wire stringing patrol strings wire along Iwo Jima beach, Mt. Suribachi BG.1
10:49:05 MS Marines pull ammunition caisson.
10:49:17 MS Entrance to cave.
10:49:34 MS Two Marines in foxhole. Bulldozer pulling sleds.
WW2 Invasion; 1945; Horrors of War; Battles; Fighting;
