COLOR FILM JIMMY DOOLITTLE'S 16 B-25 MEDIUM BOMBERS,
TAKING OFF FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ON APRIL 18, 1942,
FOR DARING FIRST EVER BOMBING RAID OF TOKYO IN EARLY
STAGES OF WWII.

SAILOR CLASPS HANDS OVERHEAD IN GESTURE OF GOOD LUCK,
ANOTHER WAVES FLAG AS BOTH LOOK SKYWARD.

BATTLE OF MIDWAY ISLAND IN AFTERMATH OF TOKYO
BOMBING AS JAPANESE SEEK TO AVENGE BOMBING.

TWO PT BOATS ALONGSIDE TUG BOAT IN MIDWAY HARBOR.
SAILORS ON DECKS OF ALL THREE. ONE PT BOAT PULLS
AWAY.

FIGHTER PLANES IN AIR OVER MIDWAY ISLAND. CAMOUFLAGED
DESTROYER ESCORT IN MIDWAY HARBOR.

NAVY OFFICER PLAYING ACCORDION AS OTHERS WATCHES AS
OTHERS PASS TIME IN THEIR OWN WAY AS THEY WAIT FOR
INEVITABLE JAPANESE ATTACK.

MARINE IN BUNKER, PEERS SKYWARD THROUGH BINOCULARS,
AT ATTACKING ENEMY PLANES. JAPANESE PLANES IN SKY. CU
FIRING MACHINE GUN BARREL JUTTING SKYWARD FROM
BUNKER. BEACH, OCEAN IN BKGD

TWO U.S. FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF FROM MIDWAY TO
ENGAGE ENEMY. HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM ISLAND.
JAPANESE FIGHTER ZIPS BY. CU MACHINE GUN FIRING

MONTAGE INTENSE FIRE, BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM BURNING
HANGERS AND BUILDINGS.

SAILORS SIT STRADDLING BOMBS BEING TRANSPORTED TO
PLANES VIA STRING OF LOW TRAILERS. SEEN THROUGH
WINDSHIELDS OF VEHICLE.

IN CHAOTIC SCENE, MARINES RUNNING ACROSS AIRFIELD
AMID DAMAGED, BURNING U.S. PLANES. SOME STOP TO TAKE
RIFLE SHOTS AT ATTACKING PLANES OVERHEAD.

MARINE MACHINE GUNNERS FIRING THEIR WEAPON SKYWARD.
JAPANESE PLANE PLUNGES TO EARTH, EXPLODES. HUGE
FIREBALL, THICK BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS FROM OIL STORAGE
TANK. MARINES WATCH DESTROYED ENEMY BOMBER BURN ON
GROUND. CU JAPANESE WING EMBLEM BURNS SYMBOLICALLY.

TORPEDO PLANE DIVES LOW, DROPS TORPEDO IN WATER.
MONTAGE AERIAL VARIOUS VIEWS BOMBS EXPLODING ON,
AROUND, JAPANESE CARRIERS DURING BATTLE. 3 OUT OF 4
WERE DESTROYED IN 5 MINUTES.

SMOKE RISES FROM USS CARRIER "YORKTOWN" AFTER BEING
MORTALLY HIT BY ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANES.

TWO-SEATER U.S. DIVE BOMBER HEADS HOME AFTER CHANGING
COURSE OF WAR IN PACIFIC. THEY HAVE DEALT JAPANESE
ITS FIRST NAVAL DEFEAT I 300 YEARS.

CU ANOTHER PILOT IN HIS COCKPIT RAISES FOUR FINGERS,
INDICATING FOUR "KILLS", BEFORE CLIMBING OUT OF
PLANE. THREE PILOTS POSE TOGETHER.

MONTAGE U.S. FLIERS BEING HELPED OUT OF PBY'S AFTER
BEING RESCUED AT SEA, SOME IN STRETCHES.

Guadalcanal

MARINES CLIMB DOWN ROPE NETS ONTO LANDING CRAFTS
ALONGSIDE TROOPSHIP. TROOPS CROWD ONTO BEACH AS
SUPPLIES POUR IN.

North Africa

PAN OF AGING ANCIENT RUINS AT EL ALAMEIN, EGYPT ALONG MEDITERRANEAN SEA, WHICH BRITISH TOOK FROM GERMANS, AS THEY PUSHED THEM WEST.

ADVANCING U.S. GI'S PICK UP MACHINE GUN, RUN FORWARD.
HUGE ENEMY SHELL BURSTS IN EXACT SPOT THEY JUST LEFT.
TANKS, FOLLOWED BY GI'S RUNNING BEHIND IN DESERT
BRUSH, KICK UP DUST.

GI RIFLEMEN, BACKS TO CAMERA, FOLLOW BEHIND TANK FOR
PROTESTIVE COVER, STOP AS TANK STOPS MORE OF
ADVANCING TANKS, GIs AMID SHELL BURSTS. MONTAGE MORE
OF SAME.

PAN LARGE, OLD EGYPTIAN WOODEN SAILBOAT, SMALL BOY
SITTING ON DECK.

Tarawa

ABOVE SHOT DOZENS MARINE OFFICERS, ENCIRCLE THREE
DIMENSIONAL SCALE MODEL OF ISLAND, AS ONE USES
POINTER TO PLOT LANDING. VIEW OF SCALE MODEL,
COMPLETE WITH LANDING STRIP, HILLS. ALLIES WANT
AIRSTRIP, WHATEVER THE COST.

CU MACHINE GUN SHELLS BEING BELTED BY HAND-HELD
MACHINE. SHIRTLESS SAILOR CLEANING DECK MACHINE GUN
WITH BRUSH, AS PREPARATIONS ARE MADE FOR ACTION.
MARINE GUN CREW TEST MACHINE GUN BY FIRING INTO SEA.

HIGH ANGLE OF MARINES BOARDING LANDING CRAFT
ALONGSIDE SHIP. LANDING CRAFT MOVES AWAY FROM SHIP.
SEVERAL LANDING CRAFTS START TOWARDS ISLAND.

MONTAGE FACES OF MARINES IN LANDING CRAFT

PAN MARINES LIE IN FOX HOLES, ON THE GROUND, AS 4500
ELITE JAPANESE TROOPS KEEPS INVASION FORCE PINNED
DOWN.

MARINE RUNNING ONE-AT-A-TIME IN CROUCHED POSITIONS,
ACROSS ONLY ONE TENTH OF A MILE OF BEACH HELD BY
ALLIED FORCES. THAT ONE TENTH MILE OF BEACH COST
MARINES ON THIRD OF INITIAL FORCE OF 5000. MARINE
FIRES HIS RIFLE FROM BEHIND BUILDING AS TWO OTHERS
LOAD UP.

MARINE FIRES RIFLE GRENADE INTO BUNKER AS ANOTHER
FIRES FLAME THROWER. EXPLOSION COVERS AREA IN SMOKE.
JAPANESE SOLDIERS RUN OUT OF BUNKER, ACROSS
BATTLEFIELD AS MARINES IN FRGD FIRE AT THEM.

MARINE WITH OPEN CRATE OF HAND GRENADES PREPARES TO
GIVE MORE TO COMRADE WHO TOSSES ONE OVER TOP OF HILL.

MARINE CARRYING WOUNDED COMRADE IN BACK SEAT, DRIVES
JEEP ON BUMPY GROUND TOWARDS CAMERA. REMAINS OF PALM
TREES WITH DROOPING FRONDS IN BKGD ATTEST TO FEROCITY
OF BATTLE

U.S. LANDING CRAFT COMMANDEERED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS,
FIRING ITS GUNS ON MARINES, IS HIT BY ALLIED SHELL
WHO SILENCE IT WITH DIRECT HIT.

TWO SHIRTLESS MARINES HAVE GRIM TASK OF COLLECTING
DOG TAGS OFF DOZENS OF BODIES OF COMRADES SCATTERED
ON BEACH. MONTAGE PAN GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD ON BEACH,
SOME FLOATING, BOBBING IN WATER.

MONTAGE BULLDOZERS BEING USED TO DESTROY THE
FORTIFICATIONS USED BY ENEMY

MARINE MEDIC PATCHES UP JAPANESE PRISONER.

MARINES SALUTE AS FLAG IS RAISED. 4 MEDALS OF HONOR
WERE AWARDED, 3 POSTHUMOUSLY.

Los Alamos, New Mexico

PAN ARMY TRUCKS, CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES PARKED
AROUND AND NEAR BARRACK-TYPE BUILDINGS AT SITE A-BOMB
BUILDING SITE.

WORKERS ATTACH "FAT-MAN" TO BLOCK AND TACKLE ATTACHED
TO TOP OF HUGE HIGH TOWER. TILT DOWN HUGE TOWER WITH
TENT AT BASE COVERING THE GOINGS ON

VARIOUS VIEWS BALL SHAPED "FAT-BOY" SLOWLY RISING TO
TOP OF 100 FOOT TOWER. CU "FAT-MAN"

A-BOMB EXPLODES: BLINDING FLASH, THEN HUGE MUSHROOM
CLOUD COMES INTO VIEW ON THE HORIZON RISING 41,000
FEET INTO SKY. CU APOCALYPTIC FIRE, CLOUDS BILLOWING
SKYWARD.

GERMANY'S V-2 ROCKET: CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOW
TESTING AND FIRING OF GERMANY'S ULTIMATE WEAPON.

SLOW TILT UP FROM GROUND TO TOP OF V-2 MISSILE,
MECHANIC ON LADDER WORKS ON WARHEAD.

MISSLE FAILURE: V-2 ROCKET IGNITES, LIFTS FROM PAD.
SUDDEN EXPLOSION AT THE TAIL END AND ROCKET FALLS TO
EARTH, EXPLODES IN A GIANT FIREBALL. PAN OF
DESTRUCTION AROUND SITE CAUSED BY FAILURE. PAN
WORKERS, SOLDIERS, VIEW HUGE CRATER CAUSED BY
EXPLOSION.

V-2 ROCKET LIFTS OFF PAD, DEVELOPS TROUBLE, VEERS
CRAZILY IN SKY, PLUMMETS TO GROUND. ROCKET FAILURE

U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS:
SEVERAL CARRIERS AT SEA. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CHANGED
HOW NAVAL WARFARE WAS FOUGHT.

SAILORS IN SWIM SUITS STAND ON LONG OUTRIGGER
PROJECTING FROM DECK OF CARRIER HIGH ABOVE OCEAN.
THEY WATCH SAILOR IN BKGD DO A SWAN DIVE OFF
SPRINGBOARD EXTENDED OVER FLIGHT DECK.

SAILORS AT SODA FOUNTAIN ON CARRIER, ARE SERVED SODA
POP. SAILOR READS BOOK IN CARRIER LIBRARY. SAILOR
TAKES NAP ON COT IN CARRIER SLEEPING QUARTERS.
OFFICERS EATING CHOW IN CARRIER DINING ROOM

MONTAGE NAVY DIVE BOMBERS, FIGHTER PLANES CIRCA 1941,
TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER DECK.

MONTAGE CARRIER CREWS CLEAN, ASSEMBLE MACHINE GUNS,
BELT 50 CALIBER SHELLS PLACE TRACER SHELL EVERY
SECOND SHELL. BOMBS ARE LOADED UNDER DIVE BOMBERS.

PLANES TAKE OFF TO PROTECT CARRIER TASK FORCE FROM
ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANES. SQUADRON IN FLIGHT.

MONTAGE GROUND CREWS SILHOUETTED BY FLAMES AT NIGHT,
WORK FEVERISHLY TRYING TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES ON PLANES
CAUGHT ON DECK.

GRAPHIC VIEW OF ENEMY PLANE WITH ONE ENGINE ON FIRE
HEADING TOWARDS CARRIER, HITS WATER FIRST THEN BOW AS
IT EXPLODES. AS SEEN FROM DECK OF CARRIER.

MONTAGE SHIRTLESS FLAGMEN DIRECT PLANES TO LANDINGS
ON CARRIER DECK. SOME PLANES CRASH LAND ON DECK.

HIGH ANGLE CREW MEN RISKING THEIR LIVES RUN OUT TO
ASSIST PILOT OUT OF PLANE WITH BURNING ENGINE.

CREWMEN REMOVE BLOODIED WOUNDED FLYER FROM PLANE.
BLOOD STAINS COVER WINDSHIELD

HIGH ANGLE GROUND CREWS, OFFICERS, WATCH WOUNDED
PILOT BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHER.

DAMAGED PLANE IS PUSHED OVERBOARD TO CLEAR DECK FOR
OTHER LANDINGS. PLANE COMES IN TOO FAST LANDS ON
DECK, SMASHES INTO SUPERSTRUCTURE, BREAKS UP, COMES
TO REST AS PILOT SITTING IN COCKPIT, NON-CHALANTLY
TAKES OFF SEAT BELT, CLIMBS OUT UN-HARMED

The Memphis Belle

MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
ON ENGLISH AIRFIELD.

BOMBER CREWS ENTER BRIEFING ROOM. OFFICER USES
POINTER ON WALL MAP, TO DESCRIBE MISSION. PAN PILOTS
TAKING NOTES.

CAPTAIN OF THE B-17 BRIEFS HIS CREW, THEN THEY ALL
CLIMB INTO PLANE. CU ENGINE OF "MEMPHIS BELLE"
REVVING UP. CU PAN ENGINES REVVING UP TO LONG LINE OF
BOMBS PAINTED ON FUSELAGE, THEN TO SCANTILY CLAD PIN-
UP GIRL. AND NAME "MEMPHIS BELLE"

MONTAGE B-17s TAKING OFF ON MISSION. VARIOUS ANGLE
VIEWS SQUADRONS OF B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES IN FLIGHT.
VAPOR TRAILS FOLLOW SQUADRONS.

CU FACE SHOT BOMBARDIER IN HELMET AND OXYGEN MASK.
AERIAL VIEW OF GROUND.

MACHINE GUNNER FIRING AT ATTACKING GERMAN FIGHTERS.

MONTAGE B-17 SIDE, TAIL AND NOSE GUNNERS FIRING
MACHINE GUNS AT GERMAN PLANES.

AIRMEN AT AIR BASE LOOK SKYWARD FOR SIGNS OF
RETURNING B-17s. FEMALE WAC SITS ON STONE WALL
LOOKING SKYWARD THROUGH BINOCULARS, AS DO OTHERS
LEANING OUT OF CONTROL TOWER WINDOWS LOOKING SKYWARD.

CREWMEN B-17 POSE BY PLANE. TILT UP TO TAIL, HALF
SHOT OFF. MONTAGE PLANES WITH VARIETY OF DAMAGES.

MONTAGE CREWMEN WAVE FROM PLANE SIDE WINDOW NOSE
GUNNERS WINDOW AFTER BEATING ODDS, COMPLETING 25
MISSIONS.

CREWMAN IS LIFTED ON SHOULDERS OF COMRADES SO HE CAN
KISS "MEMPHIS BELLE" PIN-UP, PAT HER REAR END.

EXCERPTS OF HITLER MISTRESS EVA BRAUN'S COLOR HOME
MOVIES AT HITLER'S RETREAT IN BERCHTESGADEN, BAVARIA.

UNIFORMED HITLER LEANS ON CANE AS HE SPEAKS WITH
THREE YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING EVA. OTHER YOUNG MEN,
WOMEN JOIN IN. SNOW COVERED GROUNDS, GERMAN OFFICERS
IN BKGD.

EVA BRAUN POSES WITH BLACK SCOTTY DOG, HOLDS IT IN
ARMS. EVA, TWO SCOTTY PUPPIES ON PATIO CHAIR

HITLER, UNIDENTIFIED AIDE IN CONVERSATION,
PICTURESQUE MOUNTAINS, VALLEY IN BKGD.

CU HITLER WALKS HAND IN HAND WITH LITTLE GIRL ON
PATIO. CU HITLER PLAYING WITH CHILD. SHAKING HANDS
WITH ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL, WALKS WITH HER, PATS HER ON
CHEEK.

CAMERAMAN STANDS WITH CAMERA, TRIPOD ON LIMO ROOF,
TAKES SHOTS OF HITLER MOTORCADE. THOUSANDS ADORING
GERMANS WAVE AS HITLER STANDS UP IN OPEN LIMO, GIVING
STIFF ARM SALUTE

HITLER SPEAKING TO TWO OFFICERS, PULLS POCKET WATCH
OUT OF POCKET, TO CHECK TIME, GETS KNEE-JERK REACTION
FROM OFFICERS WHO QUICKLY LOOK AT THEIR WRIST
WATCHES.

D-Day

CU GI TRIMS HIS BEARD WITH SCISSORS.

CU TWO SAILORS PLACE TINY LIFE VEST ON PUPPY. CU
SAILOR POSES WITH PUPPY HELD TO FACE.

MONTAGE CANNONS START BOMBARDMENT TO SOFTEN BEACHES
BEFORE INVASION.

MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES OF OBSTACLES PLACED ALONG
SHORE BY GERMANS TO PREVENT LANDINGS ON SHORE.

PAN ENDLESS ROW OF LANDING CRAFT, SUPPLY SHIPS JUST
OFF BEACH, WITH BARRAGE BALLOONS OVERHEAD PREVENTS
STRAFING BY LOW FLYING GERMAN PLANES. AMERICAN TROOPS
ROLL UP HILL NEAR SHORE, IN HALF-TRACKS. LST'S IN
BKGD

U.S. TANKS WITH HEADS OF THREE CREW MEMBERS POPPING
OUT OF TANK AT LOWER, TOP, OF TANK SPEEDS THROUGH
WOODED AREA, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS.

GRAPHIC VIEW OF DEAD HORSE LYING BY CART. GI STOPS TO
VIEW DEAD GERMAN SOLDIERS ON GROUND NEAR FARM HOUSE.
CU VIEW SEVERAL DEAD, YOUNG, GERMAN SOLDIERS.

ARMY TRUCK ROLLS DOWN ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA, PASSING
DEVASTATED BUILDINGS.

CU PORTRAIT OF ADOLPH HITLER BEING USED AS DART BOARD
BY GIS.

MONTAGE MORE SCENES GI'S ON MOVE IN JEEPS, TRUCKS, ON
ROADS, THROUGH VILLAGES. SIGN ON BUILDING: "CAEN
18K", "PARIS 240K", WITH ARROW POINTING TO DIRECTION.

CU SHIRTLESS GI SITS IN SUN, WRITES LETTER HOME.
ANOTHER SITS ON GROUND, READS LETTER AS HE PUFFS ON
CIGARETTE. GI SITS IN GRASS READS "LIFE" MAGAZINE.
TWO OTHERS READ OVER HIS SHOULDERS.

PAN ALLIED MILITARY LEADERS INCLUDING GENERAL OMAR
BRADLEY, BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, GENERAL
GEORGE PATTON, PACKING TRADEMARK PEARL HANDLE
REVOLVER ENJOY MOMENT OF LEVITY OUTDOORS AT FIELD
HEADQUARTERS. GI CAMERAMEN TAKE FILM SHOTS WITH HAND
HELD CAMERAS IN BKGD.

GIS SEARCH GERMAN PRISONERS. GI IN FRGD SUB-MACHINE
GUN IN HAND, STANDS GUARD OVER SCORES OF GERMANS
SEATED ON GROUND.

MONTAGE COLUMN OF TRUCKS LOADED WITH GERMAN PRISONERS
ROLL BY.

ARMY AMBULANCE PULLS IN TO HELP AMERICAN WOUNDED. CU
ARMY MEDICS WORK FEVERISHLY ON SERIOUSLY WOUNDED GI
LYING ON GROUND.

ARMY ENGINEERS EXAMINE AREA WHERE BRIDGES WERE BLOWN
UP BY RETREATING GERMANS. GIS RIDE JEEP, TOWARDS
CAMERA, ON TEMPORARY PONTOON BRIDGE BUILT BY
ENGINEERS.

SIGN ON WALL OF FRENCH BUILDING POINTS WAY TO
"PARIS".

GI GRABS FRENCH SOLDIER, KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS.

GERMAN OFFICER BEING DRIVEN AROUND IN JEEP BY GIS TO
PLEA WITH SNIPERS, IS HIT ON HEAD WITH HELMET, BY
PASSING GI.

MONTAGE DEGAULLE SPEAKING WITH FRENCH OFFICERS IN
PARIS STREET.

MARIANNA ISLANDS SOUTH PACIFIC INVASION INCLUDE
INVASION OF SAIPAN BY U.S. MARINES 1944. WAR IN THE
PACIFIC. BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND, AIR BATTLES. DOG
FIGHTS. STRAFING AND BOMBING ENEMY INSTALLATIONS.
FIERCE FIGHTING. VIEW AFTERMATH OF LAST DITCH SUICIDE
CHARGE BY 4500 JAPANESE SOLDIERS. ALL KILLED.
CIVILIAN SUICIDES.

MONTAGE ALLIED WARSHIPS BOMBARDING SAIPAN. WITH HEAVY
GUNS DIVE FIGHTER PLANES AND DIVE BOMBERS TAKE OFF
FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

MONTAGE GREAT COLOR SHOTS OF SOME OF MORE THAN 300
JAPANESE PLANES SHOT DOWN IN DOG FIGHTS AS SEEN FROM
WING CAMERAS OF U.S. FIGHTER PLANES. ENEMY PLANES
WERE NO MATCH FOR NEW U.S. PLANES. BATTLE WAS LATER
REFERRED AS "A TURKEY SHOOT".

SMILING PILOT PEELS OFF STENCIL, AFTER PAINTING
JAPANESE FLAG ON FUSELAGE, ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS,
INDICATING 3 JAPANESE "KILLS". CU HAND WITH SPRAY GUN
SPRAYING PAINT ON STENCIL.

SOME OF THE 20,000 U.S. TROOPS MARCH ON ROAD IN
SAIPAN. TROOPS IN FIELD, BOMB EXPLODING NEAR THEM.

TANK CREWMAN WITH HEAD POPPING OUT OF FRONT GUN
POSITION. GROUP OF GIS FOLLOW CLOSE BEHIND SLOW
MOVING TANK IN DENSE JUNGLE.

GI WITH RIFLE READY, ENTERS JAPANESE BUNKER. GIS IN
FRGD, BACKS TO CAMERA, RIFLES POISED, WATCH ANOTHER
GI FIRE FLAME THROWER INTO JUNGLE. FLAME THROWER TANK
LIGHTS UP LARGE AREA OF JUNGLE WITH FLAMES

CU GRIM FACED GI WITH BEARD. CU SAME GI TAKES SHAVE
TO REMOVE BEARD.

MONTAGE AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF FROM FORMER
JAPANESE AIRSTRIP ON SAIPAN.

PAN GRAPHIC VIEW OF DEAD BODIES OF JAPANESE SCATTERED
OVER LARGE AREA, GROTESQUE BLACKENED BODIES, KILLED
BY FLAME THROWER.

CU WOMAN SITS ON GROUND WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN.

YOUNG WOMAN CARRIES HER CHILD PIGGY-BACK THROUGH
FIELD. OTHER MEN WOMEN FOLLOW.

CAPTURED JAPANESE SOLDIERS (?), NOSES, MOUTHS COVERED
WITH CLOTH TO AVOID STENCH, USE SHOVELS TO PLACE DEAD
ONTO STRETCHER.

Iwo Jima

BEAUTIFUL COLOR SHOT OF SUN GOING DOWN OVER HORIZON
IN PACIFIC OCEAN. PAN TO ISLAND OF IWO JIMA. PAN OF
ISLAND AND VOLCANIC MOUNT SURIBACHI

PAN WARSHIP CANNONS, MUSSELS CAPPED, GROUP OF
SAILORS, MUSICIANS PLAYING BLUE GRASS COUNTRY MUSIC
WITH GUITARS, VIOLIN, MANDOLIN ON DECK UNDER CANNONS.
CU VIOLIN PLAYER.

CHAPLAIN HOLDS SERVICES ON DECK. SEA IN BKGD

WARSHIP FIRING SALVO. SHELL BURSTS SEEN AT TOP OF
MOUNT SURIBACHI. MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE SCENES
WARSHIPS FIRING SALVOS, INCLUDING SAILORS FIRING
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS INTO ISLAND.

HUNDREDS OF LANDING CRAFTS (LST'S) CARRYING 60,000
MARINES TWO MILES TO SHORE OF IWO, EACH KICKING UP A
WAKE. SPECTACULAR AERIAL VIEW OF THE MANY CRAFT
HEADING TO SHORE.

VIEW INSIDE LANDING CRAFT AS FIRST WAVE HIT THE
BEACH. DOOR DROPS DOWN, MARINES, BACKS TO CAMERA,
RUSH OUT, HEAD FOR HILL OF BLACK VOLCANIC ASH.

DEAD MARINE HALF BURIED IN THE SOFT ASH. MARINES MOVE
OVER THE SOFT HILL.

MONTAGE MEDICS CARRY MARINE WOUNDED ONTO LST FOR TRIP
TO HOSPITAL SHIP OFF SHORE. CU MEDIC TREATS WOUND ON
MARINE'S KNEE.

WINCH LIFTS STRETCHERS WITH 2 WOUNDED MARINES ONTO
HOSPITAL SHIP.

AERIAL VIEW OF MASS BURIAL AT SEA OF OVER THREE HUNDRED SAILORS KILLED BY SUICIDE PLANES. DOZENS OF
BODIES WRAPPED IN BODY BAGS LIE IN NEAT LINES OF
ABOUT A DOZEN EACH, AWAITING TURN TO BE BURIED AT
SEA, AS FIRST GROUP IS DUMPED OUT OF FLAG DRAPED
SLABS, NEXT GROUP IS READIED

MARINES CLIMB ONTO ASH COVERED MOUNT SURABACHI TO
FLUSH OUT INTRENCHED JAPANESE THE HARD WAY, WITH
GRENADES AND FLAME THROWERS. CU CAVE ENTRANCE WITH
PROTECTIVE STEEL BARS MANGLED AFTER ASSAULT.

TWO MARINES WALK WOUNDED COMRADE ALONG RUGGED HILL TO
AIDE STATION.

COLOR FILM OF FAMED SCENE, U.S. MARINES RAISE
AMERICAN FLAG ON MOUNT SURIBACHI

PAN CAPTURED IWO JIMA AIRFIELD, WITH MARINE TENTS,
CARGO PLANES OTHER ACTIVITIES. B-17 BOMBER TAKING OFF
FROM AIRSTRIP, FOLLOWED BY P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER. U.S.
PLANES CAN NOW BOMB JAPAN ESCORTED BY FIGHTERS.

MONTAGE MARINES RUNNING THROUGH ROCKY TERRAIN UNDER
FIRE BY SNIPERS AND MORTARS.

MEDIC BANDAGES WOUNDED MARINES SHOULDER. MEDIC TENDS
A STOMACH WOUND OD ANOTHER GI.

MARINES FIRE RIFLES AT HIDDEN ENEMY ENTRENCHED AMID
BURNED OUT BRANCHES, TREE STUMPS

SMOLDERING BODY OF JAPANESE SOLDIER LIES ON GROUND.
MARINE RUNS PAST SMOKING CORPSE.

JAPANESE, CIGARETTE IN MOUTH, POSES.

PAN WRAPPED BODIES OF DEAD LAY ON STRETCHERS AS
MARINES DIG GRAVES TO BURY THEM. BULLDOZERS IN BKGD
LEVELING LAND FOR EXTENDED CEMETERY.