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WWII - Color, 1945, Iwo Jima: Invasion from USS Cecil (APA-96). 19Feb45

Reel Number: H1269-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Japan,USA

Location: IWO JIMA,Pacific

TC Begins: 14:00:05

TC Ends: 14:10:24

Duration: 00:10:19

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, Iwo Jima: Invasion from USS Cecil (APA-96). 19Feb45 Slate: Location USS Cecil. (APA-96) Marine drops ?? over side w/ heavy line, lowers roll of cable. View of shore thru smoke, ships moving thru smoke screen GOOD. Sunset. 14:01:16: Goodbye Saipan . Pan ships anchored & island (Saipan ?). Sailors on board destroyer alongside. 10:01:52 Soldier holding copy of Leatherneck w/ cartoon on cover.(brief) Slate: ?? High angle / HA Officer briefing men & saluting each. 10:02:25 Slate: Commodore John B. McGovern - Flag Bridge, USS Cecil. Silhouetted, w/ binoculars & other men behind. Signalman operating light, another flagging., 10:03:01 Slate: Official Mail? Exchange. Destroyer USS Irwin DD-794 alongside; container transferred on line between ships. 10:04:29 Lowering tank onto landing craft. LS Iwo Jima behind anchored ships. Slate: D-Day Iwo Jima, smoke rising from Iwo ima in distance, fleet visible at anchor. Planes overhead. 10:05:40 Officer on bridge w/ headset. LS across to Iwo Jima visible w/ smoke at base. 10:06:25 Slate Roll 29, same. LS battleship firing barrage; other ships moving. Heavy smoke partially obscuring Iwo Jima; landing craft moving in foreground. Slate: Roll 30. More smoke drifting, large amounts rising along shore. LCIs waiting; ships firing barrage (brief). 10:09:05 Many landing craft in line underway, Iwo Jima in background w/ smoke rising. Pacific War; WW2; Operation Detachment; Invasion; NOTE: USSD Cecil arrived off Iwo Jima 16Feb45 from Saipan. Battle of Iwo Jima 19Feb-26Mar45. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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