To The Shores Of Iwo Jima (1945)

An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, this 20 minute Technicolor production unfolds with graphic energy the nearly month long battle for Iwo Jima, a volcanic island lying 700 miles southeast of Japan, in which 20000 Japanese and nearly 7000 American fighting men were killed, a struggle eternalized by Joe Rosenthal's photograph of five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising a giant US flag atop 550 foot high Mt. Suribachi, cinematically captured here in this well-edited (by Warner Bros.) effort.
To the shores of Iwo Jima 1945 Milton Sperling US Government Office War Information Academy Award nominee Best Documentary Japanese American Joe Rosenthal Navy corpsman Mt. Suribachi Peleliu pacific world II europe united states military warfare history army air force marines nuclearvault





































