Iwo Jima Invasion Fleet Bombardment Raw Footage (1945)

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These silent "dailies" from WWII were shot by a member of combat camera named Edwin C. Udey, who was a member of the Naval Medical Photo Unit #5. The film begins prior to the invasion of Iwo Jima on January 11, 1945 at an unknown location, possibly Saipan where Udey had been filming the invasion in the summer of 1944. The shots show a rocky coastline and sandy beach. At 2:00 a coastline is seen from at sea. At 3:06, a new camera roll, we are now at sea with the fleet assembling for the invasion…

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11 minutes