Corregidor to Iwo Jima is an episode of the “Naval Workers Digest” released in 1945. The documentary presents the war in the Pacific in 1945, as the Allies and especially the United States Navy and Marine Corps campaigned against Imperial Japan. It features primary source footage of aerial bombardment campaign against Japanese fuel tankers and Tokyo. Also primary footage from ground troops of the bombardment on Iwo Jima. Seal of the United States Navy (00:10). Opening title and footage of Grumman F6F Hellcat unfolding wings and preparing to take off aircraft carrier (00:30). Dedication to Navy workers (00:50). Map of Philippines and island fortress of Corregidor (00:55). Footage of island of Corregidor and Imperial Japanese soldiers wearing havelock hats and lowering USA flag (1:05). Raising of rising sun flag (1:10). Douglas C-47 Skytrain flying and paratroopers training inside (1:20). Paratroopers static line jumping at low altitude on rear assault of Corregidor (1:40). Footage of paratroopers static line jumping on island with round parachutes (1:50). Paratrooper landing and rolling (1:55). Paratroopers landing hard on ground (2:05). Naval bombardment by USA Fletcher Class Destroyers (2:10). Footage of shore bombardment (2:20). Aerial bombardment footage (2:30). Footage of bombs landing on island and bay (2:40). Aerial footage of attacking fleet (2:45). Amphibious troop carriers carrying men of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit land on island (3:00). Marines advance under cover of paratroopers (3:15). Aerial footage of Corregidor (3:18). Navy carriers advancing through rough weather in China Sea (3:25). Hellcats and Corsairs folded for storage aboard aircraft carrier (3:30). Corsairs taking off of aircraft carrier (4:00). Burning fuel carriers on the sea as Corsairs and Hellcats attack (4:25). Footage from attacking Hellcat flying low over burning Japanese tanker off the Indo-China mainland (4:30). Footage of Corsair shooting down a Japanese attack plane (4:50). Aerial footage of Japanese coast from attacking bomber. Overhead low altitude footage of Japanese fuel dumps (5:00). Nose footage from low flying bomber over Japanese industrial area chasing a Japanese fighter, presumably a Mitsubishi A6M Zero (5:05). Aerial footage of Japanese industrial area and farmland (5:15). United States bombers dropping incendiary bombs on Tokyo buildings (5:20). Burning Tokyo industrial buildings (5:30). Rear footage of Zero in combat with American fighter (5:40). Nose footage from plane diving low and dropping incendiary bombs on Japanese airfield (5:50). More gun camera footage from diving bombers of burning buildings (6:05). Rear footage of a flying corsair (6:08). Aerial shot of Mount Fuji (6:13). Map of Iwo Jima and description of the attack and capture (6:30). Footage of attacking fleet and Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima (6:40). Footage from on board a USA destroyer and shells landing near ships (7:00). Wounded and dead USA personal aboard destroyer (7:05). Burning plane and aerial footage of attacking USA amphibious forces on Iwo Jima (7:15). Marines aboard amphibious troop carriers assaulting Iwo Jima (7:25). Mortar fire landing near amphibious carriers (7:35). Marines marching exposed up secured shoreline on Iwo Jima (7:40). Pulling howitzer into position (7:43). Embedded USA mortar team shelling the exposed side of Mount Suribachi of Iwo Jima (7:55). Footage of working marine mortar teams and naval bombardment of Mount Suribachi (8:30). Ground footage from fortified USA position on island of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver assaulting Japanese positions (8:35). Aerial footage of Helldivers hitting Japanese embedded positions in fortified caves (8:55). More ground footage of assaulting planes (9:05). Wounded marine assisted by two fellow marines (9:15). Marines carrying dead marine off island (9:20). Amphibious boat docked on USA carrier. Marines unloading Japanese POWs (9:35). Close up of Japanese POWs aboard USA carrier (9:40). Armored amphibious assault craft landing on beach (9:45). LVT-4 landing and driving on beach (9:55). Ending title of Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima (10:05).

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