Iwo Jima red blood, black sand
2007
DVD
During World War II, Iwo Jima, a tiny island 660 miles from Tokyo, was defended by 21,000 Japanese soldiers determined to fight to the death. The U.S. campaign, which began on February 19, 1945, was expected to last only a few days. Instead it claimed the lives of nearly 7,000 Marines and lasted for over a month. Features interviews with twenty-one veterans of the 1945 battle and rare combat footage.
Item Details
Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: G.
Other Title: Red blood, black sand [DVD]
Notes:
- Originally broadcast on television on PBS in 1995.
- Disc 1 of 3 from the World War II the epic battles set.
- Narrator, Richard Courtney.
- DVD ; full screen presentation.
- For private home use only.
Contents:
- Prologue : the Marines want you
- Iwo Jima bound
- Red blood, black sand
- Send in the artillery
- "It must be tough there"
- "We're here to stay"
- "You never got too close to people"
- The enemy
- "Nobody went unscathed--"
- "That's when I left the island"
- "The devils are in you"
- Epilogue : reunions.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- WG42089
- WG42049 (set)
Control Number: 524923
UPC: 783421420496
Publisher: [Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2007]Subjects:
- Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
- Japan -- History, Military -- 1868-1945.
- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews.
- United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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