Battle of Iwo Jima - Movies and Documentaries

Movies and Documentaries

  • To the Shores of Iwo Jima, a 1945 American documentary produced by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard.
  • Glamour Gal, a 1945 film about Marine artillery.
  • Sands of Iwo Jima, a 1949 American film starring John Wayne.
  • The Outsider, a 1961 film starring Tony Curtis as the conflicted flag raiser Ira Hayes.
  • Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima are two 2006 films directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags of Our Fathers is filmed from the American perspective and is based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers (Flags of Our Fathers). Letters from Iwo Jima (originally titled Red Sun, Black Sand) is filmed from the Japanese perspective.
  • Part 8 of the 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, includes part of the battle of Iwo Jima from the point of view of John Basilone from the beginning of the invasion until his death later in the day.
  • Episode 23 from the acclaimed 1973 Thames Television Documentary The World at War.
  • Battle Rats: Iwo Jima (2009) (TV).

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