Iwo Jima Memorial Statue 1951

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Washington D.C. United States of America USA.

American commentary. Six years work, 110 foot high model of five marines and one navy medical corpsman putting the flag on the first Japanese territory captured, based on the famous picture by photographer Joe Rosenthal. Sculptor Felix de Weldon...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
68773
Sort Number:
UN 2374 F
Time in/Out:
01:24:17:00 / 01:24:58:00
Canister:
UN 2374 F
Film ID:
2559.12
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