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Interesting Historical Artifact: Iwo Jima Flagraising on Film

Posted on July 5, 2008 - 7:08pm at Lean Left
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Here’s something I never even knew existed: live color film footage of the famous (second) flag-raising on Iwo Jima - the one that was captured in the legendary Joe Rosenthal photo and became the basis for the Iwo Jima memorial statue.

Apparently a film camera operator went up the mountain with Rosenthal and shot the flagraising while standing right next to him - so the film footage shows almost exactly the same image as Rosenthal’s famous photo. (Very little color film sto