Sands of Iwo Jima 4K 1950 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

1945. South Atlantic. John Stryker is a professional Marine and a tough commander who demands unquestioning obedience to his orders. Under his command comes a platoon of new recruits from the United States, who will have to undergo training before the future landing on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima and destroy enemy defenses.

Review 4K Movie

I don't know about currently, but some years ago this film was being shown at the Marine Corps Basic School where second lieutenants are hatched. It's an unexcelled example of military life imitating art: a symbiotic relationship between the Corps' timeless self image and, by extension, that image reinforcing the reality of the Corps itself.

SOIJ is still one of the better WW II combat films, even 55 years after its release. The one factual glitch is the impossibility of a Tarawa unit (2nd Marine Division) being ashore on Iwo (3rd, 4th, and 5th Divisions.) Otherwise, I don't think I've never known a marine who had serious reservations about it.