What the battle is best known for, however, is an image captured by Associated Press photojournalist Joe Rosenthal— six soldiers, raising the American flag over ... well-known images of the ...

Film footage taken of the flag-raising in action proves the photo’s authenticity, though the original copy has been lost. Resch and the dozens of publications that received Rosenthal’s photos ...

We recently scanned the negative file from that event and found more photos from the event, including those showing the flag and its raising. More kids are shown in the photos and in the background.

Back in 1945, pictures were taken on film that needed to be developed in dark rooms and videos were recorded on 8 and 16 mm film. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the American flag raising ...