BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
One Bankers Trust Plaza
New York, New York  10006


Damian P. Reitemeyer               Mailing Address:
Vice President                     P.O. Box 318
Telephone: 212-250-4599            Church Street Station
                                   New York, NY 10008

                                   March 12, 1996



Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549
Attn:  Filing Desk


Dear Sirs:

     Re:  Filing of Schedule 13G on
          ITT Industries Inc.


Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
following is one copy of the Schedule 13G with respect to
the common stock of the above referenced corporation.

Please acknowledge your receipt of the Schedule 13G filing
submission through the EDGAR-Link System software, by E-
Mail confirmation.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   /s/ Damian P. Reitemeyer





Enclosures
            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                  Washington, D.C.  20549

                       SCHEDULE 13G

         Under the Securities Exchange Act of
                   1934 (Amendment No. )*
                   
                   
                         ITT Corporation
          ______________________________________
          
                      NAME OF ISSUER:
                Common Stock (No Par Value)
          _____________________________________
          
               TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES
                        450912100
          _____________________________________
                      CUSIP NUMBER
                       
                       
     Check the following box if a fee is being paid with
     this statement [X].  (A fee is not required only if
     the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on
     file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five
     percent of the class of securities described in Item
     1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto
     reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or
     less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.)
     *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out
     for a reporting person's initial filing on this form
     with respect to the subject class of securities, and
     for any subsequent amendment containing information
     which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior
     cover page.
     The information required in the remainder of this
     cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the
     purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
     liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be
     subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
     see the Notes).
     
     
             (Continued on following page(s))
                             
                     Page 1 of 9 Pages

CUSIP No. 450912100                  Page 2 of 9 Pages


1.NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
  Bankers Trust New York Corporation, its wholly-owned
  subsidiaries, Bankers Trust Company, (as Trustee for
  various trusts and employee benefit plans, and
  investment advisor) and BT Securities Corporation,
  and its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Bankers
  Trust International PLC 13-6180473

2.CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP *
          (A)  [ ]
          (B)  [X]

3.SEC USE ONLY


4.CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

  Bankers Trust New York Corporation, Bankers Trust
  Company and BT Securities Corporation are New York
  corporations.  Bankers Trust International PLC is a London
  corporation.

 NUMBER OF     5. SOLE VOTING POWER
  SHARES         Bankers Trust Company    10,312,710 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation    30,000 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                   International PLC         113,400 shares
                                          10,456,110 shares
BENEFICIALLY   6. SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY        Bankers Trust Company         1,500 shares
                BT Securities Corporation         0 shares
                Bankers Trust
                  International PLC               0 shares
                                              1,500 shares
  EACH         7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING        Bankers Trust Company     2,024,028 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation    30,000 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                   International PLC         113,400 shares
                                           2,167,428 shares







CUSIP No. 450912100                     Page 3 of 9 Pages


PERSON        8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

  WITH           Bankers Trust Company         6,205 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation         0 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                   International PLC               0 shares
                                               6,205 shares

9.AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

                 Bankers Trust Company    10,314,210 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation    30,000 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                   International PLC         113,400 shares
                                          10,457,610 shares

10.CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW(9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES *

                    [X]

11.PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

                 Bankers Trust Company        8.8%
                 BT Securities Corporation    0.0%
                 Bankers Trust
                   International PLC          0.1%

                                              8.9%


12.TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

     Bankers Trust New York Corporation - HC
     Bankers Trust Company - BK
     BT Securities Corporation - BD
     Bankers Trust International PLC - CO


CUSIP No. 450912100                    Page 4 of 9 Pages
                            
                            
           DISCLAIMER OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
                            
     THE FILING OF THIS SCHEDULE G STATEMENT SHALL NOT
     BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION THAT BANKERS TRUST
     NEW YORK CORPORATION, BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, AS
     TRUSTEE (THE "BANK"), BT SECURITIES CORPORATION,
     BANKERS TRUST INTERNATIONAL PLC. ARE, FOR THE PURPOSE
     OF SECTION 13(g) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF
     1934, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF
     THE SECURITIES SET FORTH IN ITEM 4(a)(vi) HEREOF.

Item 1(a)    NAME OF ISSUER:

             ITT Corporation

Item 1(b)    ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
             OFFICES:

             1330 Avenue of the Americas
             New York, New York  10019

Item 2(a)    NAME OF PERSON FILING:

             Bankers Trust New York Corporation, its
             wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bankers Trust Company
             (as Trustee for various trusts and employee
             benefit plans, and investment advisor) and BT
             Securities Corporation, and its indirectly
             wholly-owned subsidiary Bankers Trust
             International, PLC.

Item 2(b)    ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS
             OFFICE:

               280 Park Avenue
               New York, New York  10017

Item 2(c)    CITIZENSHIP:

             Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Bankers 
             Trust Company (as Trustee for various trusts
             and employee benefit plans, and investment
             advisor), and BT Securities Corporation are
             corporations incorporated in the State of
             New York with their principal business
             offices located in New York. Bankers Trust
             International PLC is incorporated in
             England with its principal business office
             located in London.



CUSIP No. 450912100                     Page 5 of 9 Pages


Item 2(d)    TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:

             Common Stock (No Par Value) of ITT
             Corporation

Item 2(e)    CUSIP NUMBER:

             450912100

Item 3       THE PERSON FILING IS A:

             For Bankers Trust New York Corporation,

(g)  [X] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
               Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
                            
             For Bankers Trust Company

      (b)    [X] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of
                 the  Act.

             For BT Securities Corporation

      (a)    [X] Broker or dealer registered under
                 Section 15 of the Act.

      Bankers Trust Internatonal PLC is a corporation
      permitted to report on Schedule 13G in accordance with
      the Securities and Exchange Commission no-action
      letter issued to Bankers Trust New York Corporation
      dated May 15, 1990.

Item 4       OWNERSHIP:

      (a)    Amount Beneficially Owned:

      As of December 31, 1995

      (i)        Bankers Trust Company    10,314,210 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation    30,000 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                   International PLC         113,400 shares
                                          10,457,610 shares

   (ii) Bankers Trust Company was the record owner of
        859,709 shares as Trustee of the company s
        various employee stock ownership plans ("Plan") with
        respect to which the bank disclaims beneficial ownership.


CUSIP No. 450912100                     Page 6 of 9 Pages

          The Plan states that each Plan participant shall
          have the right to direct the manner in which
          shares of common stock shall be voted at all
          stockholders' meetings.  The Department of Labor
          has expressed the view that, under certain
          circumstances, ERISA may require the Trustee to
          vote shares which are not allocated to
          participants' accounts and unvoted shares.
          Since, in the view of the Bank and Bankers Trust
          New York Corporation, such voting power is merely
          a residual power based upon the occurrence of an
          unlikely contingency and is not a sole or shared
          power to vote the securities, the Bank and
          Bankers Trust New York Corporation hereby
          disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities.
          
     (b)  PERCENT OF CLASS:

          The common stock described in Item 4(a) above
          as to which the Bankers Trust New York Corporation
          acknowledges beneficial ownership constitutes the
          following:

                 Bankers Trust Company        8.8%
                 BT Securities Corporation    0.0%
                 Bankers Trust
                  International PLC           0.1%

                                              8.9%

          The common stock as to which the Bank and
Bankers Trust Corporation disclaim beneficial ownership
constitutes 0.7% of the Issuer s outstanding Common Stock.

      (c)  Number of shares as to which the Bank has:
      (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the
            vote -
                 Bankers Trust Company    10,312,710 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation    30,000 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                  International PLC          113,400 shares
                                          10,456,110 shares

     (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the
            vote -
                 Bankers Trust Company         1,500 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation         0 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                  International PLC                0 shares
                                               1,500 shares




CUSIP No. 450912100                       Page 7 of 9 Pages


     (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the
             disposition of -
             
                 Bankers Trust Company     2,024,028 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation    30,000 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                  International PLC          113,400 shares
                                           2,167,428 shares

     (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the
            disposition of -

                 Bankers Trust Company         6,205 shares
                 BT Securities Corporation         0 shares
                 Bankers Trust
                  International PLC                0 shares
                                               6,205 shares


Item 5       OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS:

             []

Item 6       OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF
             OF ANOTHER PERSON:

             The Issuer's Plan, and various trusts, and
             employee benefit plan for which the Bank serves
             as Trustee, and accounts for which the Bank
             serves as investment advisor, have the right to
             receive and/or the power to direct the receipt
             of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
             sale of, such securities.

Item 7       IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE
              SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING
              REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY:

             See Item 3 above.

Item 8       IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS
             OF THE GROUP:

             Not applicable.

Item 9       NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP:

             Not applicable.

CUSIP No. 450912100                    Page 8 of 9 Pages


Item 10      CERTIFICATION:

             By signing below I certify that, to the best
             of my knowledge and belief, the securities
             referred to above were acquired in the
             ordinary course of business and were not
             acquired for the purpose of and do not have 
             the effect of changing or influencing the
             control of the issuer of such securities and
             were not acquired in connection with or as a
             participant in any transaction having such
             purpose or effect.
             
SIGNATURE:

             After reasonable inquiry and to the best of
             my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
             information set forth in this statement is
             true, complete and correct.

Date:       as of December 31, 1995

Signature:  Bankers Trust New York Corporation


By:           /s/James T. Byrne, Jr.
Name:            James T. Byrne, Jr.

Title:           Secretary


Signature:  Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for
            various trusts, and employee benefit plans,
            and investment advisor.
            
            
By:           /s/James T. Byrne, Jr.
Name:            James T. Byrne, Jr.

Title:           Secretary

Signature: BT Securities Corporation


By:           /s/Thomas Quane
Name:            Thomas Quane

Title:           Managing Director




CUSIP No. 450912100                      Page 9 of 9 Pages


Signature: Bankers Trust International PLC


By:            /s/Brian E. Walsh
Name:              Brian E. Walsh

Title:           Managing Director

                      EXHIBIT TO ITEM 7

The chain of ownership from Bankers Trust New York
Corporation to Bankers Trust Company is shown below:


             Bankers Trust New York Corporation

                              |
                            100%
                              |

                    Bankers Trust Company

                      EXHIBIT TO ITEM 7

The chain of ownership from Bankers Trust New York
Corporation to Bankers Trust Company and BT Securities
Corporation  is shown below:


             Bankers Trust New York Corporation

                              |
         _____________________|___________________
        |                                         |
        |                                         |
Bankers Trust Company              BT Securities Corporation



                      EXHIBIT TO ITEM 7

The chain of ownership from Bankers Trust New York
Corporation to Bankers Trust International PLC  is
shown below:


             Bankers Trust New York Corporation

                              |
                            100%
                              |

                    Bankers Trust Company

                              |
                            100%
                              |

              Bankers International Corporation

                              |
                             100%
                              |
                
                 BT Holdings (Europe) Limited
                
                              |
                             100%
                              |
                
                   BT Holdings (UK) Limited
                
                              |
                             100%
                              |
                
                 Bankers Trust Investments PLC
                
                             |
                            100%
                             |

                Bankers Trust International PLC