USMC 100485: Third Division on Iwo jima

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100485: Third Division on Iwo jima Citation information USMC 100485: Third Division on Iwo jima. (""3D-16-109"".) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/638 Marine Corps Library Number 482-16 Additional identifiers 3D-16-109; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100485 Decade 1940 Date 1945-03-06 Description Activities of the 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima from March 6 through March 15, 1945. Salvage operations where materials are destroyed or kept for reuse; includes shot of crude sign reading "Rabbi Sandusky Dealer in Antiques" (possible anti-Semitic humor). Artillery and tank operations in zone 219 includes scenes of flame-throwing tanks. Burial of Japanese in mass grave followed by scenes of individual graves for Marines. Grave sites for the following Marines shown: D. R. Raddatz (Tech Sgt.); H. R. Tuttle (Pvt.); A. G. Jett (Cpl.); Unknown; M. Goldstein (Pvt.); and A. L. Lamb (Pfc.). Location(s) Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) Camera crew R. F. VanDerveer; J. D. Wilson; G. R. Handley Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed from March 6th-15th, 1945. Division 3rd Division Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 280 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 08/19/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:24 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II