USMC 100485: Third Division on Iwo jima

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