USMC 100512: Iwo Jima activities near Airfield No. 1

Item Description
Title
USMC 100512: Iwo Jima activities near Airfield No. 1

Citation information
USMC 100512: Iwo Jima activities near Airfield No. 1. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/862

Marine Corps Library Number
728-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100512

Decade
1940

Date
1945

Description
Film depicts Marines loading and firing 105mm howitzers from a battery by Airfield No. 1. Damaged planes (TBM Avenger and OY-1 Grasshopper, of VMO-4,) are inspected. Ground crews prepare an OY-1 for flight and it is shown taking off (Nichols Nightingale written on the cowling). Good aerial views oft he island.

Location(s)
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)

Military Grid Reference
54RWN31754083

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in February or March, 1945.

Squadron
VMO-4


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Negative

Original physical length
400

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
12:58

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II