USMC 100550: Misc. scenes of Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 100550: Misc. scenes of Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 100550: Misc. scenes of Iwo Jima. (""p # 2956 R 1-2/2 7-31-74"".) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2815/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P #2956; R-1-2-2; 7-31-74

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100550

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-11

Description
A variety of scenes from Iwo Jima, including troops landing on shore via LVTs and wounded Marines being evacuated. There are also aerial views of the shore, ships offshore and Mount Suribachi as well as a closing scene of a 155mm howitzer firing.

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

Military Grid Reference
54RWN31514069

Camera crew
L. L. Louft

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed at various times during the Iwo Jima operation.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
13th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


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
100

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
08/16/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
3:30

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II