USMC 101189: Prepping for Operation Iceberg (Okinawa)

Item Description
Title
USMC 101189: Prepping for Operation Iceberg (Okinawa)

Citation information
USMC 101189: Prepping for Operation Iceberg (Okinawa). (2D-16-34; R-2-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/839

Marine Corps Library Number
0290-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-34; R-2-4; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101189

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-11

Description
Aerial views of Saipan harbor. Troops and supplies loaded onto USS Bayfield (APA-33). Troops exercise on deck of ship as convoy leaves Saipan for Okinawa for Operation Iceberg. Marines in combat gear load onto LCMs. Additional ships shown include USS Cavalier (USS-37), USS Newberry (APA-158), USS Barrow (APA-61), and USS Bountiful (AH-9), a Navy hospital ship.

Location(s)
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

Camera crew
Engle; Cohn

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 11th and 16th, 1945.

Division
2nd 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
325

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
02/28/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:06

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II