USMC 101239: Activities on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 101239: Activities on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 101239: Activities on Iwo Jima. (3D-16-103; R-5-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/8

Marine Corps Library Number
0477-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-103; R-5-6; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101239

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-28

Description
Operations on Iwo Jima. Command post with map. Communication ops with radio jeep, directing fire. Planes drop supplies via parachute and spray DDT, while Marines look on. A series of elevated pans show activities on the beach from the southwest (Mt. Suribachi) to the eastern end. Hospital ship, USS Solace (AH-5), shown offshore. Ambulance jeep drops off casualties at hospital tent, where some receive blood transfusions.

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

Camera crew
J. D. Wilson; J. B. Fellows

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 28th-March 3rd, 1945.

Division
3rd Division


Battalion
3rd Pioneer Bn


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
375

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
08/20/2019

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

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video