USMC 101239: Activities on Iwo Jima

Description: 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