USMC 101245: Iwo Jima mining and airfield operations

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101245: Iwo Jima mining and airfield operations Citation information USMC 101245: Iwo Jima mining and airfield operations. (3D-16-114; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/767 Marine Corps Library Number 0486-16 Additional identifiers 3D-16-114; R-1-1; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101245 Decade 1940 Date 1945-3-16 Description Landscape from mine refinery to town of Motoyama on Iwo Jima. Map showing the same. B-29s (including the B-29 "Anne Garry III" of the 6th Bomb Group) land at Airfield No. 2, soon after its opening. Sunrise with gun and Marine. Location(s) Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) Camera crew G. R. Handley Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed March 16th and 17th, 1945. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 104 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 3:23 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II