USMC 101298: En route Iwo Jima and D-Day on USS Doyen

Item Description
Title
USMC 101298: En route Iwo Jima and D-Day on USS Doyen

Citation information
USMC 101298: En route Iwo Jima and D-Day on USS Doyen. (3D-16-91; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1509

Marine Corps Library Number
0448-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-91; R-1-1; v.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101298

Decade
1940

Date
1945-2-17

Description
Lead up to Iwo Jima on USS Doyen (APA-1) with show for troops, church, and briefings about the island. D-Day with casualties received from LCVPs, and LCVPs from other ships transferring Marines to beach. Signaling between ships, and ships firing.

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 February 17th-21st, 1945.

Division
3rd Division


Regiment
21st Marines


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
400

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
12:54

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II