USMC 101539: Wounded on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 101539: Wounded on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 101539: Wounded on Iwo Jima. (5D-16-6; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/764

Marine Corps Library Number
0643-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-6; R-2-2; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101539

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-22

Description
Shots of wounded on Iwo Jima treated by corpsmen and transferred via stretchers and LVTs. Shots of Sick Bay of 5th Med Battalion. Post office is shown, along with Marines writing. Wrecked equipment and Japanese bodies. Explosion in harbor. Marines put out communication wire.

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

Camera crew
Cockrell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 22nd-24th, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Battalion
5th Med Battalion


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
200

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
09/12/2019

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

Digital runtime
6:32

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II