USMC 101571: Iwo Jima, Cargo Loading, Religious Services, and Artillery

Item Description
Title
USMC 101571: Iwo Jima, Cargo Loading, Religious Services, and Artillery

Citation information
USMC 101571: Iwo Jima, Cargo Loading, Religious Services, and Artillery. (4D-16-32; R-6-8; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/469

Marine Corps Library Number
0665-16

Additional identifiers
4D-16-32; R-6-8; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101571

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-17

Description
Marines unload supplies and gas drums by hand and via cranes mounted on trucks. Supplies are loaded onto DUKWs and trucks. Explosions on beach. Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic religious services are held aboard USS Hendry (APA-118). Marines load their injured fellows on board. Marines clear debris from the beach. Marines fire M101 Howitzers.

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

Camera crew
Nielsen, J.S.; Doran (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 17th and 23rd, 1945.

Division
4th Division


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
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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
09/13/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
11:56

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II