USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge Citation information USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge. (5D-16-15; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/559 Marine Corps Library Number 0687-16 Additional identifiers 5D-16-15; R-1-3; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101592 Decade 1940 Date 1945-03-03 Description Infantry with the 3rd Provisional Rocket Detachment and the 5th Tank Battalion push forward up the west coast of the island around Nishi Ridge. The first first damaged B-29 (Dinah Might) circles the airfield looking to land. Marines (and at least one Japanese casualty) being transported on stretchers and jeeps. 5th Med Battalion Hospital prefabricated huts being set up. Marine spraying DDT around hospital area. Sequence ends with stretchers bearers at dusk. Location(s) Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) Camera crew Cockrell; A. S. Tracy (Cpl); Genaust Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed March 3rd and 4th, 1945. Division 5th Division Regiment 28th Marines 27th Marines Battalion 5th Tank 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 300 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 08/03/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:54 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II