USMC 101807: Crew of ""Glamour Gal"" Howitzer at Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 101807: Crew of ""Glamour Gal"" Howitzer at Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 101807: Crew of ""Glamour Gal"" Howitzer at Iwo Jima. (5D-16-16; P-1303; R-3-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/640

Marine Corps Library Number
0819-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-16; P-1303; R-3-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101807

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-02

Description
Activities of the ""Glamour Gal"" 105mm howitzer crew on Iwo Jima. Crew members prep ammunition for firing, writing on shells. Crew fires. Crew members hang out, sleep, and sort through Japanese ""trophies."" Crew unpacking shells.

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

Camera crew
Louft, L.L.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Division
5th Division


Regiment
13th Marines


Battalion
3rd 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
380

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
08/01/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II