USMC 101808: Behind the Iwo Jima front lines

Item Description
Title
USMC 101808: Behind the Iwo Jima front lines

Citation information
USMC 101808: Behind the Iwo Jima front lines. (5D-16-19; R-4-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/314

Marine Corps Library Number
0827-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-19; R-4-7; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101808

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-02

Description
Shots of Pfc. Clarence Wright behind the lines. Scenes of different areas, such as hospital and cemetery. Marines work on building roads, repair OY-1s, and watch and wait. Map of front lines. Wrecked Japanese aircraft.

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

Camera crew
Cockrell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Division
5th Division


Battalion
5th Engineer 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
390

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
08/01/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:17

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II