USMC 101812: Wreckage around Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 101812: Wreckage around Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 101812: Wreckage around Iwo Jima. (5D-16-22; P-2144; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/830

Marine Corps Library Number
0840-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-22; P-2144; R-1-1; V.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101812

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-09

Description
Wrecked Japanese equipment and Japanese bodies. 5th Tank Battalion works on vehicles. Prisoner of War camp. Marines visit 5th Division cemetery. Wreckage on Green Beach and Red Beach I with Mt Suribachi in the background.

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

Camera crew
A. S. Tracy (Cpl)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 9th-12th, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Battalion
5th Tank 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
220

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
6:32

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II