USMC 101832: ""Glamour Gal"" on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 101832: ""Glamour Gal"" on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 101832: ""Glamour Gal"" on Iwo Jima. (P-5691; 5D-16-2; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/430

Marine Corps Library Number
0853-16

Additional identifiers
P-5691; 5D-16-2; R-1-2; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101832

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-14

Description
HOW crews firing and preparing shells. Cpl. Anthony Cirello (Raritam, NJ) is shown with Gunnery Sgt. John Bashone's pack. "Glamour Gal" crew loads howitzer and themselves onto LVT and changes position. Ash Wednesday mass on USS Talladega (APA-208). Wreckage shown on island.

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

Camera crew
L. L. Louft

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 14th-21st, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
13th Marines


Battalion
2nd 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
400

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
08/02/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:08

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II