USMC 102140: Howitzer battery on Okinawa

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102140: Howitzer battery on Okinawa Citation information USMC 102140: Howitzer battery on Okinawa. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1128 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102140 Decade 1940 Date 1945-05-11 Description Shots of bursts on the front lines. Tank flamethrower fires at Japanese cave. Casualty carried via stretcher. Col. Hiatt and Maj. Owens look at map and discuss where howitzers should fire. Howitzers are set up and fired. Location(s) Okinawa Camera crew R. W. Miller; E. A. Frost (PFC) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed May 11th-13th, 1945. Division 6th Division Regiment 22nd Marines 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 09/06/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 8:58 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II