USMC 102165: 2nd Div prepares and invades Okinawa

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102165: 2nd Div prepares and invades Okinawa Citation information USMC 102165: 2nd Div prepares and invades Okinawa. (3AC-16-254; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/845 Marine Corps Library Number 1164-16 Additional identifiers 3AC-16-254; R-1-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102165 Decade 1940 Date 1945-3-06 Description 2nd Div loads up ships and equipment at Saipan docks. Iwo Jima wounded are unloaded and brought to ambulances. 2nd Div headquarters are shown with equipment ready to go. 10th Marines load howitzers into DUKWs. As convoy is underway, smoke screen is laid. Marines have squat contest on LST. Plane hit by Japanese bomber is shown burning on Okinawa. Location(s) Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Okinawa Camera crew Rohde; H. D. Potter (Sgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed in March and April, 1945. Division 2nd Division Regiment 10th 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 410 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 09/18/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:37 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II