USMC 103500: ""Iwo Jima Operations Bulletin""

Item Description
Title
USMC 103500: ""Iwo Jima Operations Bulletin""

Citation information
USMC 103500: ""Iwo Jima Operations Bulletin"". (M-5940; MOB-53.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/862

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
M-5940; MOB-53

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103500

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02

Description
Film explains problems encountered by the Marine Corps due to the terrain on Iwo Jima during landing and advancing. Topics include Iwo Jima's volcanic sand, its lack of a coral reef, Mt. Suribachi's use as a Japanese observation point, and the lack of natural cover on Iwo Jima. Shots of flag raising on Mt. Suribachi. Combat footage throughout.

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

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February and March, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
28th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
624

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
01/16/2021

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
17:26

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II