USMC 103877: Landing operations on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 103877: Landing operations on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 103877: Landing operations on Iwo Jima. (3D-16-105; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1435

Marine Corps Library Number
2401-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-105; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103877

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-19

Description
Landing operations on Iwo Jima filmed sometime between February 19 and March 3, 1945. LCMs and LCVPs advance across the water. Attack transports sit offshore. Marines wait on attack transports and use communication equipment. Officers use binoculars to watch the landings. Sailors attend to casualties. Footage of the landing operations with Mt. Suribachi visible in the background. Ships featured in the film: LST-763. Sailors featured in the film: Scott.

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 between February 19 and March 3, 1945, indicated by the presence of LST-763.

Division
3rd Division


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
146

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
5/1/2021

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

Digital runtime
4:04

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II