USMC 104773: "The Iwo Jima Operation" Part I

Item Description
Title
USMC 104773: "The Iwo Jima Operation" Part I

Citation information
USMC 104773: "The Iwo Jima Operation" Part I. (00052.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/814

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00052

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104773

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02

Description
Film about Iwo Jima Operation. Topics reviewed include the strategic importance of Iwo Jima, the climate and geography of Iwo Jima, Japanese military installations on Iwo Jima, strategy for assaulting Iwo Jima, rehearsals for Iwo Jima assault, and the Iwo Jima assault. Includes combat footage. (see USMC 104776 for Part II)

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

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Shots filmed throughout February and March, 1945.

Division
3rd Division
4th Division
5th Division


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
1020

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
1/22/2021

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

Digital runtime
28:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II