USMC 109917: 5th Division Hospital Activity

Description: Item Description Title USMC 109917: 5th Division Hospital Activity Citation information USMC 109917: 5th Division Hospital Activity. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3059/1 Marine Corps Library Number 8798-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 109917 Decade 1940 Date 1945-03-08 Description 5th Medical Battalion activities on and after D+16. Ambulances, DUKWs, and LVTs move through the hospital area. Corpsmen (one identified as Greg Emery) and stretcher bearers (some African-American) carry wounded to surgical tents. Medical staff clean and sterilize equipment and unpack crates of whole blood. "Abe's Babe"—nickname for a truck—carries stretchers and supplies forward. At a different location, an explosive is detonated in a cliff and then a Japanese POW speaks through a mobile public address system. Japanese POWs are taken into custody. At Airfield No. 1, injured are loaded onto a C47 aircraft. Views of type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns. Northrop P61s of the 548th Night Fighter Squadron and other aircraft idle and taxi on an airfield. Marines repair signal equipment. Views of the message center, signal company office, and other locations on site. Marines known to be in film include: D. A. Jensen and A. Donnell (note: this reel combines content from Marine Corps film library number 8798-16 through 8802-16). Location(s) Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) Camera crew Tracy, A.S. (Cpl); Cockrell Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on or about March 8, 1945. Division 5th Division Battalion 5th Med Battalion Squadron 548th NFS 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 580 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 04/18/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 16:10 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II