USMC 100605: Japanese Navy MXY-7 ""Ohka"" Suicide Attacker

Item Description
Title
USMC 100605: Japanese Navy MXY-7 ""Ohka"" Suicide Attacker

Citation information
USMC 100605: Japanese Navy MXY-7 ""Ohka"" Suicide Attacker. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2995/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100605

Decade
1940

Date
1945-4-16

Description
Footage shot during the Battle of Okinawa. The first shots show graphic images of dead soldiers. The final shots show a MXY-7 ""Ohka"" Suicide Attacker aircraft at the Yontan Airfield.

Location(s)
Okinawa; Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)

Camera crew
Edward Nugent (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Air Wing
MAW-2


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
35

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
07/25/2018

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

Digital runtime
01:07

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II