USMC 101587: Iwo Jima Activities

Item Description
Title
USMC 101587: Iwo Jima Activities

Citation information
USMC 101587: Iwo Jima Activities. (4D-16-45; R-3-6; v.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/42

Marine Corps Library Number
0681-16

Additional identifiers
4D-16-45; R-3-6; v.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101587

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-07

Description
P51, D29, and L16 planes take off and land on Iwo Jima airfield. Marines smoke out caves where Japanese are hidden and assist the POWs out of the caves. High ranking USMC officers discuss strategy, including Generals Clifton B. Cates, Holland Smith, Harry Schmidt, and Franklin A. Hart.

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

Camera crew
Bengston, E.C. (Sgt); Weinberger; Tiernan, R.E.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 7th-10th, 1945.

Division
4th 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
350

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
08/21/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:35

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II