USMC 101882: 27th and 28th Marines embarkation at Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 101882: 27th and 28th Marines embarkation at Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 101882: 27th and 28th Marines embarkation at Iwo Jima. (5D-16-35; P-2015; R-5-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/447

Marine Corps Library Number
0879-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-35; P-2015; R-5-5; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101882

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-25

Description
27th and 28th Marines loading onto LST with supplies and equipment. Marines wait on beach, show off Japanese swords and eat. Marines load onto DUKWs. Final shot shows a members of a combat camera crew posing with their 16mm Kodak "Filmo: Autoload" cameras and a Graflex still camera--includes A. S. Tracey on the right and possibly Norm Hatch in the center.

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

Camera crew
Cockrell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Division
5th Division


Regiment
27th Marines
28th Marines


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
400

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
08/06/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:09

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II