USMC 102197: Communications battalion activities on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 102197: Communications battalion activities on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 102197: Communications battalion activities on Iwo Jima. (5AC-16-71; R-12-20.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/3913

Marine Corps Library Number
1221-16

Additional identifiers
5AC-16-71; R-12-20

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102197

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03

Description
Marines work in message center, type, possibly translate, and relay messages. Marines set up wire in the field. USS Auburn (AGC-10) off shore, with men on LVTs and LCVPs moving away from ship and loading back onto it. Shots of Mt Surbachi, radio, and signal blinkers. Some elements are from 4th Division.

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

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

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. 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
09/12/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:40

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II