USMC 102214: Communication section activities on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 102214: Communication section activities on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 102214: Communication section activities on Iwo Jima. (5AC-16-71; R-11-20.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/2646

Marine Corps Library Number
1237-16

Additional identifiers
5AC-16-71; R-11-20

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102214

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-03

Description
Marines, including Maj. Fagan, work in field and foxhole, unroll wire, type, and radio messages. Marines, including Capt. Dew and Lt. Gleason, bring messages to tent. Marines work on equipment in tent. R4D paradrops supplies. Shots of 8th Field Depot Signal Co tent office. Church service with Navy chaplain, Lt. Henry A. Austin, with Marine working on signal light in background.

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

Camera crew
C. R. Powe (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Battalion
Signal Battalion, V Amphibious Corps


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
370

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
09/13/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:12

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II