USMC 104606: Treating casualties on Iwo Jima

Item Description
Title
USMC 104606: Treating casualties on Iwo Jima

Citation information
USMC 104606: Treating casualties on Iwo Jima. (1D-16-62; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3525

Marine Corps Library Number
7443-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-62; R-2-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104606

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-04

Description
Wounded are transferred via stretcher from trucks to tent medical center at the 5th Division Hospital. Detailed view of combat wounds and surgical repair. Camera crew points out the locations of medical units on a tactical map of Iwo Jima. African-American Army personnel act as stretcher bearers. Unrelated content at end show test of a multiple-rocket launcher on Iwo Jima beach.

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

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed from March 4th-6th, 1945.

Division
4th Division
5th Division


Battalion
5th Med Battalion


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
300

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
08/21/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:47

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II