USMC 109917: 5th Division Hospital Activity

Item Description
Title
USMC 109917: 5th Division Hospital Activity

Citation information
USMC 109917: 5th Division Hospital Activity. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3059/1

Marine Corps Library Number
8798-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109917

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-08

Description
5th Medical Battalion activities on and after D+16. Ambulances, DUKWs, and LVTs move through the hospital area. Corpsmen (one identified as Greg Emery) and stretcher bearers (some African-American) carry wounded to surgical tents. Medical staff clean and sterilize equipment and unpack crates of whole blood. "Abe's Babe"—nickname for a truck—carries stretchers and supplies forward. At a different location, an explosive is detonated in a cliff and then a Japanese POW speaks through a mobile public address system. Japanese POWs are taken into custody. At Airfield No. 1, injured are loaded onto a C47 aircraft. Views of type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns. Northrop P61s of the 548th Night Fighter Squadron and other aircraft idle and taxi on an airfield. Marines repair signal equipment. Views of the message center, signal company office, and other locations on site. Marines known to be in film include: D. A. Jensen and A. Donnell (note: this reel combines content from Marine Corps film library number 8798-16 through 8802-16).

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

Camera crew
Tracy, A.S. (Cpl); Cockrell

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on or about March 8, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Battalion
5th Med Battalion


Squadron
548th NFS


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
580

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
04/18/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
16:10

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II