USMC 100016: Airfield construction in the Pacific

Item Description
Title
USMC 100016: Airfield construction in the Pacific

Citation information
USMC 100016: Airfield construction in the Pacific. (APB-16-23; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2276

Marine Corps Library Number
3474-16

Additional identifiers
APB-16-23; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100016

Decade
1940

Description
Air base in the Pacific being built by the 37th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees). Unidentified base in completed state with P-40s (New Zealand) and F4U Corsairs landing. Also contains films shot aboard the USS Randolph (CV-15) operating in the 1950s with jet aircraft.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in the 1940s and 1950s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
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
09/03/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:31

Digital file type
video/H264