USMC 100596: Marines in the Solomons during WWII

Item Description
Title
USMC 100596: Marines in the Solomons during WWII

Citation information
USMC 100596: Marines in the Solomons during WWII. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2963/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100596

Decade
1940

Description
Marine operations in the Solomons. Color and black and white footage with some duplication. Marine band plays for troops as patrol craft cruise along coast. Scenes show muddy terrain with Marines well seasoned by combat. Col. Evans F. Carlson is interviewed by a reporter with Marine Raiders looking on.

Location(s)
Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea); Solomon Islands

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Probably filmed in 1943 or early 1944.

Division
1st Division


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

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
05/15/2018

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

Digital runtime
10:40

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II