USMC 101019: Marines and machines in Saipan

Item Description
Title
USMC 101019: Marines and machines in Saipan

Citation information
USMC 101019: Marines and machines in Saipan. (P-801, R-6/11.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/169

Marine Corps Library Number
0502-16

Additional identifiers
P-801; R-6-11; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101019

Decade
1940

Date
1944-6

Description
Marines working with equipment and supplies in a train yard for railroad maintenance and unloading supplies on beach. Note: African-American troops are working in proximity to a locomotive named ""South Carolina"" (possibly a Montford Point depot company).

Location(s)
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

Camera crew
H. Schlosberg (Lt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Division
4th Division


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
299

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
12/18/2018

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

Digital runtime
9:55

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II
Montford Point Marines