USMC 101021: Flag raising ceremony on Saipan

Item Description
Title
USMC 101021: Flag raising ceremony on Saipan

Citation information
USMC 101021: Flag raising ceremony on Saipan . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/128

Marine Corps Library Number
0237-16

Additional identifiers
V.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101021

Decade
1940

Date
1944-08-13

Description
General staff and other ranking officers gather to celebrate the end of the Saipan campaign. Among the officers pictured are Lt. Gen. Holland Smith, Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Watson, and Adm. Harry Hill. Additional film depicts Marines in combat gear aboard amphibious debarking with bed rolls at an unidentified Pacific island. These are probably replacement troops as they report to a more seasoned Marine.

Location(s)
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands).

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Division
2nd 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
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
02/07/2018

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

Digital runtime
9:56

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II