USMC 101073: 5th Marines HQ Battalion on Pavuvu

Item Description
Title
USMC 101073: 5th Marines HQ Battalion on Pavuvu

Citation information
USMC 101073: 5th Marines HQ Battalion on Pavuvu. (1D-16-44, R-7/10; P-5045.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/333

Marine Corps Library Number
0057-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-44; R-7-10; P-5045; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101073

Decade
1940

Date
1944-07-29

Description
Unloading LST for T.Q.M films (8/3/44). Recreation Headquarters Battalion 5th Marines baseball championship and other activities, including basketball and swimming. 6th Marine Tractor Battalion receives and retrieves supplies. Headquarters Company hands out supplies and pay.

Location(s)
Pavuvu; Russell Islands

Camera crew
Alan R. Gray (Cpl)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed on various dates in late July and early August 1944.

Division
1st Division


Regiment
5th Marines


Battalion
Headquarters Battalion


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
250

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
01/14/2019

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

Digital runtime
7:54

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II