USMC 101101: Napalm practice in the South Pacific

Item Description
Title
USMC 101101: Napalm practice in the South Pacific

Citation information
USMC 101101: Napalm practice in the South Pacific. (3D-16-011.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1476

Marine Corps Library Number
0103-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-011; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101101

Decade
1940

Description
Grumman TBM Avenger practices dropping napalm bomb in field in unknown location. A contingent of Marine officers (including an unidentified Major General) watch and examine the damage. Reel ends with show for troops in the South Pacific (unrelated to first item on film).

Location(s)
South Pacific Islands

Camera crew
Mickelson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed 1942 or later.

Division
3rd Division


Battalion
16th Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
110

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
01/25/2019

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

Digital runtime
3:45

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II