USMC 101622: development of Tarawa airfield (WWII)

Item Description
Title
USMC 101622: development of Tarawa airfield (WWII)

Citation information
USMC 101622: development of Tarawa airfield (WWII). (AVN-16-34; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1335

Marine Corps Library Number
0710-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-34; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101622

Decade
1940

Date
1940-11

Description
General views of Tarawa from the ground and from the air with a focus on improvements to the airfield (showing F4Us and a PV-1 Ventura). Several small grave plots are shown, including the 2nd Division cemetery. Signs describing locations on the island. Marines and local civilians work.

Location(s)
Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati)

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
325

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
03/26/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:13

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II