USMC 101820: Marines arrive in China

Item Description
Title
USMC 101820: Marines arrive in China

Citation information
USMC 101820: Marines arrive in China. (6D-16-63; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1288

Marine Corps Library Number
2534-16

Additional identifiers
6D-16-63; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101820

Decade
1940

Date
1945-10

Description
The 6th Division arrives in China in convoy, Transron 24, including USS Dade (APA-99) and USS Clinton (APA-144). Camera slate notes the rough seas that struck the convoy between Okinawa and China. Officers, including Generals Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr and William T. Clements, load onto LCVP. Marines in trucks and on dock with civilians.

Location(s)
Qingdao Shi (China)

Camera crew
Acosta

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
6th 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
181

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
08/01/2019

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

Digital runtime
5:47

Digital file type
video/H264